Guerin

GUERIN, Jules, American artist: b. Saint Louis, Mo., 1866. He was a pupil of Benjamin Constant and of Jean Paul Laurens in Paris. He was elected a member of the National Insti tute of Arts and Letters and has received sev eral awards in recent years. He is regarded as one of the leading mural decorators in the United States. He executed the artistic map decorations in the waiting room of the Penn sylvania Station, New York, and had entire charge of the decorations for the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915 at San Francisco. In 1916 he received the commission for decorat ing the new Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C.

GUltRIN, Pierre Narcisse, BARON, French artist: b. Paris, 13 May 1744; d. Rome, 6 July 1833. He studied under Jean Baptiste Reg nault, and early showed great promise. His first prominent picture was 'Return of Marcus Sextus> which was received with great acclaim by his contemporaries. This was followed by

'Grave of Amyntas) (1800) ; 'Phaedra and Hippolytus' (Louvre 1802); (Versailles 1802) ; 'Pyrrhus and Andro mache' ; and Dido> (1813) ; (1817) in the Louvre. In 1882, Guerin, his best pictorial work done, became director of the Ecole de Rome. Six years later he was raised to the nobility with the title of Baron, but did not remain long at Paris, because of his failing health. He was the recipient of many honors, becoming a member of the Academy (1815) • of the Order of Saint Michel (1819) ; and Officer of the Legion of Honor (1832). His most famous pupils were Delacroix and Gericault Guerin's work was dignified, re strained and of high dramatic interest.