The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-30
Why Don't They Take a New
Departure7
Those Immemorial Studies at Long
Branch and Lake George.
Somebody Needed to Stir Up the Csnven-
tiOnal and Orthodox.
The Same Trees, the Same Seas, the Same
Sails, the Same Wales Painted
Ad Infnitum.
Those Who Are Gone to the Mountains,
Those Who Are Gone to the Coast and
Those Who Are Not Gone at All.

Those Who Are Gone to the Coast and
Those Who Are Not Gone at ALI.
There may be artists in town, but we defy any
one to md them by ordinary means. Occasionally
one may be seen sinking tlmidy along Broadway
and Fifth avenue. dropping in to take glass OF
soda water or Belfast ginger ale, and looking
sheepish and ashamed as though conscious that the
salt water and the foam, the scent OF pine boughs
and the sunsets of Northern lakes were waiting
to enchant him. 1t Is a sort of religion with the
artist to be out OF town when July comes; and
this religion is quite as imperiOus in its demands
as it is with the dame of fashion and the gilded
youth It Is the hour to bid farewell to the accus-
toned atelier, now grown unbearable with an al
most tr0pc sum- the hour to turn the back upon the
spot where the tired and straining model, nude or
robed, recllned; the hour to turn the pictures
with their faces to the wall and leave the of
many labOri0us Spring and Winter day to the
dust and silence enjoined by lock and key. Below
We give list OF the whereabouts Of many OF eur
artists, not by any means Of all. Full particulars
In every case are not easily arrived at. Some ar
lists seem to have an nsuperable objection to their
Summer whereabouts being known. They are
afraid, to all appearances Of being followed up by
instruments OF the smaller fry, having their studies
Interrupted and their artistic thunder stolen Some
from inherent vagueness Of mind, leave the most
Indefinite indications of their routes. Thus IN quite
. number OF cases, we are obliged to content our
readers with the information that such an artist
has "g0ne to the Mountains Gone TO the
mountains, quothal One might almost as
well say "gone to the grave" only the
latter would be much more definite. for q
mans grave, unless he happens to fall fighting
for hts country, is easily identified. There are
mountains in Vermont and mountains in Califor-
MIA, to say nothing OF those In Africa ana the
moon. and We therefore leave the reader to
conjecture the most natural destination Of such
Of those artists IS have left no fuller hints than
these.
NEW DEPARTURE NEEDED.
By the by, why don't our artists seek newer and
fresher spots for inspiration IN their Summer
studiess Why should we have the same monoto-
nous and wearisome repetitions OF routes, Summer
after Summer, for almost half q century at timer
Are there no radical rtsers in artS Are there no
pioneers OF the pencil leftf Why should Dick
Tinto insist, season after season, upon haunting
Lake George when the interior Of Pennsylvania Is
as full Of as yet unreproduced localities
Of beauty as q hive with cells or an
hour with minutes. Why should Fred Fresco 70
Summer after Summer to Newport or Long Branch
when the whole Continent il as alive with material
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color or an ocean with roar ? We are afraid that
the majority or our artists stand upon an orthodox
and conventional platform; that they are as timd
In thinking for themselves as Puritan would
have been to whom the doctrine of Universalism
was submitted for the first time. They dare not
select original quarters and take up their positions
In spots unOccupted before. Their studies are on
the safe side, and consequently generally have
somebody -has-done this before" appearance about
them. Give Lake George little rest Let the
Summer surf at Newport be unmolested by art eyes
for single season. Turn your ideas loose and
let them roam over the vast Continent which TWO
oceans bound and one railroad bisects, and
then possibly you may return plethoric with rich
studies in the Fan and prepared to create that
has been talked OF for years, but never realized.
This season. however, IL is probably quite too late
ready chosen their destinations and repaired
thither. They are walking by the same seashores,
underneath the same si,esi they are trusgng
have done for the last twenty years. few have
gone to Europe, but the proportion Is very slight
Summer to studio work or detained by conditions
which they do not find 1t easy to alter. 1t Will be
noticed that in the list appended below attention
has not been confined to the conspicuous OF the
profession. We are aware that among certain
artists mot BY any means the most aniable or
that publicity should be confined exclusively to
those who have enjoyed . considerabse share Of
Fentlenen. There is more tnan one unprominent
artist whose present Whereabouts will be the in
dex to his success or failure next season, and on
that account we have made bold to print It. Mr..
Splatterbrush, who painted that magnificent pic
ture known - 1.-The Finger Of Scorn,n which
SON. has his sensitiveness ssrely touched when he
views his name side by SIDE with that OF Danny Dem
itent, the little genre painter, fellow Of no merit
knows Mr.. Splatterbrush has right, perhaps, to
hismorbidity and restiveness. Perhaps they are
the eccentriclties OF genius-the only indications
OF genius, enemies say, he possesses.
Though our artists are not as rule, original
and brave IN choosing ner s%nmer tours let us
industrious In carrying them cut. What the prom
tse is for next season we shall let the reader
that the list Is not by any means complete, nor
even, so far as it goes as perfect IS could be de-
WHEREABOUTS OF ARTISTS.
Augero, F., has gone 10 Europe, to remain the rest
, Of MS natural r. a eI Hsc:IsS pas
Ban e n Rome Italy His latest works are "Eve'
Brandt Carl is in Europe.
Bierstadt, A., is in California, but win return to IT.
Beard, VIM. is passing the sunmer in or near
Beard, J. H., ought by rights according to report)
TO he in Covington, KY, but We saw him At the
Brevoort, J. r., who did net make as much as he
ought TO have done by his recent sale OF pictures
Is visiting friends and relations in Holland, and
will remain abroad year or two
Brcher, A. T., IL nuttering hther and thither, be-
tween the sunset and the sea.u
Bellows. A. f. tof BOSTON,, has gone to the coas.
OF Cape Ann.
Butler, George B., Jr., is at Stockbridge.
Bispham, II. c., Is nourshing upon the results OF
his stampede" IN some unknown locality; have
made herculean but unsuccessful efforts to hna
BRISTOL ]. B., has been among the elms In Berk.
and concludes his wanderings with the seacoast.
In middle OF October may be found in his new
studio, No. % Association Building.
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