The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-21
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rough sketch showing how the various
portions of the battle field are to be
brought and blended together; this is
| followed by a more careful drawing Of
the outlines of the whole painting in
India ind, these sketches being fasten-
ed together inside Of u cylinder, form
ing q miniature but complete image Of
the cyclorama. Careful attention must
be paid to the topography Of the
country, the positions Of the various
| commands Of troops, the relations Of the
| assaulting lines, camps, etc. This
| design having been completed it is
| divided into 100 squares, each ofwhich
is exactly One-tenth the space its con-
tents are to occupy upon the canvas.
| These squares are then numbered and
| photographed and at night the mega
tIVcs placed in a camera Obscur;t and
| their outlines thrown upon a stretcher,
enlarged to fill the allotted space. The
artist then with charcoal crAyOn5 fixes
| upon the canvas the lines which there
appear in bold relief. In two weeks
! time these 100 squares have been trans
ferred to the 22OOO square yards Of
canvas. The artist then flls out the
squares in landscape and then begins
| the scenes of action, the life OF the
| battlefield, its spirit and its death.
Lookout mountain grows under the
artists brush and the struggling village
of Chattanooga is painted from an old
! sketch. Orchard Knob, the ridge. the
river are painted as it were from life
| The foliage Of the trees. the setting
sun and the tlnts Of autumn Of the
| mountainous Tennessee. For months
| the artist in figures, faces and animals
has been busy, There are wooden
models Of cannon and horses, uniforms,
saddles, tattered flags, swurus> muskctS
and all the pal'aphernalia Of war scat
tered about the studio to aid him in
his work, Thus the work goes on for
weeks and finally all the squares are
filled and at last the monster canvas
seems to hold upon its surface a living
| scene.
The painting completed. which re-
quired the service Of three leading ar
| lists and ten assistants. Il little OVel. ten
months to complete it ready for ship
| ment.
And what an excellent work. The
simple covering Of such piece Of can
vas with landscape is an arduous task
to perform III itself. but animate this
Immense space with thousands Of busy
figures, some apparently but hundred
feet distant. others miles away: some
/ below the line of vision, others high
above, and all producing an harmonious
life like representation, is a labor
which to be appreciated must be UNDER
stood,
The actors and the action are those
of the memorable days, November ~
and 25. 1868, Grant is there. Sheridan
is there, Sherman is there. Howard,
Hooker, Hazen, Turchin. Martin Boyn-
ton. Wood, the Smiths, McClurg. Loom
is, Davis, McCook. Crook, Carl Schurz.
Williams, Geary, Osterhausc. Ewing,
are all there, just where they were
with their commands.
The canvas being completed in IFS
entirety, the nobility and prominent
personages. residents of Berlin, were,
on invitations of Prof. Bracht. invited
to a private view of the canvas =, it
hung in the studio and many were the
concentrations of praise given the
work by both the press and nobility Of
the German canital
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