New-York tribune., 1886-01-08
LOOKING AT The MORGAN PICTURES

Il
The private view of the collection of paint
ings owned by L. d. Morgan tempted many people into
the National Academy OF Design Saturday night
Ex- Assemblyman Walter Howe remarked: 81 can just
remember the picture OF the period when the old
Governor was buying these paintings. "They
had great fascination for They located in
those days way down Broadway about Houstonst. Tho
fashionable the Dusseldorf school, Its char
acterietio you will from many OF these pictures
was mechanical work. There the same craze for
Dusseldorf pictures that there has been since for the
English school and the French school and that there
may some time be for the American school,
young with smooth white face and q head
bare a billiard ball among those pres
ent found on inquiry that he vas young Mr.. Clark,
who inherited five six million dollars from his father,
Edward Clark, who made great fortune in sewing ma
chnes lie began to bay pictures as the fortune
into his hands His choice is for American pro
ductions 1t said that he buys Others and Ia now
considered the most liberal patron aud most generous
enoourager of American artists He has spent several
hundred thousand dollars American pictures.
asked an artist with whom acquainted about
the money paid for American and who got the larg
prices. He said "The largest price paid Tor any
single painting has como to Bersadt. Sir Morton Peto
paid him S25 900 for The Rocky Mountains one OF his
most celebrated productions. He got the same amount
from A. I. Stewart for The Emerald Pool. Le Grand
Lockwood has his The Domes Of the Yosemite That
also brought $25 900 Powell. who has painted several
pieces for the Capitol at Washington, has received
$4,000 and $4,000 for thom. Tho artists who get
such large figures not the most prosperous meu lii
the profession They Obliged make large expendi-
the production OF their works and their manor
of living necessarily costly. doubt II either Bier
stadt or Powell mas laid away much money"
In froutof OF his pictures, Summer Memory
of Berkshire which shows Morgan's country
seat James NJ Hart, tho Landscape painter
lie is a short and rugged scotchman, creeping up TO
llnf Will
expression about It, You see the humor twink
ling Of his eyes and yet wonder II he not given to
bursts OF pason Ho has long sandy whiskes strcaked
with gray and head Of ron-gray hair Ny artist richu
said to about Hart There is man who mas maze
money In his profession. He lives In Brooklyn III
that he paid $4,000 for some twenty years ago
He Is worth $l50000 He started out with the
idea OF painting pictures for moderate prices. His
charges were from $500 Sl 600 HE landscapes be-
came popular He received special orders that brought
him much higher price. But presume he has not
averaged over 5000 500 for his productions An
other artist who has laid up money by the same process
is J. G. Brown. lie has studio on rcnth-st and paints
bootbacks gamns street Arabs and similar characters
His paintings bring him $500 to $500 apiece He Is
liberal liver just turned hfty and is worth about
100000 is the cheerest artist In Ncw-York. an
Englshman by birth"
/ heard a story Of Beaufort Iryiug's experience with
New-Jersey legislators the relation OF which hope
will stir them UP to do tardy justice to him. Irving Is
portrait painter OF Tonth-s Some time ago, while he
was living in NewJerscy, he told that the L;gsla
ture portrait OF General Iee OF Revolutionary
fame 4dOrn tho Capitol mt Trenton. The members or
the committee waited on him and asked him what he
would charge for such portrait they wanted. lie
said $500 and they directed him proceed with the work
When IL was finished he them notice. The picture
was and approved seemed to be some
hitch In its acceptance. Finally one or tho members
who had instrumental In giving the Order came to
him with request for $3.50. He made no secret of the
fact that ho expected that sum for his commission.
Irving was astounded. His asonishment grew when
another member asked HIM for 500 and two others
for $50 each. lie quite decidedly that 500 was his
price for picture aud that he could not and would not
take less Then they upbraded him aid called him
fool. 4" II your price was $500 why didn't you say
81 900 p asked Of them. We thought yOur price
was about 81 whea you only charged $780, They
went OF and left the picture on llyings hands ,
heard also a story of George H. Boughon, the weH-
known American artist reared In Albany believe, but
prosper 2 in Lontcu where ne has been made an an
associate member OF tho Royal Academy. Ono OF MS
patrons Robert !. stuart. who was known among
he had made his fortune In snI4r aud molas>es iie
would give order for painting. and then vi1t the
studio every day TO Inspect nr hists PtoSress
ton painting for iim scene III ~hleh STORM was
depicted with "a vessel gOngd"wn short distance from
the shore Tho picture uearly hnishol Mr. stuart
gazed ut IL long time day, aud then said " lt
only thing 10 make II Perfect IL dying wall
masterpiece o; the age" All. replied Bougton with
half sikh that turned into laugh. couldn't
PAINT dying wal" O' course; On' '0"a put IN '''"
John W. Ellis. tho banker. who was for years In the
firm Of Winslow Lsnier Co.. but has now retired. was
looking Governor MOrgaus collection and cnnsnlt
ing tho catalogue occasionally. He Ia an old Ohl0an
ami talked about tho new Ohio Society Of New York
lie is already member OF the New England Socr ty.
organizations have some vcry good features he
remarked FOR Instance, ee % nqb ay ns
that in the OF my death there was $3.50 a~ itng
,n, atisHed ih,t INV wife would be cared for" CON
cluded the emionaire with a hearty laugh