Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03

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mat mere obedient to their laws ~ liz '''
me erection Of this monument Nv
~ lseh, one Who was mother relative nor
,ll.nu' ana woh probably never saw the
aai.a ovi9rlst but who loved art for arts
sake ana considered that avon bo xsag
committing sin 10 let this grave "a I'M
matked, has been the cause Of much inter.
wv oeinH manlfeated over the grave Of
Shpueriyn. 1t has been snggested that the
uuht OF the great artist be removed from
~ resting place and he placed in a crypt
1 a'iItn suitable tablet In the New
ne9"eny oil Design, In New York City,
ana again that the artists OF the entirs
country associate themselves together and
rhlse great monument fund for the pur-
pose OF erecting over Vanderlyn's remains
ter.
Time works many changes. and It brings
IeUluutloh, perhaps not always swift, but
none the less pure When i last visited
me plot where lay the remains OF John
Vhhderlyn there were two other graves
there, They were those OF John Wander
lyn, the younger, the nephey who had neg
leeied the man who educated him. and
That OF niece, Katherine Vanderlyn Over
the grave Of John Vanderlyn the Younger
me brambles were now mating and the
hlllock over Katherine Vanderlyn's remains
was sim fresh. No stone marked the
graves TO tell who lay there. The potter's
Field had by common consent become the
Vanderlyn lot, and they had found their
resting place there in unmarked graves.
John Vanderlyn's life was like that OF
many Of the worlds greatest genluses.
ehcokercd one. His father was sign
painter, and he early exhibited a taste for
drawing After receiving an Academical
education In Kingston Academy he won't TO
New York, where he entered the store Of
Thomas harrow, an art dealer. After
studying some time with Archibald Robert
son, the famous drawing master, he entered
the studio OF Gilbert Stuart. the eminent
portrait painter While there he painted
the portrait OF Colonel Aaron Burr, his
friend and benefnctor, and Of Egbert Bon
son, which were much admired by those
who saw them. He was compelled soon
after this to leave the studio Of Stuart on
account Of financial straits but Burr soon
relieved him By authorizing him to draw
on his stepson Mr. j. II. Provost, for the
necessary funds TO complete his education,
VHnderlyu thoreupon resumed his studies
with Gilbert Stuart. and while there made
copies Of several Of Stuarts most famous
paintings among which was that Of Wash
lngton. This portrait fell into the hands
Of the writer several yearB ago he having
rescued 1t from the walls Of a c0bblcr's
shop kept by one Ned" Murphy In Kings
ton. 1t is now owned by Mr.. julius schoon-
maker, and Is preserved with other Van
derlyn relies In the Old Senate House at
that place Vanderlyn had parted with this
picture to a German sllOonkeeper In pay
ment for luuUrs. and the salOonkcoper sOld
II to the cobblcr for a pair Of new boots.
The oobbler traded IL IN turn TO another
person for Ilna paltry article II then be-
ing bought by the writer, VINO recognized
IL as a priceless relic, for It's present owner,
Tho painting was purchased for 81 yet TO-
day u s. probably worth four times mat
many thousands, II being the only authen-
tic copy OF SmArt's Washington, by Wander
Ign, the great artist,
Among the famous pictures painted by
Vanderlyn while IN stuart's studio are the
two portraits OF Aaron Burr, seen In our
histories, He also painted the famous por-
trait Of Burrs ld1lizcd daughter, Thcoiosln,
which was until a short time before her
death m possession OF his niece, Katherine
Vanderlyu but was sold by her and has
now disappeared In some private gallery.
During the autumn OF 1896 Nandcrlyn,
under the patronage Of Aaron Burr, went
abroad TO study. He had outsrlpped ms
famous master, Stuart and must needs now
study tho "old masters" IN the famous art
schools Of PARIS lie remained abroad unill
1901. when he returned to America, ana
during the following year made sketches OF
Niagara the first over made, showing the
entire falls from both the American and
Canadian sides. These sketches he took TO
London and To 1903 he had them engraved.
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torlla' suple,ls Wnlgh nnu p,eV ~, t5' ~ 20
OF the fFeneh Palu'vIa, anu u, lo'' us 49,,
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slntatlon Oh me MurueI Oh AN 51S 80,
rus painting mas SINCE become WI si''"l
| to every school BOY m me uh.lgn ''i NJ,
because from L. nave oeeh eopeu tny
lures when Illustrate IN the Auhool n'S-
tories mat atr9o'ous event
In 1903 NanIerIyh went 70 holho' ,.Hslii'
he executed me famous paIlung' N Cl.
Murlus seated Ahlohg ths NGihs o. S ,eao
thage.' This was eAhloltel IN Itrls IN llV3
aud Bonaparte, then Flrat C9nsul, aWaldeu
Handcrlyn the hrat Eoid neuM LOT may gS 80.
Nanderlyn remained IN Europe unul lolu,
painting many famous pictures, aIlohs
which were portraits OF me ELnp'oS ss.. 49,
phiup Beauh irnalS before she VIZ E C...'
by Napoleon, and OF the beautiful Queen
Louisa Of Prussia lie also executed uls
aa1nh-nf4N paiufluw OF inc most exc