The New York herald., 1873-12-14
ART MATTERS.
our Crnyonis,s and Colorisss.

our ana tOiOrfsfSs
Very little Is known by the general public In re-
gard TO the Whereabouts and the pro essional
latons oil those who make BUSINESS OF giving. by
crayon color. an additional charm to the pro-
duciion OF the photographer And vet the world.
which oepencs upon the photographer for so much.
and in some cases pays high price lor that
dependence. would, we imagine, be very glad OF
little practical Information in respect to this
variety oil artists. We do not mean To- Imply that
the mode OF transaciing business employed by the
majority OF our photographers Is not perfectly
legitimate one, so far as the conventional
Interpretation OF that word Is concerned.
The photographer VINO has been at the
trouble OF building up business, and who has
erected certain departments into specialize, will
be sure finally to.have something like the proper
value placed upon him, and OF this reward we have
no desire to deprive him. sareny. Frederlcks,
Kurtz, Howell, Gurney Mora, Bogardus have all
their several lines OF work and their several evels
OF purchaser. and each OF these excellent estab-
l!shments presents popular pecuar.ties. with
who as yet rival has seriously interlered
But behind the numberless Photographic galleries
In the city Is a large number OF crayonists and
coorsts, who depend upon them or i'm
medately upon the public for support. There
are, then, two modes OF getting photographs
finished. One is through the medium OF the
photographer. who will, OF course, charge price
sufficient to remunerate himself well; the other Is
by immediate application to the artist. The last
way is the cheapest but it Is also the most risky.
unless the customer Is also eonnoisseur, accus-
toned to distinguish between artistic good and
evil. Facts compel the assertion that the large
number OF poorly qualified crayonists and colorIsts
in this city does not render this mode OF going
work very promising one, except under the con-
ditions specified. But then, again, IL cannot be
denied that photographers charges are high. On
an average they Will not put tie best work, IN
colors, upon single carte de cfStte for less than
50; on an imperial card Tor less than $40;
iour-four size for less Than SIS; on an eight
fOur tor less than $50; and on cabinet or
1920 size Tor less than $75. With them ie-
size In cray on costs not less than $780, and from
tnat all the way up TO $500 or $500, and the same
proportion obtains IN regard to Photographs in oil
and pastels. Now these prices are oi.en twice as
much and sometimes hve or six times US much as
what the photographer pays To tue ciayonist or
coorst whom he employs, and the person having
photographs to be touched with crayon or color
would reap much OF the advantage OF this dispro-
the accomplished crayonlst and colorlst land
there are only very few in this city) Is
either engrossed by the photographer or by
private demands. Strange to say, all the
present are foreigners. Amont the former young
Cuban nam Il Gullermo Coilazo holds foremost
rank. Much OF the best crayon work seen in the
most popular Photographic galleries OF New York
is from hls hand though not under his name, and
exhibits power, grace, freedom OF touch, that
raise the photograph upon winch they are be-
slowed into an actual production OF art. The con-
sequence is that Senor CollaZ0 is always in demand
by first Class photographers, mucn tnat we
doubt whether lie has too much time at bis private
disposal Another very accomplish ed crayOnst,
found in Broadway Just below sixteenth street IS
SenOr de CodeZO, who has been working Tor some
time In studio OF his own and, though maintain
ing connection with more than one phOtogra-
phic establishment, does considerable work imme-
diately with the puplic and does II Tor them about
twice as cneaply as that procured through the me-
dun OF the ultra-priced photographer. Here life
size photographs in crayon are 10 be procured ior
800 or $3.50, the counterparts Ofwhch would fetch
double that price at the kind OF establishments we
have Identified. ScnOr Salvador Presas, another
Cuban, located at Nos. 767 and 769 Broadway has
also done some crayon work or unusual excel
crayon portrait OF MRS Woodruff IS one OF the
most finely executed and characteristic Oi the kind
that we have recent, Rare good crayonists
are good co.orsts still more rare. The great
ma orlty oil them make sorry failures when they
come TO apply that delicate stippling process by
winch the texture OF the skin Is Indicated. Emi-
nent among them ioI the delicacy OF his touches
and that refined manipulation by which q portrait
may be slightly id alZed while retaining It's char
actenstc expression, IS Signor francesca A.
Maria. OF No. 81 Union square. Most people can
sympathy with the beautiful lnvoluntarily pays
them in bestowing slightly idealzing touch.
IL Is IN s m respect ano na ne n,s EXQUISITE
excels, dexterlty practlsed with such
ana rapldity Us enables him to transact for
mis- customers at 81 or SO per imperial photograph
an amount WORK which we have seen selling in
than one gallery ior five or six times that
sum. HIS use OF the brilliant anine colors mas
been severely crticsed; but 1t IS not upon the
beauty OF anine coors that We are now dwelling.
The simple Iact IS that these coiors charm even
ewes when are educated above the average and
that, when the brilliant sameness with which they
wash is patiently corrected by q subsequent appll-
caton o water colors, those differences light
aud shade preserved which are essential to
picture Miss Florence A. Francis, OF No. 769
broadway, has also done some very clever work in
Photographic colOrng. and her pieces bear some
. relation to those we have indicated above. We
hope to be able to to this subject soon again.
as there Is more be said oil 1t in many ways than
can conveniently be compressed into the limits OF
one article.