# The Mentor: Angels in Art, Vol. 1, Num. 40

Author: Van Dyke, John C., 1856-1932

Genre: The Mentor

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50843

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## Summary

"Paint an angel!" exclaimed Courbet (koor-bay´) the realist to a pupil who one day asked him how it should be done. "When did you ever see an angel?" The abashed pupil had to admit that he had never had the good fortune to see one. "Very well, then, you had better paint the portrait of your grandfather, whom you see every day." The advice to keep his head out of the clouds while his feet were on earth may have been needed by the pupil; but nevertheless angels have been painted time out of mind, and even such pronounced realists as Courbet and Manet (mah-nay´) have painted them. And they saw them, too; that is, they saw the pretty-faced models they turned into angels by adding enlarged pig...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mentor-angels-in-art-vol-1-num-40-50843/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-mentor-angels-in-art-vol-1-num-40-50843/chapters/2/index.md)