The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15

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Poster sss Make n Tsihsa Abs-t
The Worship Of the Americas poster does noe
abate with time II beeau when at . dinner
10 Edwin Abbey three years ago = famous IL
illustrator offered = toast to the American Dost-
or. Our best posters then were made by the
great lithographinR companies which EN-
ployed skilful artists. mainly imported from
Paris. Berlin. and st. Petersburg. and pub
lished their works anon ym ously 80 that they
got no credit at all. A brilliant scene painter
who had turned TO poster painting on his own
account and talented Am erIcan who set up
studio In this city and worked for the poster
companies were then doing the best work Of
the kind. The double sheet portrait OF W. II.
Crane In " The Seuator''-familiar TO us all Is
showing Crane in Prince Albert coat with one
hand raised as II in oratory-was the chief
work OF the moment
This year there are posters that suggest a
revolution In this branch Of art-a revolution in
more senses than one. IL will be remem bered
as the year whom the palm for superiority was
taken away from the big poster works. ms tn
yenr when the influence OF the Partisan poster
became marked, and as the time when the
purely american HON -bred illustrator applied
himself to this once humble but now dignined
work. Two posters that are not yet month
old have proved all this. They have made a
great deal Of talk among artists and publish
era and all who love tho beautiful The frst
Of these two prize works was placard an
nouncinR q book published by the Harpera
The artist who designed IL was Mr. Edward
Penfeld. 1t shows seven figures promenad-
Ing. apparently. upon pavement that Is
not even indicated in the work. The
skill OF the work lies in the massing
and balance Of strong colors. and In the bold
and Frenchy sighting OF detail. 1t IL Cberst
Americanized. Leading the procession is q
London girl all in white from her sailor hat to
her bootsy but with great splotch Of red at her
throat to suggest her necktio. There is moth
ing to break her white figure except the
merest trace Of three lines OF nounces- bare
hints ofthem. Her figure is thrown out against
the all-grsy form OF q dude on one side and the
red coat OF a British soldier on tho other.
Tapering down to q mere point In the back
ground are the forms OF the other pedestrians: |
= college student. a costermonge a bobby. |
and q farmer. all in gray. Not face IL more |
than Indicated. and the figures are in bold out |
line filed in without shading or more than |
hinted detail. Mr.. PenGeld had been doing
some other placards before this. and these
ton that the collectors are making them
2s o ap1y & S
These placards are the monthly notices Of the
issues SUI OF e magazine: and are all decidedly
treatment is French and the accessories are
simply balanced fields OF color. The last one.
Tor instance. simply shows o woman In one
bold color. standing. before q field OF bright
May;time green, with touches Of other color
for tho sky and the lettering.
+. NJ Hutchins Of Puck Is the other man
whose poster work has seemed to point 10
His poster for the Amateur circus at
Nntley has precisely the same charac:
of the study Of French apd Japanese, work.
got their strongest hints from the Japanese.
The circua poster shows clown holding up
paper balloon for n female rider to lump |
through. but nothing 10 strong or decided ex-
'spt the balloon and the great wave Of blue
that stands for atmosphere and balances the
red Of the balloon. The clown 10 In outline
md OF the woman only the head and a shoulder
are visible. picture Of the poster was pub
ished in TIRE Sun at the time OF the circus.
Mr.. Hutchins Is an Illustrator on PUCK, and,
Ike Penheld, belongs TO the younger set OF
iriists-the kids as they are called by their
is why they have been bold
enough to break down all the fences that sur
ound the fraternity.