Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-26
MODERN ART CRITICISM.


/ what a Newspaper Man Heard anu
/ Gotham Gallery
/ Miss Daisy Chane-My! but ism .nS'
! dog natural? And so like my
ovely Tatterss tool! Nth
Mr.. Softe Toane 0anguidly' anu WI"
a covert sneer)-I believe tnose .Sard
and whites of Won Skoon's arc con9 .s;.l,
natural Nowadays man mus. a -.
| saturate himself with realism
can get any one to look at his piosu
| This fellow Won Skoon has been -
bibing Millais for the last TWO 800
| and with bitter irony now, l SUPPOSE
he will become quite popular.
Miss Chane ito whom modern ar' u"
gon is an unknown tongue)-Meroy u.
I've always heard that artists ana p0eS
and people like that drank terrlDiy, puo
I never knew it was as Dao 40 o
But what's that picture over there:
| can't unite make it out, but it looks lho
| a thunder storm. -
Mr.. Toane-Ah, Miss Chane; In Inc
| nresence of that man we artists stan0
reverently, hat in hand. He mas az
| sorbed nature, and now he absolutely
exudes it upon every canvas he touf&
| Islands in attitude sYggestive
! in the air with his right thu
| fashion common among artist
noisseurs) How tender and stTS
how the shadows on the hills are
handled. and how strong that figure OF
| q woman is in the background. How
snlendidly she is drawn! You can almost
see her move. To me the whole effect
| is as mystic and wonderful as-as--
Miss Chane-But the catalogue says
that this picture is Thunder Storm in a
Hay Field" and that's haystack ana
not a woman in the middle OF it. knew
it was haystack the minute 1 SET eyes
on it.
Mr.. softe Toane with superior,
compassionate smile)-Really, MISS
Chane, you must be careful NOS 10 ieC
your taste for realism, or as you wouid
call it in your Philistine way, what Is
natural, blind you to the ideal SIDE OF
art Now here is something which 1
fear will please you.
Miss Chane (delightedTy)-Why, it's
newsboy, and he's had his face all
nicely washed, too. He looks as if his
mother had fixed him up on purpose to
have his photograph taken wish
the little boys in my Sunday-school
class could all see that picture
Mr.. Toane with sigh of despair)-
All, my poor little Philistine% l fear
your case is hopeless. You, represent
; the misguided spirit of the age, always
seeking the real and the practical, and
| missing the subtlety and suggestiveness
| of high art.
Miss Chane (bluntly)-I don't under
stand all that, but like that picture so
| we'll because the boys so clean. | think
it's a good example.
Mr.. Toane (abruptly)-Really, am
afraid we have not much more time to-
spend here, but before we goI would,
. like to show you little thing that has,
pleased me very much, although there
/ is nothing in it perhaps that you would
call natural. 1t is by new man, and
/ believe l may safely claim to have dis
covered him, although, to tell the TRUTH,
have never even seen him.
I Miss Chane gazing intently at the
/ pictureb-I can't quite make it out, but
it's real bright, and that big splotch of,
crimson down in the corner is a. per-
( fectly lovely shade. That girl we met
as we were coming in has bonnet
trimmed with exactly that color, and
Mamie Clingfast-
: Mr. Toane--How tender and subtle
and exquisite! All, that sky! All, that
! lake with the wonderful sunset What
superb treatment! That man must have
soul. ~
/ Jack Daubley "a practical, modern
artist, soto coce to his friend) IL told you
that racket would work. You remem--
Der that piece of burlap 1 had in the.
studio. to wipe nv brushes on? Well
cut it UP and framed it. You saw this
thing standing on my mantel just before,
the exhibition opened. That one had a.
crimson sky? 1 tell you it's the same
picture, only decided to hang it in the,
other way. and now the sky'ssa. lake.
Miss Chane-Do lets hurry, or we'll
be too late for the matinee. TExeunt.l
i-Munsey's Weekly.