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| ROMEO AND JULIET - The paintings of Russia hung in
two rooms at the left of the water entrance to the Art Palace. There
were two brothers named Makowsky, among the exhibitors - Constantine
Egorovitch and Vladimir Egorovitch. The former was the author of
this work, but the brother was thought to excel in the general
attributes of an artist. Constantine had three other picturs on the
walls; "A Bacchanal," "The Bride's Attire," and the portrait of a
lady. His pictures, "The Cossack's Reply," "The Russian Wedding" and
"Christ Before Pilate," in fact, nearly all the Russian paintings
which Americans have seen, sustained the reputation which the Empire
gained through the exhibition at Chicago of Muscovite industries.
JOAN OR ARC LISTENING TO THE VOICES - This oil painting was hung
on the east wall of Gallery 55, in the East Pavilion of the Art
Palace, among the pictures exhibited by France. It was painted by
Diogenes Ulysses Maillart, of Paris, and was the only picture by this
artist to be seen at the Exposition. Maillart has not become
celebrated over the world, and his instincts show a conservatism that
would have benefitted him in the ages when faith, devotion and
patriotism were more secure in public interest. The girl of Dom-Remy
working in the fields, is constantly solicited from heaven to save
Charles VII. and France. The figure and enthusiasm of the maid are
finely established on the true lines of art. |
