SEINE WERKE

(Berlin : Euphorio toae)— [When rou von Ëtode wrote lus be was to aU iute.

WlLHELM las. 129 plates in lialfort y years a go Wilhelml udy on Adriaen Brouwer (1 purposes a pioneer

reeognrzing the merits oi this aitist, who now lias béera universally acknbwkdged to bave been one oi the outstanding masters of bis time. This " tiscoTery " of Brouwer is but one proof atnong many of the most discerning judgment ; but it is likely to appear in the eyes of posterity as one of Bode's most. felicitous ami enduring acMevements, the more so as he, along with de G root, Schmidt-

M'-y.-n.-i-, an.) others, bas < tinued the researçhes

khich lie himself initiated. The présent volume, therefore, which gives an up-to-date and profuselv Uusteated survey of Brouwer*s aethrity, and fi Us the long-fell requirement of a popular book on this eal painter of peasant life, will be received with >re than usual gratitude by tbe student mindful tlie past.

Whiie in bis eariier publication Bode bai yet Bhow on the ground of style-eriticisni that trouwer, the Fleming, owed bis traiming t.,

°"*nd. in particular to the iirtistic milieu ' "ans Hais at Haarlem, a nninber of documents rere subsequentty biought to Hghl which proved he correctness of this assumption. In his récent «ok tlie author briefly summarizes thèse bioraphical data; but for the rest he concentrâtes Lis ttention <>n the pictures themselves, of which over ix score an- kiiown to him and reproduced. besides

comparatively smnll number of authentic drnw- >gs. Hh classification is clear and convincing ; fter dealing with the painter's enrly works, which liovv a niarked tendency to caricature and a teunent. scheme of colour ranging between gree.iish "its, pink, and light yellows, he groupa together te Iater Haarlem and earlier Antwerp pictures - reveahng the like increasing masterv of comîfflfaon and skil! in the rendering of chiaroscuro. insHy, when dealing with the mature periej of rouwers short but productive career, the perio.l

which lie acqniies his splendid hreadth oft*at- »nù unity of tone, Bode séparâtes the landais fron, the figurai compositions, tous em- '««««8 tw„ of the principal features of the ti-its iater rteveîopment s his growmg appiwia- )B Of the beauties of nature and of atmosphsric fect, and his graduai ivtiuement in the delin«*ion

peaaairt life. The book is written with the îidrty of style characteristic of Bode and his iool, which contrasta strongh- with the tendency many founger German writers on art to become ■bose and involved.l

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35 THE REPOSE IN EGYPT .6oO f> In a landscape, represented under th« *™ J/?Ta récent storm, with a st™,™ f aPPearance of

m < virgiD> in red ;ob 2 ist:z i77rs obiiqueiy' the!

tbe Infant Saviour ■ bv hT , 9 gr°UDd' DursiDg

on the ass - Tn he Z t ^ Stand8 JosePh 'eaning

\M On panel~lH in. by 20 in.