The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-04
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'.Lst me tell yoa," said . salesman
IN tbs picture business the other day.
that artists ~ class are the most
trying and short-sighted people in the
world For instance. they VII actually
~ % spot each others salsG They
s19Qot b made e ses that whatever
6siRa ems kslps fhs market"
Kew can they spoil each others
''In many ways. I'll give you an in
pened good many years ago, 80 that
NO ones Feelings shall be hurt I had
Tor customer wealthy gentleman.
ana had just about persuaded him to
nuy really good landscape by q lead
ing artist; price. 500. In fact the,
gentleman had virtually bought the
picture. he was just beginning to
speak about making . payment whom.
an artist, . mutual acquaintance.
stroIled into the room. Now the gen.
tiemsn wanted confirmation Of his
Judgment, e. people often do. and 30
appealed to the artist coming in, and
asked his opinion OF the purchase. The
artist felt Q twings Of jealousy. He
balanced himself frst on his heels and
than on his toes. made opera-gfAsses
out OF his hands, and Squinted. ct the
view. Finally be spoke. Tt Is : ane
picture. Il IL well conceived, drawing
first rate, admirable color. like the
trees, the sky. the water. In fact, it's
an excellent work Of art. Still, If you
really want my opinion, III tell you
consisting. You see that small figure
in the distance-the figure Of man
fishing? Well. If you viii take The
trouble to find the scale Of measures
nnent, you viii discover that the mans
tishing-polo is certainly over fifteen
feet longr
when I heard that knew in /.
minute that my bargain was OF The
gentleman buying the picture did not
rely enough upon his own Judgment,
and besides / had had experiences. The
artist criticising the picture appeared
TO be fair and square. He had really /
given the work its due praise. to begin |
with. But he had got his deadly work |
in after ali. That splendid work of |
art was spoiled for that purchaser BY =
little brush stroke intended to repre-
sent fishing-pole. The gentleman
never looked At It again that It did not |
seem to him to be al fshing-pole, and |
he finally told me the fishi1e-pole had |
made the picture odious to him, and
he would not buy it.
And you say that artists often do
that sort Of thing?"
Eyes. they've spoiled . good many
sales for each other, in my experience.
But, mind you, don't say that thew
have any malicious intention or always
realize what they are doing. It is the
Easiest thing in the world to discover
,ome little, trifing, good for nothing
1efect that Will turn person against
picture"
But suppose a purchaser is put out
u conceit with Smiths picture, doesn't
hat make him all the moro likely to
urn around and try one Of Brown'sP"
mo, it does not. And that is why
say artists are short-sighted. In nv
if a man buys a picture
md is happy and satisfied over bis
purchase he is more than likely to turn |
Iround and buy moro pictures. The
ppetlte grows on him. But if he Is |
hecked and made to feel dissatisfied .
Vlth his own taste and his own iudp-
nent just as he is about to buy a pict.
re he is thrown back on himself.
.rows disguised, and turns his back on 1
be whole business
''How do you think the taste for {
icture-buying may be promoteda" Z
There's no telling anything about Z
: PIcture-buying here in San Fran +
lsco comes on at irregular intervals 8
Ike an epidemic. Sometimes l think t
comes in waves, like hot weather, or
ke anything else we don't under i
and.
''Is it not possible the trade should Z
yer become equalized, and a steady,
sgular demand for pictures be estsS. :
shedP" 4
''Well, if you ask me that question, t
shall have to tell you that hero again q
le artists are at fault. In dull times '
1e artists go along slowly and care
lily. They growl good deal. but do q
retty good work. Let the market i'm a
rove ever so little and they get per- :
'ctly wild and turn out pictures by the i
Oxen. They reason that If they can b
I'll possible three out of four pictures {
ny not fifteen out of twentya The d
onsequence is they kill the goose that '
Iys the golden egg. They glut the .
larket with poor pictures, exhaust Q
at the earliest possible mo- {
tent. and hatten out boom which Z
egan favorably and might have been s
BAKED to last long time" e
when do you think the artists will '
arm to manage their business affairs .
it'll discretionP"
mot before themillennium.T -SGE +
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