iqo Language Through Nature 



Lesson 122 



PAUL JOSEPH CONSTANTINE GABRIEL 



A MONG the many painters whose pictures have 

 ^~~V. helped to make the world more beautiful 

 are the artists of the little country of Holland. 

 Some of these artists lived and worked centuries 

 ago. They are dead, but their works remain, and 

 their names are not forgotten. 



Others are living at the present time, and are 

 noted for the truth and beauty of their pictures. 



One of these artists of to-day is Paul Joseph 

 Constantine Gabriel, who painted the picture called 

 ''The Windmill." This artist lives in Holland. His 

 home is a most interesting place. The walls of his 

 studio, hall, and stairway are completely covered 

 with beautiful pictures, the work of his own pencil 

 and brush. They are all pictures of brave little 

 Holland, such as Dutch artists love to paint. 



In these pictures one sees dark fields with canals 

 gleaming like silver threads between them. One 

 sees old windmills standing like giants with out- 

 stretched arms, and great expanses of sky through 

 which one can almost hear the sweeping of strong, 



