Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-10-30

N iOA'S"n5 oaioA hAS~'Ay va eiS Vic-
inguished Artist, Mr.. o. BULiARD, is
taken from the American Biographical
Sketch Book, and from other authentic
sources. The Sketch Book contains the
lives of 12s distinguished living, self-edn-
Gated men, and in it Mr.. BulLud is properly
assigned a conspicuous place as being one
of the noble few, in our country, who have
by their own exertions, been elevated ffO,n
adversely to high and honorable renown.
The crowning work Of Art by Mr.. B.
and the one which above all others is now
winning for him wide and enviable fame,
is his Panorama Of New York City, Paint
ing of rare truthfullness and perfection,
which cost him four years incessant toll and
was attended with m expense Of over
$4,000.
O. A. BULLKRD
Was born at Howard Steuben CO., NJ Y,
on the 25th of February, 1916. His pa
rents came from Massachusetts, and were
among the earliest settlers of Steuben co.
His father was farmer Of good repute.
When the latter died, the subject of this
sketch was fourteen years Of age and he
was apprenticed to the business Of wagon
making and sign painting, those branches
being frequently united, IN many of our
villages. His love for the fine arts was first
awakened, by the arrival of portrait paint
er in that place. Eager to obtain some
knowledge of the art, he exerted himself to
the utmost to raise the ways and means and
applied for instruction; but the artist re-
fused to disclose any of his professional Sc
crets. AT that period he was eighteen
years of age and the productions of this
painter were the first oil paintings he had
ever seen. Ever afterwards his mind was
fixed upon painting and although the way
did not then appear, an artist he was de-
termined to become With this view he
desired to leave his trade, for the purpose of
obtaining instructions in some Of the distant
cities; but at the earnest entreaties of his
mother, who could not bear the idea of part
ing with him, he remained All his spend
ing money was laid out in books: but he
searched in vain for any which gave infor-
nation on painting.
At this juncture, friend of his, young
physician, patiently waiting, like many otr
ers, for gray hairs to entiue him to conf
dence, agreed TO sit for his likeness He
was in his glory, as with a painters pencil,
odds and ends Of brushes, and the premises
all tc himself and his "subject" he COM
menced his first portrait 1t was we pre-
sume with some such feeling as that Of an
orator making his debut or a general about
to fight his first battle. Tho portrait was
declared to be excellent, and to his grati6-
cation it wa. pronounced greatly superior
to those painted by the professional artist.
All the people declared that it was Ike life
itself; and in truth there was no fear of his
falling into the difficulty of certain artist
who, having painted horse, thought it
necessary, for the information Of persons
not Judges of the fine arts to inscribe un-
derneath the animal, +" This is a Horse"
When of age, MIR. Bullard visited Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut where he found
friends who gave him the requisite instruc-
tons He then commenced business as a
portrait painter, at Hartford, where he met
with good success. During several subse-
luent years, he painted portraits in Massa-
chusetts, and in the western part of the
State Of New York.
In ls4l, he married the eldest daughter
r nl,,,rtn,1 t., opI tho W N
Ter Of lS43, he has made New York city
his permanent place Of residence.
There probably is no Artist now living,
Of Mr.. Billiards. age, that has labored
harder, or applied himself more closely to his
Profession, for the last fifteen years. He
has illustrated fact that has been ilustra-
ted BY great many individuals viz: that
God gives nothing to mortals without la.
bort is labor that produces everything
There is no doubt of the fact that it IS the
luty of every man, more especially Of every
Young man, to find out what Trade or Pro
| Ession God intended him for and then aitel
ascertaining that fact, to devote the whole
powers of his mind to the accomplishment
of that one object, viz: to ercet in that trade
or profession. 1t makes no difference
whether a man shoes horse, makes boot
shoves the fore plane, paints picture, o.
breaches a serrnon,-whatever he does h
should do weu. Mr.. Bullard- like all mel
who have distinguished themselves has actc'