The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-07

A RhaFt Visit. 10 the SIudIO OF . YOunE |
Painter Who Is DESTINED 20 Via Fame
In AIS Profession.
The South Side" reporter Of the INTRL'
LIGEScER in his rounds yesterday, tired Of
looking atmuddy streets and dilgy yards,
sought few moments relief in Myles'
Photograph Gallery, Here Mr.. John
Myles, the son Of the proprietor, has his
studio, and the newspaper man was cor.
daily greeted.
A very pleasant hour was spent, a por.
ton Of the time being given to the inspec.
ton oil some oil paintings probably hun.
dreds OF years old, and which were brouHt
from Rome and presented to Mr.. Myles by
the late Bishop Whelan. In some
the canvass had rotted around
the margins Of the picturea, but others
were intact. Who the artists were or
what the studies represent ia left to the
Imagination. One popularity the reporter
noticed In all, however, and that was the
peculiar flesh tint, which ia seldom, II ever,
seen in modern painting. One Of the an.
tiQues had the paint so thickly bestowed on
1t that time had made almost q baa relief
OF it, the light portions standing out very
perCeptibly, while the shadows we're
drawn in, giving the picture, dulled as its
colors were by age, q certain startling and
lie like animation,
Turning from these, the reporter desired
to- see some OF Mr., .Myles' own studies
Slowly but surely, Mr.. Myles Is gaining
reputation for fine crayon work, which is
bound to spread without the confines Of
this State, lie has made, in the past three
years, some remarkably fine Crayon pic.
lures which have been most favorably
noticed by critics and the press. At pres.
ent he is working up picture, lie size,
for Daniel K. Neal, OF ParkerRburg, also O
pastel picture for Mrs. Bullock, OF the same
place. Some finished CTayons on the walls
were Q little girl OF DR.. Snlliyan's; pastel
picture oil the artist himself, painted from
life by means Of looking glass, and a re-
mSrkable handsome CFayon OF Posle Miller,
Mr. Myles has also started an eccentric
picture Of q Mr.. Muegge, news dealer in
town. lie 10 seated by table, dressed in
Swiss costume and playing the either, his
head thrown back and his mouth open ss
though singing roundly,
Mr.. Myles, though but young man, has
been q hard student for years. As for his
natural talents the reporter has met but
few artists who had more, and the scribe
takes pleasure In predicting that II Mr.
Myles progresses In the future as has in
the pGst that the time will be short until
lie will hava more than he can do. Even
now our citizens OF the best taste recognize
that they can have liie.szsd Crayons made
as well by Mr.. Myles as any Of the
artists Of eastern cities. In oil Mr.
MyleS has also produced many clever and
strikingly original pictures, and bis por'
traits give uuquestioned satisfaction.
The crayon oil Mr.. Neal, above referred
to ia now nearly finished. II is from a
photograph. The reporter saw Mr.. Neal
when he attended the railroad meeting
10 this city some few weeks since. As hi
was made President OF It, the reporter had
his features photographed on his mind
and the superb crayon OF him by Mr.
Myles will certainly crafty not only Mr.
Neal himself but all who know him.
The reporter Is glad to see the young
men Of Wheeling coming to the front and
with Mr.. Myles as the exponent OF her
artistic progress 1t should afford similar
stimulus TO those In other walks Of Iiie