Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02
DIVINE MISSION IN ART,

CAEiSLlsu III "a or woman, sI1 see 40
DIVINE MISSION IN ART,
and ackno Wedge you no obligation either
in rhsnks TO God or manl
l. is no more the word CT God when
nUt Def re US in pr.ntsr's ink than bg
skilltul lsyiEg on CT col0rs, or designs on
metal through iucisIop or corrosion.
WEST lesson in moFsls was presented
by Hogsrth, the painter, in his two PIC
tnres, "rne Rske's Progress" and "Vhe
MissF's Feast" snd ~ Taomss Clle's
ebGravirg5 CT the "Voytqe c: Hunan
Liie," suC the "Course OF Empire,n sad
by "Turner's Slave Slip" God in ar:
Christ in Sft Patrisrc55, prophets end
apo5tiles u art! Angels n art! Heaven
il art!
EHSorld aud !he church ought 10
o1%g t$sae higher appreciation OF the
ANne &ission OF pictures, yet the
aorsEN lheIn have generally been LETT
10 aaarVation. West, the great
paints sstled in misrepresentation till, be-
ihgsTsst sEster, while on tns ics he
toTi8ad the acquaintance Of Gsaersl
Howe Of The Engnsh army, aad through
coming to admire West ss skater, they
gradually came 20 appreciate as much
that which he accomplished by his hand
az by his heel. Pouzsin. the mighty
painter, wss 2uraued, and had nothing
With which to defend himself against the
mob but the artists portfolio. which he
held over his head to keep OF the stones
hurled al him. The pictures CT
Richard wilson OF England, were
sold for fabulous sums OF money
sitter his destn, but the living painter
Glad n MT 10 hgc 6 -
Of Stilton cheese. From 1910 to 1913
there were 1900 pictures wilfully de-
stroyet. II The reign CT Queen Eliza
beth it WAS the habit CT some people TO
spend much Of their time in knocking
pictures 10 pieces. Ia the reign Of
Charles l, it was ordered BY Pir!ismen.
that all pictures q Christ be burned.
Painters we're so badly treated and hu-
millsted in the beginning Of the eight
eenth century that they we're lowered
Gear down cut OF the
sUBLIMITY OF THEIR ART,
ard obliged TO give minute accounts OF
WhsE they did with their coiors, as a
painters bill which came 10 publication
IA Scotland, in 1907, indicated. The
painter had been touching up some old
pictures III the church, and ne sends in
this i'emiZ3d Dill to the ysstrV: no
filing up chink in the r cd Sea snd re-
pSiriug the damages to PhafSoh's bostE;"
80 y new p2ir OK nsnds for Daniel n the
HONG den, ana new set Of teeth for the
liCpess;" go repairing NebuGhadptzzn's
Dea'd;" $50 giving blush to the cheek
Of Eye on presenting tie apple to ADAM"
40 making b1idle for the Coed SsEati
tgn's horae, end nendipg one CO lis
Legs" "to putting On Few bsrdle
on M05as' bGgkst and fitting bUlrughes,
snd ad6lnG more fuel TO The ire in
NeEuchsdptzz at's furnace" So painters
We're humiliated clear down below
the majesty CT their art. Tie
eldest piCtSre n England, G
portrait Ct Casucer, though now CT
great value, was picked out OF lumber
garrett. Great we're the trials Of Ga Min
Mstsys, Who toiled on from bIEcksmith's
sugil til es > painter he won vide reco{-
Eiti2n. Tie first missionaries to Mexico
made the fatal mistake oi destroying
piciureg, for the loss OF which art and re-
Egion must ever lament. Blu. why go 90
far bSck, when in this yesr CT our Lord,
1888, and within WE'VE ye5Ys Of 'he
twentieth century, TO oe s pstnttr, except
II Tzre exceptions, mesDs poverty End
GesLec;? Poorly fed, poorly clad, poorly
housed, because poorly cpp.ecisteC
Wien | hear = man is painter, have
two feeltrgs, one OF Stmirs,iOu for tae
greatness Of his soul, sE9 the ctaer If
comm.eeTstion for the neeus OF his body.
But SO it ass been III ali departments Ct
noble work. Some Of the mighstest bdvs
been hardly bes.eSd. Oliver Goldsmith
mad such big patch on the coat over his
left breast that when he weut anywhere
ne Kept his lat n his hand closely pressed
over the pstch. The world rem Wned
Bishop AsbuIy had salary OF 26t yesr
Painters ere not the only ones VINO have
endured the
LACK OF RECITATION.
Let nan Of wealth take under thair pat
rGHsge the suffering men Of art. They
Lift GO complaint; they make no gtrike for
higher wages. But with s keenness OF
nervous orgsn:z1iion which almost al
ways chaEac;erzes genius, these artists
suffer more than anyone but God can re-
siiz9. There needs to be s concerted
effort for the suffering artists OF America,
not sentimental discourses sbgut what we
eve TO artists, but contracts that will
give them & livelihood; foc | an in full
sympathy with the Christian farmer, who
wss very busy gathering his fall apples,
and someone asked him to pray for poor
family. the father Of which had brosen
his leg; aud the busy farmer said: az
csnnor stop to pray, but you can go down
into The cellar and get some corned beef,
sId butter, and eggs, snd pctatoea; that
is ali that can do now" Artists may
wish for cur prayers but they
also want practical neip from
men who can give them work.
You nsve heard scores CT sermons Tor ell
other kinds OF suffering men and women,
but think this is the first sermon ever
preached that made plea for the suffer
ing men and women Of American art.
Their work is more true 20 nature and
life than any Of the masterpieces that
have become immortal On tue other side
CT the SEES, but it is the fashion CT Ameri-
cans to mention foreign artists. and to
know Htils or nothing about our own
Copley, snd Allison, snd Inmsp. and
Greerough and Kensett. Let the stil 1ent
ling out OF their windows and into the
back yards valueless
DAUBs ON CANvAs,
and coil in these splendid but unre-
warded mep, and tell them 70 sdorn your
walls, not only with that which Shall
please the taste, but enlarge the mind,
and improve the morals, and esve the
souls of those who gaZs upon them.
Brooklyn and all other American cities,
need great galleries Of art, not only open
annuity Tor Jew days on exhibition,
out which stand open all the year round,
and from early morning until 10 O'Clock
st night, and free to ali who would come
and go.
WHAT q preparation for the wear