New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28

ares social EXPENSES clothes or any OF the little
comforts to which ne had been accustomed he
never tried 10 supposed that he couid earn
any money white over here but with the very last
sol, he could scrape together went to Germany ana
made some drawings which he sent to a prominent
American magazine. II was n weary waiting 70
hear from them. and In the interval the poor TEL
low, perhaps broken down by hard work ana IN
sufficient food. had severe attack OF blood poison
ing from careessly painting with scratched hann.
He was compelled to enter hospital and says now
that he fairly reveled In the enforced idleness OF
his lin ,ss When he out he found cheek
for several hundred dollars awaiting him; and his
confreres say that when he turned up at MS usuai
cafe to pay his delayed account he was sorgeousy
attired In a hastily made Prince Albert coat and
Latin Quarter top hat. while he carried gold
stick In the other. 1t Seemed to him wonderful lux
ury spend his money on the things he had peen
Charming feature truly OF these student hs5d
that they engender. There Is a strange absence OF
sehshness and jealousy. and the man who ma. mas
of the fact. but looks for an amount OF sympathy
from his comrades that he rarely ais 10 othe
chap whose work has been accepted. Lite cliques
form among the students and men who are dolns
band together There restaurants where the
rchecs meet others where Gs hs
black white illustrators are the princiRa pa
ns ae ns' and hS cr ne
man who IL clever at architectural dra wing willingly
sketches In the buildings for the composition o! the
comrade who perhaps may return the favor by
little help on an uncertain atmosphere.
Black and white work has become SUCH an I'M
portant feature of modern art that there Is little
here every year 70 study for that branch OF work
alone. 1t means fame, and. from the artists polnt
OF view, a princey income to those who succeed
Many make II "A pot-boiler. more prolific than the
copying OF famous pictures In the Louvre but the
men who achieve marked success at It take II
ton. There seems to be little use in their doing
anything else. for although the number OF Illus
trated papers and magazines Is increasing every
year, and the em0lument for this class OF work is
reaching an extravagant point the standard OF
work is being correspondingy raised. II great
many every year. band returns, not
equal in numbers, perhaps. TO the 'nouveaux; but
New names continually appear In the magazines,
and a large majority OF these are past graduates
from the rank OF photographers contributors to
our daily and weekly papers. who give up we'll
paid certainty TO study for possible future. IL Is
only possible future after ALL for the experience
| have quoted is true OF many students. Many a
man has seriously studied in the hopes OF doing bet
ter illustrative work to find that he not only never
achieves his goal. but IN the endeavor loses for a
time or forever the certain cleverneSs that had
stood him In coed stead before.
so many of the cleverest illustrators have been
deserving black white work for portrait PAINT
ing and decoration that there would appear to be
but in this branch of art the highest and lowest
round of the ladder bring the surest rewards 4
cleverness at doing the mos; hackneyed style OF
black-and-whlte f. well recompensed and genius
for doing the best Is we'll worth the striving The
intermediate stages are the hard ones.