New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-06
ART 1T ROUND LAKE.
CLASS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUNBiHA
OF PREVIOUS YEARS.

OF PREVIOUS YEARS.
Round Lake. Aug , CSpcclallIThc last lecture %
otto Toasperns In the series Of lectures on ar' Il" Wv
George West Art Museum, Round Lake, occurred ""
Wednesday. The subject was Art from IN N''''''
standpo!nt." Mr. Toa-p perm said in part a.,
Art IS the incarnation " the IDEAL. IL -, {.
product of peace and It's subtl'~t exponent -
history incarnae Nations and Kings have p1,,,n
nway, millions upon millions Of human bcnsS " ~,
owed. oiled and lived and eon" INTO me solr, thn
known world. but in the sunshine "r lhc Ply -" m.
chr, ir.nr' frm ihs h yr a AMI bP ahc Ana
when the dark country shall also nave sa,r,tf,IIv
among lis inlaGnni' !ncy WIZ sun I'," ~ thry do
in our tim, TO elevate and refine and take in,'' T.,
AWAY from earthly things Art to The "f''t " q"
The wing Of the moth with it, n nri9 ant. sP sac
in wonderful harmony with each Other auiu,' Nth
to paint. The modest onion In your s'tHa hr,yn
It's delicate greens ana WHITES ". , .bc common
earth. sings It's dainty appeal ~ docs inc ,rry
clover or each flower 81 the field when 'he WI W.,
carly morning light IS nIon it, or IN" e e,rcdy sunk
below that distant clump Of trees the lhnu,'ap1 "
heart Of an artist throhs while attempting TO iln.
morall1c these uusprakaby beautiful harmonie' no"
beautiful is every living thing under certain .%l con,
dtlons Of Hight The essentially ugly color Gi tla'
Tree in foreground. when I'm the full sunhghl' .w
comes positively beautiful with that sky aud ms
group Of trees near 1t. touch OF purple, i.n :,
Is Obtained How beautiful J., that nonrN, ' and
with the warm afternoon light fallnc upon II Smr
those orange yellow flower, ntn the fun HIGHT 81 dN
and how ugy they are against their green leaves OF
intensely vulgar green LEAKAGE and u brighter green
lawn back Of both. the whole ~ bright sunlight anu
how rcpulNivc tn" effect IS int walt uh'ii sue'' NJ
brilliant ugly yellow clouds In the east are changed
into lovely pInlh gray ara form Y, VIA" into
a heavenly fairy then your too rnrsh gcranumS
take on more sympathetic hue ~ u,.u ,
Not awav, /, the sunlight unb"auiuL Nh"h !.
great wall 81 air lies between yonr sensitive eve anu
The middle and far distance changing what "oIld n
vulgar close by into qlv"ring ma,'rs 3i i'an,lm,
blues and erlys. and the sky filed win the drn'a
tints You find In the diamond or m9on.'2ne u,, ,,s
sunlight i, beautiful. Int In painting II grrH car,
must bee taken with your foreground lest y"n gr' !,
vulgar in IT. greatness II Is often bnnlliul a. a
qu,i gray green wall bit 81 deep r'd cloth or e'
on the white hair Of an 9d man. WIN hain"no Hn'
thoisand way hut the artist it I, frequently
emioy9y @fy . The H9'4'T m %i% 'a "%
God made it is nnteralG II" madc a. ni-o yet , me
perfection. He made the Yellow fever. ard the
powlinc. rhouli,h hy'na II !, gwen 70 tn" artist to
way to the common welfare u his race. \ portrait
II the DISTINGUISHED divln" Just referred TO- coming
from the brain and heart " an artist # irc hlr
would be- everything o~' beautiful work y Art
Let the sitter be ever 80 uilh' ,'tls '','
or refined. the artist viii Great" a fine pclur'
apart from the Individual who has .cTyd , ~ T'r ,,
the pictures ~ Ncli~qucl. Rembrandt or DE looyhe.
he lsr
subject or simple Dutch INTERIOR invaluable for all
time.
Yol NAV now understand what distinguished
modern painter meant whom lie wrote Tn" older master
must have made the sign Of the eros, I'm front u
their eases before painting; and. would add. re-
carilcss Of theme" Few n,h on platter. good
sin He If any sort from The mastery brain ~ hc
modern Frcnchman. Noon. T. FAR NOR valuable
contribution TO the world Of art than Madonna fvm
the alsurdly oycrratcd Murllo. whose statue. / ana
told. occupies a prominent position In the public
~quare while his great cuntryman. N"la-qucz, La,
received such recognition.
From an artists standpoint. you have dpnhtlc-'
observed u picture need, no r'lr. II should explain
ITSELF rs a beautiful thing without the assistance 81
literature. The splendid Imaginative kahcm"no
paintings and vase decoration, of the Jnnn"-" very
frequently illustrate Iuddhi Tic legends which ar" In
comprehensive 10 ~. but the marvellous color ana
form sense together with the remarkable technical Skill
Of spIaycd by the japanese masters f. all sufficient" ana
the best Of our painter, thrilled with pleasure 81 the
thought Of spiritual ku,hip with these great artists.
Irrhap, the greatest ~ all art lie, In the strictly
Inventive Ike part, 81 the Descent into Hell 10y
Rcubcn,, IN which he pictures with remarkable VIVA
ne, number of dreadful monsters tWturlns INC
damned In yarOu- ways, In our day W have "A
,,infcr with truly wonderful inventive faculty also.
who /, scarcely known all in tli- country, but WHO
shine, Ike q moan among the star, 81 hNlne l1asi
native panicr, III, name is Arnold Bpcklh. Tho
". W.
dcrful In color hi, pictures phnrd Wiu.p'l PIX
mont, n /, difficult 10 lind dividing Nnc, IT such "a
lnc exists AT all between the beginning ~ genius III
The invention Of color and the invention ~ poetic IDEAS
/ use the term "pocc" Tor want OF a better. nm"
color mean, fine sentiment. The pictures OF lio"hlii
OK pres, both on the themes. color. ana ~ times Il
.rnsitIvc. melancholy nature, Hike that Of Chopin,
a great heroic vein like that Of Wagner, Beethoven ana
Harl and sometimes n weird, uncnnny tendency Hhr
thuf ~ Edgar Allen Poe. ON" feels hi, melancholy
sentiment In If, simplest arrangements. ~ n h"
p,nlnrs swnycd by the wind fragment of classic
ruin hut more through hi color Than ANYTHING else u
nnc voud caro- 10 ds,cct his pictures. II l.. perhaps
n,.dl,.s 10 -aV that the expression 81 line sentiment
In color (, far rarcr than that Of the expression oi
poetic idca. \ tine painting Is rnrcr than fine poelrl
The best has always been Individual Wholly apAr'
from academic inlucuCcS. 80 II Is natural that artists
starting from widely different points. with different
aims and different blood in their veins should present
Tho world pictures wholly different from each other
Inn with lin. years Of earnest striving after the best
ihr. gradually approach each other
Tho summer Art school has been cmincntly sue.
ccs.f mi, season under IN" charge Of Mr.. T)aSpcm.
who took charge Ot IL in the absence Of Mr.. william
EnI n Europe The present class i, more than double
i'm number that Of last year.