Telegram-herald., 1888-10-29

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meat thai al pictures ~ Carlst te OuraL
Painters were g. badly treated ard hUEniiiG-
ted II the beginning of tie Eighteengh eel-
tUFy that they were lowered Gear down out
G the sab1ilrlry " chcir 2rJ. a-ld obi iged 70
give minuse accounts n bat they did with
tier col0rs. Is a painters bili which came 70
puolicailon ia Scotland in 1907 indicated.
Ihs painter Lad beeA touching up some cd
TseJures IA TIE cAurch. aud ho sends IL thu
lelnized blii 70 the vosrry. TO ding Up =
cAink IN the ked SEA and repairing the dam
ages 70 Pharaoa'E hosts - 10 a new pair II
hands for Daniel il TIC lloa's den, and new
So of teeth for the lsoness,h ito repairing
SebgchadneEz2r's beard" 80 giving blush
70 tho chess u Eve on preventing the apple
% Adam" 10 making bride for the Good
Samaritans horse, and nseudiag one of his
legs 10 putting on a new handle on Moses
basket ana fitting balTTishes. aud adding
more fuel % ths ire in Nebuchadnezzar 5
furnace" SO painters we're humihated clear
down below the majesty of their art Tue
eldest picture in England, a portrait Of
Chaucer. though now Of great value,
was picked out Of a lumber garnet
Great were the trials OF ouentin A2tsys,
who toiled on from hacksmith's anvil tll as
paintsr he wen vide recognition The iirst
missionaries % Mexico made the fatal mis-
take OF destroying pictures, for the loss of
which art and religion must ever lament
But why 90 so far back when In this year Of
our Lord 1883, and within twelve years Of
the Twentieth century, 20 be painter, except
In rare exceptions, means poverty and ney-
lecti Poorly fed, poorly clad, poorly housed,
because poorly Appreciated When hear a
man is painter, have two feelings: one Of
admiration for the greatness of his soul, and
the other Of commlseratiOn for the needs OF
his body.
But 50 it has been in al departments Of no
bic work. Some Of the mightiest have been
hardly bestead Oliver Goldsmith had such q
big patch on tho coat over his left breast that
when he went anyw here he kept his hat in
his hand closely pressed over the patch The
world renowned Bishop Asbury bad a sal
airy of So year Painters are not the only
ones who have endured the lack Of apprecia-
tion. Let Inen OF wealth take under their
patronage the suffering men OF art They
lift no complaint; they make no strike for
higher wages. But with keenness OF nerv-
Gus organization which almost always char
acterizes genius, these artists suffer
more than Gny one but God can re-
alize. There needs to be a concerted
effort for the suffering artists of America.
not sentimental discourse about what we owe
to artists, but contracts that will give them
livelihood; for am in full sympathy with
the Christian farmer, who was very busy
gathering his fall apples, and some one asked
him 20 pray for poor family, tie father Of
which had broken his leg; and the busy
farmer said: - cannot stop now TO pray,
but you can go down into the cellar and get
some corned beef and butter and eggs and
potatoes; that is all l can do now" Artists
rnay wish for our prayers, but they also
want practical help from men who can give
them work. You have heard scores of ser
mons for all other kinds Of suffering men
and women, but l think this Is the
first sermon ever preached that made
pleG for the suffering men and women of
American art. Their work is more true TO
nature and life than any Of the masterpieces
that have become immortal on the other side
| Of the sea, but it IS the fashion of Americans
70 mention foreign artists. and TO know little
or nothing about our own Copley, and
Allston, and lDman, and GreenouCh and
kensett. Let the afhuent ding out Of their
windows and into the back yard valueless
daubs on canvas, and call in these splendid
but unrewarled men. and tell them to adorn
! your walls, not only with that which shall
please the taste, but enlarge the mind, and
| improve the morals, and save tie salls OF
those who gare upon them.
Brooklyn. aud all osher American cities.
need great galleries OF oTt, not only open an
nlally for fcw days on exhibition, but
which shall stand opcn all the year round,
and from early morning Until 10 o'clock at
night, and free to all who would come and
go What a preparation for the wear ard
tear OF the day I've minutes look in tho
morning at sorne picture that viii open n
door into some larger realm than thai in
which our population daily drsdsel Or
what O sood thing the hnlt hour OF art4stic C
opportunity on tae way home liz the evening
from exhaustion that demands regeneration
| for mind aud soul as vel Us body, VINO
| viii do for Brooklyn o. TO city where you
| I've what W. W. CoTc'r1n cid for Washing
ton, and what | an tod John Wansraascr,
by the donation o. De EUz--zcsys great PIC
turc "Christ before Plate Is goin- 70 do for
phiIadeiphi8I Men OK wealth. il YOU arc
too modest to b,sild n,d endov such a place
during your lifetime. Why no. 60 70 your iron
sgse and take out your last viii ard testa-
ment, and mako a cOdicsl that shall bald for
| TIE city q yoar residence a throne for
American arti Take some OF that money
that would otherwise spoil your children.
and 5uild ar arr gallery that shall assoclate
your ua5as forever, nos Only With tla great
masters Of p1int1r. who are go1o. but with
the great nasters Who are trying % live; and
also win tee admiration and iove of tens os
Thousands Of people. who. unable 70 have fire
pictures ct the< own. would be sivantaEei
BY your bs1o.s -tion. Build ycur ora moau-
r1ents. ard ret leave IL 70 the vhim
CT oes-zs So1-e Of the best people
s'oepin- in Gree wood have no monuments at
al OF some cramniing stones that In fsv
years vii let tbe rain wash out name and
spfrarh; while some men. whose death wss
TIE abatement q a nuisauce. have q pile II