Meissonier, his life and his art . irtue, his strength lay,in his hair. Once that is crop-ped, Samson, reduced to a stateof servitude, is not a giant atall, he is nothing but an ordinaryman,, of whom cowards make asport, just as they might of a lionwith clipped claws. You shouldhave made )our Philistines chil-dren. Then they might havedared to stir vour Samson withthe end of their rod, just asthey would some huge watch-dog. You tell me, my dearfellow, that you desire to paintrealistically. But you young fellows dont know how to compose! To do that well, you must ponder your subject deeply and
Meissonier, his life and his art . irtue, his strength lay,in his hair. Once that is crop-ped, Samson, reduced to a stateof servitude, is not a giant atall, he is nothing but an ordinaryman,, of whom cowards make asport, just as they might of a lionwith clipped claws. You shouldhave made )our Philistines chil-dren. Then they might havedared to stir vour Samson withthe end of their rod, just asthey would some huge watch-dog. You tell me, my dearfellow, that you desire to paintrealistically. But you young fellows dont know how to compose! To do that well, you must ponder your subject deeply and long, you must consider it from every point of view, and you must seize what they call the psycho-logical moment, that is to sa)-, the culminating point,which must be the dominat-ing note of your picture, — the point, in fact, at which action and sentiment iilike reach their highest dramatic treat, for instance, the episode of the death of Virginia. You show me )our wine-shops, )our butchers stall, all correct OKICINAL (•Remark for Menziers EngrnWng of the Postillion of the Bridge of Poiisy.) 198 MEISSONIER
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