but a short time on it, and passes away, and the future is not known. the Nine What an influence Mauve had on his brother artists, and on his fellow countrymen, their loving and affectionate memory of him shows. This is beautifully expressed by M. A. C. Loffelt, in his study of the artist's life and work: "But Mauve is not dead! When we "Dutch walk in those pretty country lanes under the Painters of birch trees, with their silvery leaves and pearly teenth Cen aspect; when we watch the sun caressing the green meadows and playing about among the branches of the willow, or over the alder and hazel trees; when we hear the echo of the tinkling bell of the sheep on the heath, we say: 'Mauve lives, he is here, he is here!'" tury." CHAPTER X Born 1839. MATTHEW MARIS THERE are some artists about whose place in the art world there is always great discussion; they have strong admirers, and these perhaps exaggerate their good qualities, and on the other hand there are many people who go to the other extreme, and do not care even so much as to look at their works, are even annoyed at them for their apparent impossibility and unreality. Matthew Maris is one of these artists, and while very many admire the paintings of his earlier period, with their fine colour, perfect tone, and poetic realism, the work of his maturer years is little understood, and appeals to those only who are willing to accept without questioning as much as he is able to disclose to them, in weird but beautiful terms, of the dreamland in which he lives, and |