The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-26
EIL NYE'S ART IDEA.
- Chromos in His Own Pri-
yate Collection.
MUSICAL PHENOMENON
.<a visions Of Titan, Raphael,
-. rubens aud Ballet Girls
ssa cleaning Tights-
Eew Yak World

y, - y @an,s length 70 visis. Mr.. D. w.
& tbs owner and collector. /
81 al slay not long since visiting this
..-rzrssioF Of beautiful pictures, and
.ss..sis tornd Nj. Powers present bin1-
-s.sine over his treasures. We talked
- Iengtt about art. ard when Is
Z. s.sse fer ne to 30 | could see thai
Z. psxsrs gave up reluctantly.
- youag man ! had been something
B. .n,ssctor nayseis, beginning some tea
=. 100 81 the acquisition OF the noted
$500 pfctures known as Wide
- ana nFast Asleep. They are
:, ,srses. Of course, but by connoisseuFs
!. - REGARDED as very faithful copies
- stmlfTs sale on Staten Island. not
: soes, The property Of an old picture
-, included 9 study entitled The
- SUR. BY Rose Bonheufn Its ex.
80 wiki pan and looks ike the orig
Z zsause Il IL very spirited indeed.
s, kerns are In very coed condition,
- aesn fed on ground feed, ! judge.
ssssxf They are OF the Norman vagie-
x..h crest breadth Of beam, and their
! s,s done up ia Psyche knots. ] ike
: slzssfe very much. as also does every
s sho sees It. got Il at a great bargain,
. $50 included tiae frame and wire
I ahich 10 hang IL up. Il IL IN my
-, Is write these lines, while near il
r. md. reproachful eyes and tender
-. i 4 Ilieaized portrait Of Lydia 4
zAsa. engaged sH inxenfing vegetable
soasd whic wiilh bring joy 10 the
4 II eaElection Il also enriched By several
- kaleries from she Old World. One
seizure Of Napoleon on the Island Of -.
sslss bought Il Of 81 American who
~ j Paris last summer. lie offered Il 30
Fl az 81 francs without the frame.
gspbahsy al the so paintings ia the Pow
! ! sassry The Wife Of Rubens" j. one
E ~ most beautiful. and also ehaste, the
|skegae goes on 20 state. 3ubens loved
+ bAlat bis vile rather than have her
~ herself. He was quite proud Of her.
= nnshlng pleased him better than to give
~ sitting whenever she got new dress.
|ta<ns. Titan and Falk are my favorite
|rAb Another very striking picture is
assA aI.e Moss d'Octohre fla Recotte des
|lsesnss de Tefre).n This IL by August
|sahefg. Swedish artist, and II hadn't
- ne French title - ID | could have said
|Anil locked ike potato patch in the
IS 40 old gentleman Of the nenman
|fspmpaon cast Of counfeBance Is engaged
E gearing a half bnshel q Early Rose
|1mmss de terro into bag. held open by
|ssselsmu little daughter. Il Il really q
IL strong and beautiful picture. The
= ass dc tefre are real good. too,
NsspDwers told me abaut several Of the
IS snaxn painters and said that II b my
assetloa at home bad any OF their
snks 10 would buy them OF me. Leon
nze IA ysnci, he said. did most of bis
fainsInr IA The fifteenth century. lie was
BE natural son OF rietro da vinel. OF Flor
fnes We often hear 81 unnatural parents
md unnatural husbands and SONS, but
kers was = son VINO was thoroughly natural
nj - vas rs work. He said hs didn't
ii anyhaiy "a taka his word for IL. but
= let hlS work show for itself. 'stf you do
sal Ike my painting. or II II scales oil or
kssssFs, ar the varnish does not stand the
alnAss. be esed 70 say. bring IL back
81 viii replace it.
he was not only 4 great painter, but
80 peel, musician, mathematician. me-
shAnle and sculptor. lie could also play
ssnls and break steers.
n vlne painted fseseo called Tile
laa supper" which has been severely
sAlsssed II Is peeling of now. owing to
. taes that he was experimenting with
sas nes paints which be got OF the great
lkat and oil works at Milan. The table
sslh. ameng ether things in the great
sasierricce, /. ironed according % the
81 & seems 90 have been folded. would
~ ma'is \ square wad Of linen two feet
-, ana those Who have taken In wash
8 los yeais. As have. viii agree With me
~ yeu cannot fold and iron package
~ iees high. One OF pa Ninci's apostles
- seAss speefaeles. ard | Think there is
lSfrhane Ia one corner of the room.
sanaely il was intended for something
=, has Il laoss Ike telephone.
Nssiio vas earlier on the ground thar pa
sAn and did his foerishlng IN the shlr-
$50 csnlery His parents we're married
ssete be eset them. which = why he had
> asee on IA Vlnci. as Mr., Browning
~ say. 6iotto was a shepherd 70 start
e, bas seon attracted attention BY
AskAiRg sheep OCCASIONALLY on a stone
= sssng Il 50 graphically that . great many
gspss sgFeed With lim that Il hooked ike
80 lie next bersn ths study % saeFed
.ssels, patsing more expression into the
= iAAa anv artist bad ever done before
s e ihst time saints were detected la 5
sAa1shg only by the large aaa top,heavv
- psAes7a GA them, and the historian says
- fspr - tllotte's time The syueslixioa
= sesF hsndlesl 20 swk waFsily thai jt was
70 label he thieves "a that they
- readily he distinguishes ttis also sasd
sss q taere # The Geures had an sxpfes.
s. "a their faces betokesipg the kecnsss
sssssvnL
ssaste changed alI this and easily heesrae
: 'Assss 81 painting aud e she mosaic
Z Ssea 'e H. almost ninety years * aEe
8 asssT married he was sixty before
!. 81 tender Thought towaris any enc
- ssir sex lie was CREST painter,
! sal leae. hseak life he mnsi have
tssr AZ Michael As also very Essosl
1901. getting al be ooal3 DO a. tais
sisss7 sheH fhe weather was toa ia.
@ssss ios YNiassag. The last twenty
- 3 afs lie however. be bad the 500 OF
assE ~, fcisz's sRs5se. sn3 though
- ael live 81 see Il completed hts ska
s'sssae sxvyywasrs la tbs hoaatlinl eli.
$500 @as u3oFe 81 \ portrait painter and
- 2 % sgsad deal * enlArsinE srom
= eTagas lie Vas a ssssa oa.ogtst aad
eFsreeslve mef With 5 hearty en-
! s Z fresn oae and al lie 8sea
~ eas,ist q his carver "a ; feselg - tie
EtAiian nesSieUee whiNh gvnegAs,y
~ - iae best peaapse 81 itAly fass as
@Fsn to shoN signs es real eennina
The sanitAry arrangements q
- AAss esea noted far nanv eentarSas