Delacroix, who was an enthusiast in color, was the leader of one school of his time, and was opposed by Ingres, who was so wanting in this regard that he was accused of being color-blind.

Mme. Thurwanger had a curious experience with these artists.  When but seventeen she was commissioned by the Government to copy a picture in the Louvre.  One morning, when she was working in the Gallery, Ingres passed by and stopped to look at her picture.  He examined it carefully, and with an expression of satisfaction said:  “I am so very glad to see that you have the true idea of art!  Remember always that there is no color in Nature; the outline is all; if the outline is good, no matter about the coloring, the picture will be good.”

This story would favor the color-blind theory, as Ingres apparently saw color neither in the original nor the copy.

An hour later Delacroix came to watch the work of his pupil, and after a few minutes exclaimed:  “I am so happy, my dear girl, to see that you have the true and only spirit of art.  Never forget that in Nature there is no line, no outline; everything is color!”

In 1852 Mme. Thurwanger was in Philadelphia and remained more than two years.  She exhibited her pictures, which were favorably noticed by the Philadelphia Enquirer.  In July of the above year her portraits were enthusiastically praised.  “Not a lineament, not a feature, however trivial, escapes the all-searching eye of the artist, who has the happy faculty of causing the expression of the mind and soul to beam forth in the life-like and speaking face.”

In October, 1854, her picture of a “Madonna and Child” was thus noticed by the same paper:  “For brilliancy, animation, maternal solicitude, form, grace, and feature, it would be difficult to imagine anything more impressive.  It is in every sense a gem of the pictorial art, while the execution and finish are such as genius alone could inspire.”

TIRLINKS, LIEWENA. Born in Bruges, a daughter of Master Simon.  This lady was not only esteemed as an artist in London, but she won the heart of an English nobleman, to whom she was given in marriage by Henry VIII.  Her miniatures were much admired and greatly in fashion at the court.  Some critics have thought the Tirlinks to be the same person with Liewena Bennings or Benic, whose story, as we know it, is much the same as the above.

TORMOCZY, BERTHA VON. Diploma of honor, Budapest and Agram.  Born at Innspruck, 1846.  Pupil of Hausch, Her, and Schindler.  Among her pictures are “Girl in the Garden,” “Blossoming Meadows,” “Autumn Morning,” and a variety of landscapes.

TORO, PETRONELLA. A painter of miniatures on ivory which have attained distinction.  Among those best known are the portraits of the Prince of Carignano, Duke Amadeo, and the Duchess d’Aosta with the sons of the Prince of Carignano.  She has painted a young woman in an antique dress and another in a modern costume.  Her works are distinguished by firmness of touch and great intelligence.  She has executed some most attractive landscapes.