The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
THE OLD AMERICAN ART UNION
Tts Rise, Progress, aud Fail Told by an OLD
Gentle mnn WHO Beiieved In Native Talent.

| In the PrnStupnt'H DArIOr or un-fntvn
savings bank sa. a white.haired. dlppln,d old
gentleman who Aas in former yenrs idcn,in.d
with tho American Art Union. which lourisbed
| from 1889 to 1851 and came to an abrupt tor.
| mination in conseouenco Of n nowsnan,r ri.
| ya,ry I'm which tho intercsts Of tina association
| were not really inyolyed This bank prcsidon,
| was at one time the Hecordino socre,arv Of tho
Art Union. and aiterward its Corrnsnondinp
Secretary Time has scattor,d s,o,v NM, tba
| old gentleman's hnir Int has othervis, dooIt
| very kindly with him md hns left him tho on.
| thusiasm with which thirty vears moo ba
regarded that once famous institution 10 n
| reporter he smoke freely Of the mast
| tho wonderful past. and II was obvions
| that he did not think tbo yonn, nr,is,a
who study I'm Paris and Munich In nreson, davs
are flt TO hold eandle to tbe man whom thu
Art Union donIt with md fostcrod. "Wo cam.
monce5 - In soid with nm oxhiti,,or y, ,,ia
lures. and at tho close. when wo thought wo
had exhausted tho attraction. We sold i've or
~. -, IL -, 49,. 80,
FIN vi them ny lottery. giving 10 every SUP
scriber OF S. as annual fee u chance for one OF
the prizes. besides free admission 10 the ,xhi.
s oes.oo s ..oo aun.e9'on " 'no uAni.
ohiuhs ana Gooa engraving. Our progress Mt
first was slow. for tho city folks were super
cillous about HON, talent and ,rnferrrd had
''1 49,. "o'o '",e''' anu n'o'v' .ou Ia"
copies OF Old masters. But when tho thing be-
| came known throughout the country We pros
n.r.d ~ an incroI,Il., ox,a,, Tha ,,,rion,
.o,e" 70 an i'crcu'oi' oN'eh~ Inc American
regarded as ono OF tho greatest institutions of
the lnnd Tho coun,rv wos nromd ~ no and
wa cor,air,y tbona,, ro ~. "roIa "' ""'
Though saw IL. that perLaus should NOT,
Urn l,nt mo, ,,,,h ,h., nr.',n.,., - ,h, -,
w Nep' p"'o WIZ" VII" pios'eSs vi vi" hrt
Union. We engaged excellent cn.sravors. and
made cnvrayngs of tho works of our best ma
uN' aitIS's. iochcourase american hrlists ana
to dovclop homo artistic talent were our aims.
inc war you would nave found numbcrloss ex-
ry % Whn SrS
CNsil"ar the landscape painter. was our crack
T6" syh I"u nn Nc y m0'' Ss1 ps'nL %.
., ~. aoa,io,n, ian,,hn, W.T. ,, ,a.
was. They tell mo hc doesn't paint any better
now Castelar, also engraved a picture by
of Mount vo,,ur nan - ' ~" '''' near
Often" tho Reporter answered Indeed.
one sfW yd p'c, ,h ny NM H" iS irnd,
maj, rerYrjrJ IN yrv in,.,ns u .nr,, ~
voiSiS n "."Ga, did YOU think Of il r ,..,,
cit seemed To me- ,o be ~ ,n,,s,n, r.,. yv
SUPERIOR to- tn" GENE r e "f vs
AN ~. /, ia H., ~, 49, ~, ~ IL, , :, ~ =
ci,iv aud ,bn NH ih,ro - So @ sn"mc,r,n
il INV hc n',ct worae th,n tSopt ~, p tJ,
nv crn M ~ @ ANY u'9cicuie W
III" onno ,' ,i W. Wy Jug r,,, ~
SSa ant rrssd,n,: 1T seems to me ,ft hry;
CasiienrI Just so Veil h m matls wT nrn, a Ha
Gil Las low nou,,itr tnut wnai NJ n %nd
our n'sGn ,mru'nn m" tine "si yenr g"
rTnyn,.s and a,n nct,rr nril" i' 10 en-,
Shi ,,n, ", i,.t y, ~ '. ut
u ta mtS ~, ot IL maze mmnIy Tor ,n. assoc
trm nD' no ,S more eaectuy .hah ny MS
more rmhers III. more rizcI VAS our rnie
We we're N noon air nm unm,ti,ntal hies 49,,
t. ths art Of the so4ntrs" Here the bans
n epu yaie @Hn resumed as ,h WIZ, ssnt
w"rn n, IN Ms nm,cS ". course ,ho aop tr,eI
many nic'myass al s'n,ii,o n,I',a w. 'ou,, '
Tn"mo. C"o'ah there s wn ns'" n mani mH S7Hn
Tar nj. Drnnn " rnadt, VIZ a ,..n ~,
500 for h,s ear VI anIsanncs MS sn aye Sh"tth
nmp,na ,binp MIMI haI I'm tue te eS, n 70
ing, Ing, Ldm !,,n Got from SOY to 300 for MS
and we're exnesnry ' nnp9nr run r T1 nnbc in
tnpsn uay yo % ins hrs to TX
the popuar fancy He was BROTHER of Jud i,s
the Jnurc desribeI ~ me- bia lin M ssa "mIe
and it Was ike a good wheat farm in the Cen
ssGT h y".sy y His brother vas quite gS9ps
Mechanics Hnnk of this civ Fo.ks used 't 10
w"ner When h. " pnnted mi Ri i., as'u Nd
there was soma VIII snnrinp hat ha a i it ann
po.e But his Vas mere supnss nnd V ", DIR.
regarded the hints OF some '' over-ri. h,eous
HIM uat he he ces"d u u HAT tn, Il e r pnnt s ,rG
Leslie. He puntsd in TnaInni hut hn WAS an ~,
american MI the sans IN, ni,'iur vac w ~"
Shaknsr.nr roam Sweet Anna pov,, 'N.na IL
was won ty Philip Hone. Did Won ever hear Of
a Mr. Shceishauks reporter II "
Often
I" Mr. Shanpshnnks yisitrl this coun,yv whan
the Art T. mon wts In All lis ,tl'ry AMI ia "a ma
TO 4:7 Rroniway' where we 6ni our h.adn,inr.
t.rs MIR. Cozei,s one Of our nnnayrrs rc
ceiyel him with prent bonnr AMI a. thav
shook hands together MIR. Shsenshanks said To-
him. SIR. you have hore a picture which
envy ''swect Anne par, he vnTr CON ntrvr,n
Leslie In is worth mnny hunired Sntncns
assure YOU Mr. Sherushanks bou1ht ewerv
pictur. by Leslie that H., rnulJ mnI Than hft
them to the British nation and they ara now
in the South Krnsiurion galleries of m ,iarn
English art. But Leslie WAS nm American nil
tho snmn ~ " ~ '
' s"am voupp amin wben 7 tbint of ,boso
DAYS and OF tn. Services Which wa r"nucrad to
American art. We he!red many n yomnr md
caiiow genius. We hourht IN, earlv sfT"rts
Of William Hart when Ia was a intnr NJ
panels on stage coaches Other nnneI nainters
copied enyrnyincs but he had n wonnerfn
talent for composition and Invented HIS and
he was 50 praised that he went in reau,nrlv
for art work and has risen To be the Hnnst
landscape painter in the country Ana wa