Parmi les peintres d'�lite, les uns d�j� dans la tombe, les autres encore debout, qui depuis un demi-si�cle ont illustr� notre �cole, Ary Scheffer occupait non-seulement un des premiers rangs, mais une place � part. Cette place, il l'avait conquise par une originalit� v�ritable, par quelque chose qui lui �tait propre dans la mani�re de percevoir et d'exprimer le beau. Talent sinc�re, naturel, ind�pendant, fid�le � sa vocation, sans souci de la mode, sans trouble du succ�s des autres, il avait la foi de l'artiste, et ce n'�tait pas l� sa moindre originalit�. Cette foi, qui d�cline et p�rit d'heure en heure chez nos plus jeunes et chez nos plus habiles, chez lui ne faisait que grandir � mesure qu'il prenait des ann�es. Chaque jour, il devenait donc une exception plus rare, un contraste vivant plus utile � observer, un plus pr�cieux exemple. Aussi, lorsque nagu�re la mort l'est venue frapper avant le d�clin de l'�ge et � l'apog�e du talent, l'�motion a �t� profonde, le regret unanime...

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Ludovic Vitet (1802 - 1873) �tait un litt�rateur et homme politique fran�ais - Inspecteur g�n�ral des Monuments historiques.

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