The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14
ART IN SCRANTON.

Inc last rev years have shown q
most decided change for the better in
the art OF this city. People are begin
ming to tire Of the decorative craze.
Painted shovels, tied with bows Of
ribbon, and other devices for catching
the dust have given way to somethine
more substantial and artistic in the
shape Of beautiful china and handsome
paintings. Glasses have been formed
Tor reading and studying the lives Of
great painters under the direction of
Miss Lea M. Heath, whose Charming
lectures on the subject have done much
toward cultivating an aesthetic taste.
Notwithstanding what has been done
there are still rounds in the ladder to
be reached, and Scranton should not
be satisfied until people speak Of our
city ~ an art center.
A SCRANTON ARTIST IN PARIS.
A sketch Of art In this city would be
incomplete without q mention Of Mr.
John Willard Raught, who though not
at present a resident Of Scranton, was
really the pioneer Of art here, and has
done much to raise the standard by his
enthusiastic interest in all that 10 grsat
and good in the fine arts.
Mr. Raught left Scranton some years
ago and studied art in the schools Of
the National Academy Of Design in
New York city. Afterwards going to
Paris, he entered the famous Julien
studios and worked under Boulanger
| and Lefebvre for some years. The
country Of France and the peasants
early had a great attraction for him,
and some Of his most charming pic
lures were painted during q three-
years stay on the coast Of Brittany
and In Normandy. His most impor-
tant work at this time was the large
picture, 1.-The Gorse Gatherers," which
was exhibited first, along with the
| smaller though exquisitely unique pic
ture of French highway, at the Paris
Salon Of 1886. Both of these works,
| which attracted considerable attention
in Paris, were afterward in the Ameri-
can section at the Worlds Fair, Chi
cago, and are now the property Of Mr..
Robertson, Of Moosic. Mr.. Raught has
had several exhibitions of his work in
| this city, and although many of his
pictures are owned here It cannot be
| said that he is generally appreciated.
Mr.. Raught Is q sincere painter Of
landscape. and his pictures are the per.
fection Of good painting.
OTHER ARTISTS.
Colonel Fairman entered the New
has had ten years career in Europe,
three in Germany, three in France and
three in England. He was awarded
the "Bene Merite" medal in Florence
in 1884, but Is not member Of any of
| the American art societies, retaining
his cosmopolitan relations to art. His
work has a broad scope. portrait, land.
scape, marine. gentle and still life.
Mr.. Samuel Warren has studied in
Boston and New York for the past five
years. 1t II his ambition to study
mural painting under Puvis dc Cha
vannes, who stands at the head of this
work in France. 1t is owing to Mr..
Warmers extreme modesty that Scran-
ton has heard so little Of such a
draughtsman, who destroys his work
a. soon a. completed because in his
| eyes II does not seem worthy Of perpet-
uatlng his name. Much may be ex-
| pected Of one who has such high ideals
| and courage sufficient TO destroy q
| really fine piece Of work.
Mr.. John Bralnard 10 q native artist
| Of whom Scranton has reason to be
| proud, He studied at the Art stu
dents league In New York. later goina
Ito Paris, where he studied undsy
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