. The New England magazine . where he remained for ten years,studying under Gerome, Boulanger,Lefevere, Doucet, and Benjamin Con-stant, being nearly four years under the artist ever seen in Canada. It was cer-tainly the best exhibition made by aCanadian artist in his own the canvases was a magnificentnude study, entitled The VenetianBather, the composition, color, andtechnique of which were perfect. Itpossessed all the excellences of theFrench school, which undoubtedly com-prises the masters of the nude, but it hadalso the delicacy and poetry with whichsuch men as Sir Frederick L
. The New England magazine . where he remained for ten years,studying under Gerome, Boulanger,Lefevere, Doucet, and Benjamin Con-stant, being nearly four years under the artist ever seen in Canada. It was cer-tainly the best exhibition made by aCanadian artist in his own the canvases was a magnificentnude study, entitled The VenetianBather, the composition, color, andtechnique of which were perfect. Itpossessed all the excellences of theFrench school, which undoubtedly com-prises the masters of the nude, but it hadalso the delicacy and poetry with whichsuch men as Sir Frederick Leighton andSolomon J. invest the undrapedfigure. The picture was exhibited withothers in the Paris Salon in 1889, andexcited considerable enthusiasm. It wasa distinct success, and the success wasrecorded in London and New York atthe time. In the recent exhibition therewere also some delightful pictures ofFrench peasant life, in which Peel is par-ticularly happy — painted in Brittany, 160 CANADIAN ART AND Cheops from Path to the Glacier—Selkirks, lENT FROM A PAINTING BY F. M. , IN POSSESSION OF THE EARL OF LATHAM. Normandy, and Paris ; and in addition tothese were several Canadian subjects,obtained during flying visits to his nativeplace. In all, there were about fifty-sevenpictures, some of the most importantcanvases executed during Peels resi-dence in Paris. In spite of the protesta-tions of his friends, Mr. Peel formed theadventurous resolve of selling off all hisproductions in Toronto without result was as might have been ex- pected. There was a great deal of curi-osity and a large attendance at the sale,but the pictures were sacrificed at ridic-ulous prices. Mr. Peel is doubtless nowconvinced that he would have been wiserto have auctioned his pictures in is hard to convince an artist that allthe world does not love art. He pos-sibly thought Canadians had learned toappreciate art during his long absenceabroad. He did not
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