Telegram-herald., 1889-08-20

s- 49,
&c 90 s~
o. sAA have enes two. tsrse. =
a--r cezsz paintings ~ elz best Aa1erl-
80 4r-lsts. says TIE Gala pro-
fi-ec ~ DEPOSIT a. 10 a. gga141-
ses Tor tie s4fs rst-rn q she pleg4res
40 ~ pay for NL4Lsvrx damages ecc ~
~ tns canvass or frames. ana provided
yea E4y - s1aall per cent. comulls-
sloa Ga ye4r sales - New Aork paiat-
iDgs ~ 1aiLt2lu Ills institution Aou
can ssnt tie mousy yoa allow for ne
artisls u - and 80 sill distribute II. b
Good plan - Is notg u brinys TIA
artist into direct communicate s,itb
The blver 4as iusares him Lis price or
rns sale return of his works IL makes
it rcsslble Tor TIE New York painter 10
place his wares before lie whole
country without fear ~ loss an6 re p
sulr IS thai se uoN sell more uietases
OF of New YORK Than IN thls cltv."
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est urie. 49, ,.is Ina A,o-rica Tor :.
Amsrle.n 81 80 - s. eeo ~
artist was Ahh.v .,a a. ri.,,.-. ~.
Ola Song HcCrath sot a. ZOO for his
pretty Greek dancs. also Nater color
Not exorbitant prices.
Americans have an instructive dis
trust of Araerican art uutiI some F,tro-
pean Of acknowl edged taste sets the seal
o. APPROVAL on his work. There i, WI
liam Gidney Bvnce. when he vs. ~
BiarritE last soring. the Queen Of Eng
land bought some OF his water colors
He was immediately inundated bv
orders and a golden future awaited him
in London.
d" i Will no. 70 70 London he said.
and he did not go. Because the Queen
had fancied his work did not make il
any the more valuable in his eyes and
ali the gold OF England would not have
made him paint what he did not love
and where he did not love 20 live.
Take George Inness now. The world
does not know better outdoor painter.
yet DO is not rich. When BENJAMIN
Constant, the French painter, came here
= year ago, he saw some OF fnness'
pictures.
80 Great Heavensr he exclaimed
Where have YOU kent that man so long
We have not in Europe a better lands
scape painter
Tho best paving art work in this
country is decorative painting. La
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times as much bv that work as bv uaint-
ing pictures. Next TO that comes nor
trait painting when the artist has made
a name. Porter OF BOSTON gets s. O0O
e. 600 and sometimes s. 600 or SIG. 600 for
. full length port-ait.p
How long does II take an artist to
paint a great nictureP"
That depends uoon tho sdxe Of The
painting and It's stvle. Historical naint-
ings and large canyasses reouirs more
time than outdoor nain+ings often
think tho coming lansscana nair+er viii
be an outdoor naintar He will he
realistic inpressionist He will be ba-
tween the extremes. His main nurnoee
will be truth and his work will be fin
ished IN one setting. Bv one setting
mean four hours. This is all the time
any man has to paint sunlight and he
must be clear SIGHTED and Quick of hand
70 get that. He can fake these four
hours either at morning, noon or after
noon, but he cannot record truthfullv
during any longer time, simply because
the sun moves and the shadows con-
stantly grow longer and shorter. He
cannot finish or continue IL until the
next day. There has been a rain, and
the half begun yesterday IS dry and
sunny He can wait for another sunny
day or fnishthe other half. cloudy or wet.
connecting the glazing inconsistencies.
OF worse still, leave il 10 be finished in
the studies from pencil memorandum or
memory. The first plan is fun of lies.
and the second full of himself. Neither
has anything in common with nature.
But he waits perhaps for another dav Of
similar sunlight effect. But how about
himself the next say? During the in
terval he has had bad news from home.
an undiiested morsel disturbs him or
his eve is flled with some new and in
terestn9 subject. So he stumbles
along. the esprit quite gone, until. as In
the parable the last state Of that sketch
Is worse than the first
That is the work" continued Mr.
Smith. but there are exceptions. Yer
estchagin worked twentv-seven DAYS
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