The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-04
MAxUrA cronrEs or OIL pA1x11Ses
whore Pietsrss are Pr~dsesA that Cas- be
oold fbp ESQ MusAreA.

who're PSeturss are Pr~dsesA that Cas- be
sold Ssr ESQ MssArsA.
OIL paintings, "a by 80 inches. mounted and
stretched. sold In this city at proht for $50
hundred. Eight artists have been known to
produce las OF these paintings In day. Large.
handsome. fiat Dutch gilt frames for tho paint
ings sell for 81. Those are wholesale rates.
The pictures retail for from % apiece up. and
one OF them has been sold as high as $3.50.
They arc sold chiefly by peddlers. who carry
stocks Of them through oil tho mining towns OF
the West. Many show an amount Of labor and
skill In execution which IL would seem impos-
sible to command for ten times the price asked.
They are all landscapes. ss nothing else
sells 50 we'll. The paintings come In many
sizes. but the price does not vary much. They
generally represent river. mountains In the
distance. a bit Of country with fences and trees
and hero and there farm house. Tho tints
pleasing effect This e s.peeiaIly true q the
teen years ago when the industry was begun
loud naring colors and broad effects were IN
but such are only vast
castle. Castles ' Of the most remarkable design
the wild woods. They must have plenty Of tur-
One Of the largest OF these oil painting man
are rooms ned with racks containing hun
SoSs Fhe s2e aa a
E.Syn 5'R artist The me .S,asa four MR. w
money in nigh art. he invented a process for the
Ths pan,nss are sn msas s"@ hssyy muslin
which is 3rst vet y. and stretched tiChty on long
francs a II is then nc cut into the reIuired size
Is tinted Light blue, and after this Ins dried It
muslin. This stencil is Of thick paper. with
an I'd. S q ssHR Ss ns In s4 boy o
sSisss &, VS1, aad .,.I III pSiss
moved. tho muslin is seen 70 DO Spotted here
Used whose holps correspond 10 other parts e 81
more st ,ncis follow and when tho work is done
Work " Varied e"os sSsn
young woman who blends the background. She
running The S9o5f Into
camels hair brush. Tho result is. surpris-
Ing The pst;chwork bss so%.S harm21,
muslin then, goes to a man who blends the
foreground In the same manner. Next II IL
from model ' hung on her sase she Outlines
the trees fences, shrubs, and other accidents
of scenery with extraordinary rapidity. The
colors are mixed ready to her hand and she
has simply to lay them on, A fourth and more
light and shade, II finally COOS toihe artist.
the palaces castles. houses. md boats. The
rnpidity and skill with which all work H. duo to
long years of practice. The paint used is COM
mon house painters paint. In the paint room
are racks containing small pots OF paint OF
5000 different tnis.
Mr.. Levin says he ia obliged so rell very
cheaply. in order to compete with artists who
paint at their homes. He has. lOd different
styles Of pictures but some sell much better
than others. He has tried ngurc pieces but
they did not tnke well The naint stands the
proved by age. When Handsomely framed
these paintings. Mr.. Levin says. are sometimes
hung, in private gal cries among expensive
paintings. He knew OF wealthy Western man
who liad his private gallery completely filled
with these paintings. In the cities the paint
ingss arc sold by anctioneers and in the country
by dry goods stores and pe!ldlcrs. 1t Is. a fas-
cinatng business. MS n high price may be OBJ
tanned for the pictures sometimes.
The frames arc Of pine, on which is glued a
moulding made Of a combination Of putty and
glue and gilded.