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* DTTPKE. 534 DTJPUY DE LOME. ture he lias accomplished the difficult task of rendering the effect of a hot sunnner's day. with its strong contrasts of bright colors just after a rain. In 1S52 he exhibited "Sunset," "Pastureland," and "Entrance to a Village," all excellent works. But immediately afterwards he returned to ri.sle Adam, devotinn himself exclusively to nature and art. He did not ag-ain e.hibit until the ftiris Exposition of 1807, to which he sent twelve canvases, not equal to his former works, but somewhat labored in handling. The best among them were the "Forest of Compi&gne," "The Gorge of Eaux Chaudes," and "Pastures of Berry." During the war of 1870 he resided at Cayeuxsur-Mer. and found in its barren and lonely neighborhood subjects which well ex- pressed his own melancholy. The marines which he painted at this time, like his "iloonlight," belong to his best work. After the war fortune began to smile upon him. and in 1872 he was able to buy his now historic house at I'lsle Adam. He" passed the rest of his life in peace and quiet, surrounded by his pupils and friends, to whom he communicated his ideas on art, in an original "fashion. In the Exposition of 1889 there were exhibited, besides his older works, eight others which showed his vigor un- impaired, such as a "Road in the Park of Stors," a "Storm at Sea," a "Ravine in Marais." He died at I'lsle Adam, October 6, 1889 — a beautiful and unselfish character, loved by all with whom he associated. lie was the devoted friend of Rousseau, Corot, Millet, and other artists. Duprc was one of the greatest painters of the Barbizon School — the dramatist of the group, as Rousseau was the epic and Corot the lyric poet. He was a melancholy spirit, and loved to por- tray the tragic, the gloomy, the terrible in nature. He attached especial importance to the handling of light in a picture, and. in order to accomplish this, he often made such free use of iinpasto that his pictures almost became reliefs. His colors are bright : it has been well said that 'he sees nature through a prism.' But they are harmonious, and he excels in his contrasts. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1849. Officier in 1S70. and received the Oold Medal of Honor at the Exposition of 1889. Con- sult: Clarctie, Pciiitrcs el sculptcurs coiitempo- rains, deuxifeme serie (Paris, 1899); Hustin, "Jules Duprfs" in Les artistes ci^Ulres ; Les hommes du jour: J/. Jules Dupri (1811-79), par nn critique d'art (Paris. 1879) ; and the articles bv Menard, in VArt (1879), and by >Iichel, id., 1883. See bibliography of Fo- TATN'Enr.EAU, SCHOOL OF. DUPRE, .Jt-lien (1851—). A French paint- er, boin in Paris. He studied under Pils and Henri Lehmann. Among his pictures_are "Les faucheurs de seigle en Picardie" (1877), "Les lieurs de gerbes" (1878). and "T>es glancuses" ( 1879) . He is noted for his painting of animals, particularly of cows, and his fresh, brilliant landscapes." There are two pictures by him in the Luxembourg, "Les faucheurs de Luzerne" (18S0I and "La vache enragi'e." DTJPREZ, dn'prft'. Gilbert Loris (1806-96). A French dramatic tenor, born in Paris, and ed- ucated at the Ecole de Choron. In 1837 he made his first appearance at the Opfra in the rOIe of Arnold in Guillaume Tell, and from then until his retirement from the opera in 1849, he remained a favorite with the Parisian public. His writ- ing include L'lirt du cliaitt and La mclodie. DTJPUIS, di.i'pwe', Cn.RLES FRANrois (1742- 1809). A distinguished French savant, the son of a poor schoolmaster. He was born at Trie- Chilteau, near Chauniont. and obtained admis- sion into the college of Harcourt. where he so soon acquired extensive knowledge that at the age of twcntyfotir he was made ])rofessor of rhetoric in the college of Lisieux. At the same time he went through a course of law studies, and was admitted an advocate of the Parliament. His' acquaintance with Lalande introduced him to the study of mathematics and astronomy, and he was led" to the thought of explaining myth- ology by means of astronomy. After several communications in the Jourmil dcs Savants, ap- peared liis Mt'nioirc sur rorii/inc dcs constella- tions et sur I'explicniion ilc ht fable par le moycn de Vastrouomie (1781). He was now ap- pointed professor of Latin oratory in the Col- lege de France, member of the Academie des Inscriptions (1788), and shortly after a member of the Commission of Public Instruction. During the Revolution he became a member of the Con- vention, next of the Council of Five Hun- dred, and, after the Eighteenth Brumaire, of the legislative body. He was also one of the forty-eight individuals who formed the nucleus of "the Institut Xational. His great work, L'Originc de lous les cultes. on relifiion univcrselle (179.t). which he had long withheld from fear of offending the religious world, was at last published at the instance of the Corde- liers' Club. This circumstance rendered the book more an object of party bitterness than its own purely scientific character would probably have called forth. It made a considerable im- pression on France at the time, and no doubt ahei%ards caused Napoleon to appoint the famous comr.ission to explore Upper Eg>-pt, which Dupuis had pointed out as the general source of southern mythologv-. No less attention was awakened by his memoirs on the origin and spread of the Pelasgi, and on the zodiac of Den- derah (q.v.). In his last work. Memnirr expli- calif du zodiaque chronologique et mytholopique (1800), he attempts to demonstrate the unity of the astronomical and religious myths of all nations. DUPUIS, Nath.xn Fellowes (1836 — ). A Canadian educator and author, bom at Port- land, Ont. He graduated in 1860 at Queen's Lniversity (Kingston), and in 1867 was ap- pointed piofessor of chemistry in that institu- tion. In 1880 he was transferred to the pro- fessorship of mathematics. He was for a number of years public inspector of schools for Kingston. His puVilications include: Elements of (leometrical Optics (1808): Junior Alrjebra (1S821 : and Flements of Si/nihetic Solid Oeom- clrii (1S!I3). DUPUY DE LOME, du'pwe' de l*>m. Stanis- LAs CuvRLES Hexhi Lairent (1816-85). A French naval engineer. He was born at Ploeineur, near Lorient. and was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and in England. In 1857 he was chief of department in the Ministry of the Na-y, and was subsequently appointed director of liaval construction. The apoleon.Oe first iron steamship constructed in France, was