The Odessa herald. (Odessa, Del.) 1888-1892, 1888-11-03


century, to be q painter. except 10 rare OK
ceptions means poverty and neglectf Poorly
fed poorly clald,. poorly housed, because
poorly appreciatedl When hear a man Is
q painter, have two feelings one Of admira-
tion for the greatness Of his soul, and the
other OF COMMUNICATION for the needs OF his
body
But 90 it has been in all departments Of
noble work. Some Of the mightiest have
been hardly bested. Oliver Goldsmith had
such big patch on the coat Of hisleft breast
that when he went anywhere be kept his hat |
in his hand closely pressed over the patch.
The world renowned Bishop Asbury had |
salary Of S64 year Painters are not
the only ones who have endured the,laek
OF appreciation. Let men OF wealth bnke
under their patronage the suffering men or l
art They lift no complaint; they make no
strike for higher wages But with keenness
of nervous organization which almost always |
characterizes genius, these artists suffer |
more than anyone but God caS realize |
There needs 10 be a concerted effort for |
the suffering artists OF America, NOT
sentimental discourse about what We owe 70
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 ono
asked him to pray. for poor family,
the father Of which had broken his
leg; and she 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.n Artists may wish for our prayers
but they also want practical help from men
who can give them work. You have heard
scores of sermons for all other kinds Of suffer
ing men and women, but think this is the
| first sermon ever preached that made
plea for the suffering men and women OF
| american ART. rnelr work IS more true 60
nature and life than any OF the master
| pieces that have become immortal on the
| other side of the sea, but it is the fashion
of Americans to mention foreign artists,
and to know little or nothing about our
i own Copley, and Allston and lnman, and
Greenough and Kensett Let the afiiuent
fling out OF their windows and into the back
yard valueless daubs on canvas, and call in
there splendid but unrewarded 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
the souls OF those who gaze upon them.
Brooklyn and all other American cities
need great galleries of art, not only open,
annually for few days on exhibition, but
which shall stand open all the year round,
and from early morning until ten o'clock at
night, and free to all who would come and
CO. What a preparation for the wear
and tear Of the day, hve MIN
picture that will open door into some larger
realm than that in which our population
daily drudgel OF what a good thing the half
hour of artistic opportunity on the way
|
demands recuperation for mind and soul as
, well as bodyl Who will do for Brook
! lyn or the city where you live what w.
{ w. Corcoran did for Washington, and what
am told John Wannamaker, by the dona-
3 tion Of De Munkacsy's great picture, Christ
) before Pilate,nn is going. to do for Philadel,
: phias Men Of wealth, if you are too modest
5 to build and endow such place during your
lifetime, why not go to your iron safe, and
Q take out your last will and testament, and
: make codicil that shall build for the city Of
L your residence, a throne for American nrt
o Take some OF the money that would otherwise
It spoil your children, and build an art gallery
IS that shall associate your name forever
h not only with the great masters OIL
n painting who are gone, but with tn,
u great masters who are trying to live; ant
h also win the admiration and love OF tens Of
n thousands of people, who, unable to have
10 fine pictures of their own, would be ad
y vaptaged by your benefaction. Build youl
d own monuments, and not leave it to th'
h, within of others. Some of the best people sleep
Is ing in Greenwood have no monuments at all
If or some crumbling stones that in few year
g will let the rain wash out name and epitaph
g while some men whose death was the abate
IF ment of nuisance, have pile OF polishef
le Aberdeen high enough for a king, and eulo
10 gium enough to embarrass q seraph. Oh
at man of largo wealth, instead o
I'd leaving,to the whim of others your mouumen
10 tai commemoration and epitaphiology to b
e looked at when people are going to and fr
id at the burial Of others, build right down il
40 the heart of our great city, or the city wher
le yon live, an immense free reading ROOM. o
he a free musical conservatory, or fire.
it art gallery, the inches for sculpture
he and the walls abloom with the ris
at and fall of nations, and lessons {
he courage for the dlsheartened, and rest for th
he weary, and life for the dead; and one hui
he dred and fifty years from now you will
or welding influences in this world for goo
at among those whose great-grandfathery WI
lie, your reatgrandchild. How much bettt
Is, than white marble that chilis you Il yo
of put your hand on it when you touc
he It in the cemetery would be monument
OF colors, in beaming eyes, in living possession
IuI in splendors which under the chandeli
~ would be glowing and warm, and looked
~ by strolling groups with catalogue in hal
Il on the January night, when the necropo
~ where the body sleeps is all showed undt
lto The tower of David was hung with one tho
p, sand denied shields of battle; but you,
% man of wealth, may have grander tow
az named after you, one that shall be hung II
M with the symbols of carnage but with
ere victories of that art which was so long a
M M recognized in my text as pheasant pictures
tne Oh, the power of pictures! | cannot derit
pIer as some have done, Cardinal Mazarin, WI
lne when told that he must die took his Ii
ON walk through the art gallery Of his pala'
nay saying: "Must quit all thisl Look at I'll
ma Ttianl Look at that Corregol Look
Ihe that deluge of Caraccil Farewell, dear pi
lor uresin AS the day of the Lord of Hosts, |
ca cording to this text, will scrutinize {
zen pictures, implore all parents to see Il
ho. In their households they have neitE
hao in book or newspaper or on canvas anythi
on, that will deprave. Pictures are no long
Ees the exclusive possession of the aftluent. 1hl
"a "a is not respectable home in these cities IL
ne has not specimens of woodcut or steel
ms craving, if not of painting, and your VIII
% ON !, family will feel the moral uplifSS
H. or depression: Have nothing on yc
xnFa1 Nr in h0n IyG hat will "a
IA, the young with scenes of cruelty or wasst
ana have only those sketches made by artists
neSs elevated moods, and none of those scenes Il
itus seem the product of artistic delirium treme
am Pictures are not only strong but "
'eks versal language. Tho human race is divid
the into almost as many languages rs there |
and nations, but the pictures may speak
the people OF all tongues. Volapuk many ha
the hoped, with little reason, would becomt
the worldwide language; but the pictorial
5ian always world wide language, and print6
2 IN types have no emphasis compared with
ton We say that children are fond of pictuI
but notice any man when he takes up bo
put and you will see that the first tn
ully that he looks at is the pictures. HI
etal only those in your house t
sson appeal to the better nature.
the engraving has sometimes decided an eter
Ikes destiny. Under the title OF fine arts th
by have come here from France a class Of /
q OF lures which elaborate argument has triet
re-" prove irreproachable. They would disgr
AFpi q DarrOOm, ana they neeu TO De conIlscal
and Your children Wilt carry the pictlres
1 in their fathers house with them clear OF
the grave, and, passing that marble pill
will take then through eternity.
ONE Furthermore, let all reformers, and
vine Sabbath-school teachers, and all Christ
hem workers realize that il they would be ef
lion. tive for good, they must make pictu
pre- il not by chalk on black-boa
% on or kindergarten designs, or by |
leral Gil on canvas, then BY words. Argumt
,ugh are soon forgotten: but pictures, whei
alter, in language or in colcrs, are what prod
as strongest effects. Christ was always tel
Z his what thing was like and His Sermon OH
ghty Mount was u great picture gallery, Begin
with with sketch of a 'city on hill that car
} but be hid" and ending with tempest bea
T his against two houses one on the rock and
him. other on the sand. The parable OF the pr
and gal son, a picture; parable of the sower,
after went forth to SOW a picture; parable OF
inter unmercifu servant, picture; parable oil
ce Of ten virgins, picture; parable of the tale