(inc of the latest works of Fremiet is a group representing A Gorilla ear,vi,n; off a Ilinnan. Although the subject can hardly be considered suitable to art on account of its repulsiveness, it has been treated by the hand of a master, and justly received a medal of honor. The power exhibited by the horrible brute as he bears off his lovely burden, regard less of the dart that has pierced his brain, the beautifully-modulated form of the woman half fainting as she vainly struggles against her terrible doom, are all rendered with a majesty, a force, a knowledge, that could probably be equalled by no other sculptor of the age.
Henri Michel Antoine Chap!!, a French sculptor who belongs emphat ically to the modern school in point of style, was born at Nice about 1836. lie studied with Francesque Joseph Duret (T804-1865), L6on Cogniet (1791–T8So), and Pradier, the influence of the latter being very perceptible in the art of Chapin. He took the prix de Rome in 18$5, was medalled in 1875 and 1877, and is an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works are numerous and possess the merit of grace and beauty, although often lack ing the repose of Greek sculpture. Among his productions are a notable statue entitled received a medal of honor—The DeaM of Clytie, a statue of I3erryer, an ideal statue of Youth for the monument of Regnault, and the Joan of Arc (p1. 41, fig. T), the inspired heroine of French history.
Moreau, born at Dijon about 1824, studied under Alexandre Dumont (T8oT–T884), and is a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Moreau occupies a prominent position among the contemporary French sculptors, and his works evince a careful study of anatomy and skilful technique, while his conceptions are marked by grace and animation. This sculptor usually represents single-figure subjects, such as Spring, Summer, Medi tation, Oceanic, and Une Flicuse, "the " (fig. 2), which latter is now in the Luxembourg.
Alexandre Schawewerk was born at Paris in 182o. He studied under David d'Angers (q. v.), Pierre Jules Jollivet (1803-1871), and Henri de Triqueti (1814–T874), and when twenty-one exhibited in the Salon his first plaster group, //agar. In 1873 he was decorated a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The work of this artist is remarkable for its grace and harmony. Among his more notable productions are jephibah's Daugh ter, The Guardian Angel of Sleep, Psyche, Pandora, Jupiter and Leda, Love ll'earied, Aurora, Child and Swans, Young Tarentine, and the Young Girl at the Fountain (fig. .1).
Charles Rene de was born at Rheims in 1845. His college-life was passed at the Lycee of his native town and at Frankfort. In became an art-pupil of Francois Jouffroy (18o6-1882), studying E at the Eeole des Beaux-Arts, and has been distinguished by numerous medals, including the decoration of the Legion of Honor. In 1879 he
gained the medaille konneur for his Genius guarding The Secret qf the Tomb (pl. 41, fig. 3), au impressive work in allegory in which the sculp tor has personified his idea in an obviously Michelangelesque manner. His other works of note arc The Cure ,lfirot shot by The Prussians, a work of exceptional force and realism; The pronounced his representing the head of a woman—with flattened forehead, sinister expres sion, and serpentine action—enclosed in the coils of a viper, which clasps the throat; and perhaps his best known work, the marble bust of A Florentine Blacksmith, a superb piece of realistic sculpture. Saint Marceaux is noted for his versatility, and has already made sure of a high and lasting reputation.
Frederic Auguste I3artholdi was born at Colmar in 1834. He began the study of art as a pupil of Ary Scheffer, and has been decorated chevalier of the Legion of Honor. His first work was a bas-relief of Francesca da Rimini executed in 1852. Bartholdi has since produced a large number of statues and groups in bronze, and many monumental works. The more important are ,Jenne l'igneron Alsacien, Genius in The Grasp of ,liisoy,l'ercingelorix, an equestrian statue, monument to Martin Schonganer, at Cohnar, and the colossal statue of Liberty enlightening The If 'odd (pl. 42, fig. 2), through which latter the artist is chiefly known in America. This statue was commenced in 1865, and is a gift—an expres sion of friendly regard—from the people of France to America. This won derful product of the sculptor's art, erected on Bedloe's Island, at the entrance of New York harbor, on a pedestal one hundred and seventy seven feet nine inches high, is itself one hundred and fifty-two feet two inches in height, exceeding by forty-six feet the bronze Colossus at Rhodes noted as one of the wonders of the world. It is a triumph of technical skill. At first sight the modelling appears somewhat hard; but the longer it is studied, the more mobile and expressive it becomes. The statue was unveiled October 28, 1886.
Many other French sculptors of merit and note might justly be men tioned here did our limits allow, but enough has been said to indicate the tendencies of the plastic arts in France and the great ability displayed by her sculptors in the nineteenth century. Nor does there seem to be, as yet, any evidence of decadence in an art in which the French appear in modern times to have no superiors.