River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-01-15

property interest in the sun; it has
nothing 10 do with the management OF
It, 1t is precarious kind of property,
too; a succession Of total eeiipses would
probably ruin this tavern. Now what
can be the matter with this sunrise 2"
Harris jumped up and said:
'I've got Ill | know what's the mat
ter with it; we've been looking az the
place where the sun set last night"
TWAIN AS AN ARTIST.
We had had the best instructors in
drawing and painting in Germany
Eammering. Vogei, Muller. Dietz. and
Schumann. Hammerng taught us
landscape painting, Nogel taught us fis,
nre drawing, Muller fought us 10 do
still-life, and Dietz and Schumann gave
as finishing course in two specialties
-battle-pieces and shipwreeks. What
! ever am in art | owe to these men. !
have something of the naanner Of each
/ and all of them; bat they 81. said that |
1 also had a manner of my own, and that
it was conspicuous. They said there
was marked individuality about my
style; insomuch that if | ever painted
]
be sure TO throw something into the as
pect OF that dog which would keep him
from being mistaken for the creation Of
any other artist. Secretly wanted TO
believe all those kind sayings, but i
could not; was afraid that my masterS'
! partiality for me, and pride in me, ui-
ased their Judgment So / resolved 10
make test. Privately aud unknown
TO any one, painted my great picture
Heidelberg Castle Illuminated "--my
| first really important work in oils-aud
had it hung up in the midst of wilder.
ness Of oil pictures in the art exhibi
| ton, with no name attached TO it. To
my great qualification it was instantly
recognized as mine. All the town iiockec
to see it, and people even came from
neighboring localities to visitit 1t made
mere stir than any other work in the
exhibition. Rut the most gratifying
thing of all was, that chance strangers
passing through, VINO had not heard OF
my picture, were not only drawn to it
as by lodestone, the moment they en-
tered the gallery, but always took it tol
Turner"
When the landlord learned that | auc
my agent were artists, our party rose
perceptibly in his esteem; we rose stil
higher when he learned that we were
making pedestrian tour of Europe.
He told us all about the Heidelbere
road, and which were the best places
to avoid and which the best ones to tar
ry at; he charged me less than cost FOL
the things | broke IN the night; he pu
up fine luncheon for us, added to Il {
quantity of light green plums, the pleas
ATTEST fruit in Germany; he was SO anx
ious to do us honor that he would no
allow lis to walk out of Hehbronn, hu
called up G0tz Won Berlicheugent
horse and cab and made us ride.
made a sketch of the turnout D
is not work, il is only what artists cal
Study thing to make finished
picture from. This sketch has sevcra
blemishes in il; for instance, the Wagon
ie not going as fast as the horse IL. 1hi
is wrong. Again, the person trying t.
get out of the way is too small; he il
out of perspective, as we say. The twt
upper lines are not the horses beck
they are the reins; there seems TO be 3
wheel missing-this would be corrected
in finished work, OF course. Ina
thing flying out behind is not a flag, il
is curtain. That other thing up there
is the sun, but / didn't get enough dis
lance on it. [ do not remember nov
what that thing is in front of thC
man who is running, but think it is 8
haystack or woman. This study wa'
exhibited in the Paris salon of 1879, bu
did not take any medal; they do no
give medals for studies.
Mark says he can understand German
as well as the maniac that invented it
but he can Talk it best through an inter
prefer.
A BRAND NEW BRIDE.