Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-03
ROSA BONHHURs OF TEE FUTURE

Inc young women art students Of
TINS town have been flock NJ home
from mountain aud lakeside sketching
tours. their portfolios filled with new
and original Studies" A troupe of
them seen entering Artist Carl Heck.
OF studio anc art school ca used; u Afatl
ana Express reporter to follow the
happy crowd W thin and ask Prof
heeker how New York girls were get
ting along in their art work. He said
they were improving In marked de-
gree every year They do better work
man formIY they study harder aud
they learn more rapidly. With YEAR s
STUDY. aud often less, many become
proficient enough to teach, and do so
whlle still persning their studies. The
ages q young women students average
from 10 to "a or rs and. as Il rule,
ihey are enthusiastic workers. The
Professor said the hour Tor closing his
school was 4 O'clock. but il is hard
work 10 get the students away al 8.
Ihey are made 10 study the antique
ilrsL aud then are given orig nal ST H.
lie studies 10 paint. Several OF the
latter were pointed out. Ole. which
fourteen young women were painting.
was quite difficult Il consisted of a
collection Of articles on a table. among
winch were blue china wine bowl. the
shape 81 Key, and 0rnnnented with
hSures. IN front of which stood an
empty champagne bottle and cham
pagne glass. alongside was a silver
salYer. on which were an
overturned silver goblet, pine
and halt-smoked cigar, and a
shell ash receiver. Back of all were
some green leaves. The object OF
Tie study was TO cause to have have
produced the surface OF the different
materials Of which the art cles were
composed. Ms, glass. silver. the table
lrapery, the blue china. Other studies
Ia still-liie were an overturned basket
OF peaches. a string Of crabapples
and branch. collect on of fruit Oh a
SILVER platter. section OF wall on
which were hanging a violin and bow,
piece OF sheet music and a faded rose.
Nam OF the paintings of these studies
are done SO well. Prof. Hecker said.
that they are salable al once. being
worth from S25 aud $50 to SIS and
SlOO each. One Of the students is
now painting portrait at the school
for which she is 10 receive 500
Among thcyoung students who promise
TO become noted are Miss Scott,
Of Ionkcrs, Miss Watson. Of Texas,
who intcnds 10 establish al art school
IN her state; Miss Borgmnr. Miss
Mount, Nj IS DoSctcr aud Miss Bruce.
They are all doing excellent work of
a high order aud worthy. il Is said, of
an Academy exhibition.
Asked regarding their earnings with
tho brush Prot leckcr said that tho
New York girls wiIu take lessons with
40 idea Of earn ug livelihood in art
generally succeed. OF the graduates
most OF them occupy positions in
schools. others are earning good sal
M es decorating. others are portrait
painters, aud many have classes of
their own Of from six TO twenty
pupils Two or three of the present
pupils have developed such a talent
for portrait painting that they earned
seycra hundred dollars each IN the last
year.
OF the delights Of the summer
sketch ng tours the Young women
never tire Of talking. Picturesque
spots along the Huson or in ile
Orange mountains are selected and
different views selected TO be drawn or
painted. One OF the trips WAS to u
village in the mountains overlooking
the 'Tappan Zee" Ii is told of the
trip that the eager students were TO te
seen nc work ri sunrise and earlier
striving TO get ahead of each other for
an exhlb itiOn at breakfast time Of
sketches of tho sunrise. and that on
starry nights they might be seen study.
ing the effects of the moon aud STAR
light on mountains and RIVER, aud in
one instance the "wee sma' hours"
saw an interior sketch completed by
the lights OF candle artistically
arranged in an empty paint bottle.
Tho noighborlng mountain proved an
attractive spot for excursions. and
three or -four days 4 week parties could
bo seen snugly cnsconscd in some
spot earnestly al work
painting tho scene before them. A
favariie spot with all was a cottage
high up on tho mountain side aud lying
sheltered between gigantic mounta II
tops. From there magnificent view
Of the Hudson as far us Yonkers was
had in one direction. aud in the
opposite range after range of mount
aims.
What noticed particularly" said
Prof. Heckur. sis a growing intelli-
renco in the Young women. There is
certainly more talent among those Of
This country than those of Europe Rno
All that is needed is TO bring 1t out.
am proud Of the girls they are so
earnest, so enthusiastic aud 80 faith
ful. They are more ambitious than |
The young men. and they work harder;
and an Amer, can girl has really |
ambition. She will work hard and |
study hard. aud what is more she
succeeds. Many daughters of million
aires start In the study because Il is
tho thing, but il is interesting TO see
low after few lessons thcv learn 10
value diamonds less and nature more
and become Us earnest workers as tho
others.
IL This Foreign Contract LabOra
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