The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-09-04

HlJE els out OF doors, ana
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-" doss N the attire
effected on one oc-
raslon By Lady Godiya OF Coventry you
must not be- surprised or indignant
II is only the development Of a new
artistic idea, the results OF which, the ,
artists Will tell you. viii enable the |
painter 10 achieve color effects that II
is impossible to obtain by painting
from the model In the studio.
The north light Of the studio Ia not
the light OF nature. It has not the
clarity OF the light OF out-ot-doors. aud
II falls upon the model and brings out
tones that are not naturallatlc.
Because Of all this. It Ia reported that
many artists are going this summer TO
set up their easels In the woods or BY
tho sea. there to paint from the model
In the bright or soiiencd light Of out
of-doora. that mover enters any studio.
The naturallstic painters are the ones
that are going to do this sort OF thing.
The idea Is. as might be fanclod, not
American. but French.
Startling as this may appear. the ar
tlstic MUD 90 prepared for It by the
Partisan precedent Adolph Lazar.
painter occupying a studio In the Paris
Latin quarter. made necessity the
mother Of invention Half dozen
years ago he was In despair lie had
conceived the Idea OF the picture Of a
nymph which he hoped to exhibit In
the salon. The early sketches we're
made and his model secured
Where TO paint his picture was a
question that puzzled him. The light
In his studio was white enough. but Il
was not the light the artist desired.
and that he thought must have fallen
upon the nymphs OF old. lie must APP
proxlmato that light as closely as Poa-
sible.
Where could he secure ~ Nowhere
better. he argued. than In the voods.
SO he picked out spot. intending to
make his studies there and finish the
painting at home. And It was In the
woods that this idea occurred to him
why not pose the model here In the
open air7 Why not catch directly ON
the canvas the effect OF the strangely
softened light that finds It's way
through the leafy screen to the
ground7"
And Lazar did this. Day after dag
his model was posed by the banks OF q
little stream. and the result OF his WORK
was n picture which interpreted per
fectly the natural flesh tints. the soft
sunlight on graceful limbs. the light'
and shadows OF the human figure seer
In the open air and under the trees
The painting was a success. II wal
discussed by the world Of art. and
solved n question that had perplexet
artists for years.
The solution was so simple that 4
had not been thought OF before. Thou
sands and thousands OF thousands o
dollars had been spent In hitting NJ
elaborate studios containing not onl!
roofs but sides and fronts OF glass
Other studios were built on the roof
OF houses. all to obtain the coveted
natural light OF the woods. but Their
was always something lacking. Lazar
the struggling artist. settled all cues
lions by going direct TO nature.
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No secret was made OF the manner Il
which the perfect tones OF Lazar'
nymph had heen obtained. In a mont
half a dozen artists were posing un
draped models In as many points OF tn
woods about Paris. One OF the frs
models TO be taken to the woods wa
the famous Sarah Brown. She was tn
first. too. who discovered that the ne'
idea was a boon TO models. The air nc
only had beneficial effect on her. sh
found. but removed half the fatigue q
posing for length OF time In a dlficul
attitude.
Beyond Paris. In France, the ide
spread rapidly. Nowhere. however. dl
II become 80 popular as at Gree. nea
the river. the scenery there being pai
tlcularly beautiful. The French al
lists, who take readily TO any ne
method. no matter how freaklsl
grasped this upon the Instant Froi
no quarter was the slightest objectlo
I. heard.
one artist at Gree posed his undrape
model In his back yard beneath a graz
arbor. The artists mother had Il
( years been In the custom Of sitting at
a rear window to watch her son paint
D the back yard. and still remained Their
They look upon that sort OF thing di
% ferently abroad than here.
A Jewel Robbery.
A considerable highwayman took pa
, \. Jewel robbery which occurred
= f.c months ago and IN regard to whlc
the detectives have never discovere