Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-29
" Bellip,,s Madonna st hi

csma cniid that was tc
eclipse in speed and bctdness
AMI grandeur sny hing aid evsrytning
that tie NoIid had gsea s!Lce tie fist
color sopearei on tho sky 81 the cfea-
ton, Paul Gustav D2re. a. eleven yesrs
Of age re u olisted marvellous ii;Dosrsg1s
OF his ow,. Ssy!ng no alag Of "haI he
old for Miisol's Paradise L ost," en-
o.szoniag II on the attention OF the WCr.cr
he taxes up lie o0og CT hooks, 'be mon
arch CT Il ers,ure, she Bible, and Ia his
LicIures "r1e Creation Ct Light "fae
rrial Of Abrehsu'e Faith" "rns BursI
OF Sarah" joseph Sold os His BFs.h :
rer," "Hhe Btsz.n SerpeRt," "Botz and
Rub" "Oavid and Goliath" "Tne
rraus fgufstinu," "The Marriage in
Cans," ''BsoTion Fallen," and 205 scrip
turai scenes 10 81, with bolduess sud :
grasp and slmos; superna ural sffl Aus
EnG. make the heart thrOb, Gud tne o-ain
reel, and the tears start, ard tie cheeks
bleBch, and the entire 1Eture quake with
tue tremendous things OF G % ard eter-
niiy eno the dssd. / actually staggered
down the steps oi the London sTt gallery
a ider the power Of DJre's "Christ L2av-
ing the ? a oliun." Piofsss you 10 be
C2rs:lsD M 81 or WoInag, and gee 70
DIVINE MIS- ION IN ART,
ond ackno wlsdge you 10 oo.ssslon either
thanks 10 CD Ur mSn
Il is no more the WoId OF G I'D when
put hef re NJ in p n.e-'3 ink than o2
akiliiu. laying on Il coI0rs, Or designs on
metal through ilcisinp or c0rro5!on.
" oat lessun il morris Was press nted
bS HOgar:n, the painter, IN his TWO pc
:ures, "Pae Races Progress" and "fne
Mise,'s Feast" snd ~ Thomss C@Ie'a
engraylIgs OF the "E0yage Ct Bunsn
Lie" anu the nCOurse Ct Enpire," snd
Og Turner's Slave Snip" God in srt!
Christ ia ar, Patllarchs, prophets and
apostles in AL Angels in art! Heaven
IL SRI!
TIE world and the church ought to
come 10 the higher appreciation Of the
divine missiop Of pictures, yet The
authors Of Them have generally been left
TO smietarvs.ion. West, the great
psinEer, Goiled II unappreciatlon till, be-
ing great skster, While on the les be
formed the acquaintance Of General
Howe Of the Eagnsa army, and through
coming TO adnire West as = skater, they
gradually came 10 appreciate IS much
that which he accomplished by his naad
as by his heel. Pou5ein, the mighty
painter, TICS pursued, snd had nothing
xith which to defend himself against the
mob bat the SItist'e portfolio, which he
held over his head to keep OF the stones
| hurled ~ him. The pictures OF
Richard Wilson OF ENGLAND, were
sold for fabulous sums OF money
riter lis deatn, but the living painter
: IVES glad TO get fer lis "Alcyune" pieca
Of SItlton coeesa. From 1910 to 1913
there we're 1890 pictufGs Wifuil7 &C.
stroyed. Ia The reign Of Queer Ell za-
beth 1t was the habit Of some psOpie to
spend much CT their lime In KNOCKING
pictures TO pieces. In the reigc OF
Charles l. it was orderao by Parliament
hat al pictures 4 Christ be burned.
Painters were so badly heated and hu-
uiih.ted in the beginning CT the eight
eenth century inst they were lowered
clear down cut OF the
sUBLIMITY OF THEIR ART,
and obliged to give innate accounts OF
what they did with their colors, Is q
painters bill which came TO publication
in Scotland, IN 1907, Indicated. The
painter had been touching up some CID
pictures il the church, and ne sends il
this item zsd Dili TO the VsstiP: "ro
IL.
pairing the damages to Pharsoh's hosts"
'to new pair OF h.nds for Daniel u tae
lions den, 6nd new set Of teeth for the
lioness;" % repsiring NebuchsdnezzA l'e
beard" go giving blush to the cnees
Of Eve On presenting the apple to Adam;
40 making bride far the Good S2msrl'
tsn's horse, spd mending one Of bis
legs" "to putting on Q new handle
hul RAJ
and adding more fuel &c the fire il
Nebuchadne zz.r's furnace" 50 painters
were humiliated clear down below
the ntlasty of their art. This
Oldest pictsre in England, 4
portrait Of Cnsucer, though now Ct
great value, WAS picked out OF lumber
garrett. Great were the trials OF Ga NTH
Matsys, WAC toiled on from blacks nith'a
anvil till IS psinter he won wide rsco--
Lition. The rst missionaries to Mexico
made the fatal mistake OF destroying
pictures, for Ere loss Of which art and re-
lglon must ever lsment. Blu. why &c sc
far bsck, when in this yecr OF our Lord,
1888, Gnd wilEia twelve yeeEs Of The
twentieth century, TO De painter, except
ia rare exceptions, means poverty and
neglect? Poorly fed, poorly clsc, poorly
| QOuseG, DGChuSt poOIly atpteCioeSo
When I hear man is & painter, have
two feelings, one Of admiration for the
greatness OF mis- SOM, and the other Il
ccmmiseresion for the DeeCs OF his body
But SO il hiss been In all departments Ct
noble work. Some Of the migh:iess htve
been hardly bsstesd. Oliver Goldsmith
mad such dig patch on the coat over his
left breast that when he went anywhere
ne kept his hat IN his hand closely pressed
over the p.tch. The world rem wnet
Bishop Asbury had salary OF s6t year
Painters are not the only ones who have
endured the
LACK OF APPRECIATION.
Let mer of wealth take under theiI psf
ronsge the suffering men Of art. TbeJ
lift no complaint; ihey make no strike fdl
higher wages. Bu. WITH 8 keenness OF
nervous organization which almost o.
WAYS characlerlzes genius, these artists
suffer more than anyone but God can re-
aljzs. There needs 10 be concerted
effort for the suffering artists OF America
not sentimental Gi$courses about what 1e
owe 70 artists, but contracts tbs. viii
give them q livelihood; for l an in ful
sympathy with the Christian farmer, who
WAS veEy busy gathering his fall apples
and someone asked him to pray for q poo
| family rha fathnr Of which hsd broker