The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-14

three or four good
Don't believe a cheap colored print
Is more artistic than an etcaing or
something good In black and white.
Don't hang heavy Dutch pictures be-
side light Frenchy subjects.
Don't hang family portraits In The
parlors
Don't think because people eat fish
and game in dining-room they always
want to see pictures Of dead sea fruit"
animals and birds hanging around
them.
Don't insist on having blue plush
mats around heads OF the old masters
or historical pictures.
Don't put Marie Antoinctte STYLES OF
pictures and frames in old English
drawing-rooms.
Don't select more than a dozen styles
OF frames for a single room.
Don't hang your pictures an in a row
because you happened to see them 30
arranged at an exhibition.
Don't hang them. either. in Fixed
geometric groups or set designs.
In fact" said a dealer to Chicago
Tribune reporter the other day. there
Is a string OF don'ts too long 10 enumer-
ate. Above an. Il Is In the selection
and hanging OF pictures that the true
soul. the individuality. comes out"
He went on to intimate that n every
soul was properly attnned to the har-
monies In art and nature there would
be no such thing as professional pic.
ture hangers
Each individual should select and ar
range the embellishments Of his own
domicile This would be the happy
result II this were an artistic instead OF
commercial age But the man who
makes the money has not always the
leisure TO develop sense for the beau
tlful
The next best thing to do is TO en-.
ploy the services OF person who makes
n study OF the correct thing In pictures.
In this even the picture hanger or art
connoisscur himself will admit there
are drawbacks. as The work Is bound to
lack the vital touch which dominates
the intangible boundary between art
and material things.
There Is no lack at the present OF a
variety OF pictures to select from.
Chicago boasts a number OF art
studios, where work from the brushes
OF the most famous artists Of the world
are constantly on exhibition. SAYS the
Tribune. They have also. for those
whose cannot afford or do not care 10
pay money for the sake OF a name. ex-
cellent pictures from the brush OF Chi
eago artists. These are being bought
more and more by men and women
who have learned that pictures TO be
good need not come from abroad.
Besides these original works there
are many excellent copies Of the great
works OF art In steel engravings. etch-
ings and photographs in colors. IN
browns and in neutral tints
And Il takes no ane discrimination
10 prefer a good copy Of tine painting
TO an original In poor production.
II Is somewhat difficult 20 attempt
any information on the purchase aud
hanging OF pictures. Art defines an
laws and rules In the concrete and al
the same time adheres with ironclad
tenacity to certain tenets In the alb
itract.
Some general hints given by an art
,onnolsseur may be OF intercat TO those
Intending to purchase pictures.
In halls and reception rooms pictures
II an architectural character are gener-
ally chosen; a fine landscape with an
old cathedral In the background. or
copies OF statuary. These pictures
are often Of either the landscape shape
lr In panels
a landscape picture. which Is popular
Just now, and one dear to the heart Of
every Chlcagoan. Is Wow OF the
Wooded Island, with the Worlds Fair
buildings In the background. These
are done In colors, and are decidedly
attractive.
Another form Of panel and landscape
shape-which latter Ia long frame
placed transverse across the wall-arc
some views from the mural decorations
Of the Boston Public Library.
Sargents "Frleze OF the Prophets"
lnd THE MUSES. Welcoming the Genius
Of Enlightenment" by puvis de Cha I.
vannos. are popular Just now In the two |
styles mentioned. They are TO be- had 7.
In autotypes In a rich brown hue.
They are lovely In tone and accurate IN /
production. The prices range from s. /
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