Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-22
ART NOTES.

ART NOTES.
Mr.. George Short, the crayon artist,
is hard at work upon a number of COM
missians.
An elegant display of etchings at the
art emporium attracted considerable
attention from the art loving public,
during the past few days.
Colonel Yerks, the veteran portrait
painter, has returned to the city. The
colonel is said to have netted 500, 900
during the fifty years of his professional
life. He begun his career sixty years
ago as fellow student of Morse, in the
National Academy of Design. With
many other painters, not unknown to
fame, he laid aside his brush and shoul-
dered a musket during the rebellion
and not without honor.
Mr.. George Sturgis, an artist of some
note in the east, has quarters at the
Wilson block, where many Hne exam
pies in portraiture from his brush may
be seen. Among them is forcible
portrait of Mrs. DR.. Smith of San Diego.
Mr.. Swing, the crayonist, has studio
in che same block.
This is the time of the year that the
painter in his dusty studio looks long
ingly in the direction of Wilson's peak,
making an ironclad VOW to lead the life
OF an anchorite-for forty days. All that
is requisite ie burro that can fast,
tear-proof blanket, an oil stove, and,
perhaps, some light on the subject of
''baching."
An institution that we'll deserves the
recognition of the public, is the Los An
geles School of Art and Design, which
| is conducted, though on a small scale,
on the principles Of national academies
of art.
! Mrs. Gorden Macleod is the principal,
and under her direction, after years of
work, the school has attained terra
firma; but an institution of this class
requires broad interest and much in
fuence to keep it up to the standard
that " aspires to.
ThA feud between the friends of Prof.
Kiefe, the representative artist of San
Francisco, and Mr.. Amadeo McGarry,
| apropos the state art commission for the
worlds fair, continues unabated.
The Examiner attacks Mr.. McGarry,
obviously it would seem, for no other
reason than that the latter would be
prejudieed in favor of Los Angeles
artists and their work, should he be ap-
pointed art commissioner.
| A gentleman we'll known in the art
circles of San Francisco, said: "The
truth is, Mr.. McGarry has already been
offered the position in question, but he
is not satisfied with the monetary COM
pensation, and, owing to the
disagreement, he feels that he
cannot conscientiously accept. He
is popular in San Francisco,
and every one knows that he is partic-
ularly we'll qualified, and no one among
the clique is 30 we'll studied in art mat
ters. Aside from this, 1 think that he
has number of friends who will give
him all the political pull" necessary.
1t will be big thing for us if we can
show up California as an art state, and
If Mr.. McGarry cannot find enough of
art work do not know who cam"
At this time it may be opportune to
call attention to the small army of solar
print portrait fakirs who continue to
deluge the city with these spurious
goods.
| Despite the general dissatisfaction
they have aroused, many innocents are
beguiled into their clutches, la spider
and the fly method. Not long since, q
Los Angeles paper, not celebrated fol
veracity, introduced into it's reading
columns presumably at 20 cents line,
most glowing puff on local artist of
"fame," who in spasm OF gratitude
offered a $50 crayon for 81. Many sub.
scribers OF the paper in question, who
cannot discriminate between a merito
rious picture and an old door-mat, caught
on to what proved to be too much O
good thing. As result, the police
3 authorities were appealed to from vari
ous quarters and a general shakeup en-
sued. In regard to Tie schemes utiiizet
by crayon-portrait solicitors of the class
mentioned, it may be we'll to offer few
suggestions. An accomplished artist
doing legitimate business, requires
reasonable compensation for his labor
II an agent offers a crayon for 50. stipu'
lating that frame must be included a.
$l2, it is prima facie evidence that the
! purchaser is the recipient of {
good frame and an Indifferent
portrait or that the agent is humbug
AT the present time real crayon worl
Cor free hand, as it is generally termed
would be an innovation, inasmuch as
retouched solar prints (sun photographs,
have long since replaced them. Sur
photographs are enlarged in black anc
white or crayon color, and reqnire but
a few freehand retouches to make them
complete.
Another method is to slightly retoucf
print" with pastel or water color
Neither of these processes suppose any
more than mere mechanical ingenuity
in the artist. Solar prints from theil
chemical nature are not permanent, anc
it would be much the wiser plan to gel
an honest photograph, if the good sub
stantial oil portrait cannot be had. i
buyers of pictures would use a little
more judgment-or in lieu thereof 9
little horse sense-there would be les!
gnashing of teeth.
Now Try This.
1t will cost you nothing and will surely dc
you good, # you have q Cough, Cold, or any
trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr.
Kings New Discovery for COugum Dt1Ou