The Meeker herald., 1891-09-26
AN NINTERESTlNG CAREER.
History of I'm Artist Who Painted
o Picture Throe Miles Long.
4 Panorama OF the Entire Mississippi
River Drawn from Sketches Made
Hi,ii. Iie Was Travelling Ia
Canoe.

John Rnnvari. the artist, died the
other day in Watcrtown, $ D., OF heart
failure. His career as an artist, trav-
clcr and an ndvcnturcr was unique and
in,crcstins says tho New York Times,
and the story Of his life Is full OF incl
dents tha, 10 beyond the usual
lie WIS bora in New York about 1880,
and hi8 youthful days were spent In
study oi drawing and painting, for
which he showed decided taste ut an
early as,c, When he was fifteen years
gli his father died, after losing his
HrcpsriT. and tho boz went to Louis
gil!r. WHARF h. worked for "a time as
,'as!. Ia . Hrl,- tigrc. \ year later he
ind o?turi g studio and established
Iiiil u So, nn artist. lie did not long
g'rria:i ia Louisville. but after painting
several pieec.. llc itar,'d out to earn his
living H. exhibiting them, and he vis-
tied Now oilcan,, sstchcs. Cincinnati,
,.i,a ether towns. going 10y boat, md
sog-i.timcs rivllg exhibitions ON u Hat
boat fitted up for the occasion.
liz mails seaHiy living and met
inruy aIlygatrrrg and Larlships. One
uf hiF pi,tlr.a, made about this time,
was q plnurvuiA of Venice, which lie
painted wholly from Imagination. and
aftrrwHTi oNiuhitgd with success
While un nuc ~ h,,. riser trips, Mr..
lianvarI rrugrigsl the ilca Of painting
panorama - the outirc Mississippi
river Il was his ambition 10 paint the
laTf.st Tfctugr tn thc world lie set
about d, a. 1850 Alone. IN an open
sliI. with 10 urti, c=gsP, his riiic and
his drawing iariuEHlynt-, lie Travelled
thnulguIs ~ mI-F When hi. rifle
failed - briuf .im necessary food lac
painted picture, iai rN'iibicd them 10
ia'..g money 'Buu- % iu nuy fp--I aud ~
picniah ilis material
Tor mon, than "a y,lr he lived In this
way, and when hir preparatory draw
infsb sy'ur dnar ha erected = building IN
Louisville. where 'h,ry vsnr transferred
% caEvas uuI Hri sNlihits'L The
aF,i.ta HmNf."J wHs realized. The
paiutins was tgr larssi ever made
AMI. ctinpi,i.' I convinced three miles
O.. canvas n rTH- ,Htsuf 'uc w1Eicrh
1f ,hr iay. rfiHf tpr. fsu.ii, hraul about
Il. aud was "sii,lH'r.i 900 many cities Of
this country Aud abroad. attracting
much attention
Afffr n HHHffeHa AHN AaNtNNH'NNHHAAa w NHN-
rotr the HTii-i tF,v,i,tt extensively IN
Asia sui NfI,.n Hu.i Painted many pie
,uf.a wLrt w'p' ryiIii'ictl Among
the, wps panorama called I'iriuf-n
aud iia7iry ~ i'al,'sttnr. Hui another
c1mfsrss'i - ,hrr" ri'iu'vs "i'r.t Hat.
,is,.ft'id ~ Ii,-i"tF. Ni'f'r ~ J"rusa'
lem -p.stotri,on Is, ii,- Temple. and
'Egins ~ Ei"m"
Daring ti,s' war Nr iitn-gEsl ppin'si
nu, sg~n t'pm"D' h",s iaiaui M. 10
eunti ts- passed. ~ canal snd certain
hayaa.. an.i ~. ,nA,i.' charts SHOW ing ,hs
route III asi.-aa'stiufiF ,r~rr nftcrwarl
.ucrss. f'iiiv rLi,vf'.i ii'' wan pro.
lice rr,tss aF,ii ,sls i'ir suilus - about
.rrrut.,,'a irlg. .i',7i s.'il-s 'i7ycFai hun
,iF,g.l ~ trha.t ifTr tas pIhi4-h.i IN
Snarasinr. llH.s Hni tt sr,at Isl,al.:.
Itr all puIii-u,gi - Description of
th. Nfs,,,.s.a.. i't-rr' 'I'iisr.magrt -
tie Holy i1Ul. iwBsis. ~, lhc Last
- ~, i'i,s...hs" rIisr Private Life
of IS,ag. aud Tradition oi the Tenn
pir
Two -, HE iram7s have trcn acted.
Anna .ts." ~ ihr it.i"n ihcaicr IN
1864. Hut Hg.rlnt1." ~ the broadway
tugIiTr tu tHas 'HF fi NiH Iaiullnfas
'sTiir pr.s"r." Vaf -" picture from
which utr gr,t r'rl'Hr made ~ Amer.
O., waa tti.Eu Nearly % puaricr II y
century r.u Nr Harvard established
lis pauprlmn In What was then
WnuIs tuu.r,ui on iirpadway. which
ai;rrwari isylnr pllga ihra,cr
llers his piciuprs s'sTr 't'rh'tFtl and.
viih his lectures, attracted guI iicIablc
attention
Critic. have tlti that Nr f'auvnrd's
pigtutrs y"cr" UYt great iu artistic
,aafi' They wrfr frrHrIHa'H irrausc
~ their mbrgIg'a z4I ilc TapHIiiy
vI'i which be- maJe iurm When cS.
libiiur hts Iuunraml De- accompanied
t.e tt.iurrs w',h fip'iyr lecture.
-4.el n'irn va. fraiuTy ~ Ibis enter.
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