The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-11-17
Art Notes.


lsing of our artists have been win.
ming high honors, aud some have
made or are likely to make their
homes. James Barnsley, G. w.
Chambers aud W. II. Howe were
all represented in the picture cal.
leries OF the Exposition now clos.
ed, aud Howard Kretschmar had
completed bust of Gen. Sheri
dan which the hero of the Shenau.
doah declares is better than the
bust of him made by Hiram Pow.
ers IN Florence. Concerning the
pictures exhibited in the Exposi.
ton, the main point of interest is
that they are the works of st. Lon.
Is men, all of whom were admitted
10 the Salon at Paris last Nav.
and are entitled to the honor of
the magical label "Hors Con.
cours.' Indeed, it is remarkable
that success have been make by
the artists who have silently and
faithfully been working for lnowl.
edge and fame in this, perhaps,
tho most discouIaging city for art
ofany in the country that pretends
I" pnt on metropolitan airs. In
this connection it will be a matter
OF interest TO note who are the
men to whom ST. Louis have turn.
ell the cold shoulder, but who
have found are on the highway to
finding both fame and fortune in
the world. They are so many that
1t would appear, at least rs to art,
that the converse of the interro.
CATION, "Can any good come ont
OF Galileep would apply to this
city, and that the proposition
should be Everything good goes
out of st. Louis.' Take kepler,
for instance. lie came near starv.
ing here IN spite of his brilliant
wit and perfect mastery Of the arts
of drawing and caricature. lie
was rejected here only to turn up
IN very few years-not half q
dozen-at the head Of the best and
most profitable satirical publica.
ton in tile world.-puck.
kretschmar, than whom a great.
or sculptor lives not to-day in the
world-that is, II sculptor who en-.
bodies living thought In his work
who struggled here for six years
against adverse circumstances
that would have broken the heart
of ANY ordinary man-Krctschmar
goes to Chicago and meets with
immediate and liberal recognition.
Other artists are about to leave,
aud il now locks rs II the whole
or nearly the whole OF the brilliant
galaxy of Young men who, five or
six years ago badc fair to make
this city genuine center Of art,
have all made up their minds to
desert the city of their birth or OF
their adoption. This is an unac.
countable state of affairs, particu-
larly coming as it does immediate
" after Mr.. Crows libcrality had
created a museum of art, which II
was hoped would have proved a
stimulous to the local art feeling,
But it is a fact, and whatever the
cause, the effect is only to be de.
plored..
The writer of this met Mr.
Kretschmar in st. L0uis O day OF
two ago, and asked him for infer
nation as to the cause Of his leay.
ing, and received for reply that !,
was simply a matter Of business
he could do better in Chicago than
here. at WAS" said he, "simpl,
an accidental circumstances which
led me to see the advantages o.
the city by the lake. Mrs.Kretsch
mars health rendered 1t impcra
tive that we should go away from
st. Louis for a period. After
spending some time in Wisconsin
we went on o visit TO friends il
Chicago, aud there | opened a stu
,lio as y temporary experiment
In six weeks | had received com
missions that will keep me bus,
for a year to come, and could al
SO see that there were plenty o
opportunities that ! conld not pos
.ibly nave in st. Louis. The vas
difference in population is ONT
cause of this; another, perhaps
is that the people are more uset
to art. further cultivated III tina
direction than are the mass Of thu
people of this city. Understand
me, | have no complaint to maxi
against st. Louis. ! have numcr
ous friends here and have me
with as much patronage as 1t wa
reasonable to expect; but Chicago
presents q wider. d more extensiv,
field, and naturally il is to such
place that | ought to go. both II
Justice to myself aud those dc
pendent upon me-