The Iola register., 1899-10-27

largely developed prior to any full
expression of the art of painting But c
because painting appeals more read {
lily to the natural appreciation 1t |
makes the natural beginning for ordi- +
nary investigation. {
But at tirst thought it seems to be /
difficult matter for people out of I
reach of proper galleries and Libraries
to make any eatisfact0ry progress IN
this branch of learning. The sug
gestlon Of such work to peofle go sit
uated is always met with questions
az to ways aud means, aud for lack OF
adequate answer the desire for such
effort too often dies away. 1t is the
greatest glory Of our blessed time
that educational instructions of every
possible kind are go lavishly and
cheaply provided. One has only to
understand the distinctive require
ment and to make essential choice.
Now, If two or three busy women |
in any small town or country com.
munity, decide to meet together an
hour or two every week to study the
development and the power of the art
of painting the first requisite hey ond
the necessary determination is for
each one to have a separate practical
reference book which all can arrange
to use For list of three books
should select Radclif7s Schools and
Masters of Painting, (Appleton's 49,
if the price did not out-rule it. Van
Dykes History of Painting, LONG
mans 81 50) is the next best selection,
and Hoyts Worlds Painters, (Gnn
d Co., 81 25) with NanDy ke's Princi.
pies Of Art, (Eord, Howard d Hull
bert, New York, 81 ,50l with the en-
cyclopedias and magazine articles
which may be found among files on
hand, will make very gooc equip.
ment. If the alliance We're increased
to six or seven members | should in.
crease the list by VanDyke's How to
Judge Picture, (Chatauqua Co, 60
cents.) SymOnds Renaissance, Henry
Holt d Co.. Sl.75) and an extra copy
each of the VanDyke and Hoyt his
tories. With greater numbers b Ioks
should he added that take up the
various divisions and details of the
work and Ruskin's lectures on Art
and the Modern Painters. There is
also series of biographies furnished
: by the Scribners at $l.00 and 81 25
which would be very helpful. By
: getting the books together discount
3 rates can usually be secured from
some large dealer and the cost thus
3 diminished, and when person has
: the use of q select library for the
price of one volume the Investment is
) very small one
But in the absence of original paint
ings reproductions must be supplied
to illustrate the lessons which are
learned from the books. Many of the
texts have resources of their own
4 along this line, but these pictures
are not sufficient, Good unmounre ed
photographs may be had for dollar
u dozen, and larger ones at an equally
reasonable figure. But the best pic
lures for the m ney are the penny
prints furnished by Geo. 2. Brown d
Co., Beverly, Mass. These are half
tone engravings averaging four by
six inches in size and representing
, hundreds of subjects which illustrate
the history of painting from the thir-
teenth century to the present day.
One hundred and twenty of these are
sent for one dollar, and the cost is
easily met by small assessment.
Then ii members desire to own some
: thing better for individual benefit
and the good of all, the Witter pic
lures O.. G. Witter Co., 123 Fifth
Ave, New York; which come at 25
cents, the Durer Prints, Curtis &
Cameron, ~ Pierce Building, Boston
at 80 cents aud upwards, and the
art relieve work of Alfred S Camp.
bell K Co., Elizabeth, N. j., AT % cents
for the smallest sizes, offer admirable
selections. The Art Collectors club
of Philadelphia is also sending out
some beautiful prints in India INK
and sepia tones at very low prices,
and beyond these cheaper things
} there is great wealth Of etchlngs
: and photograyures which are still
within occasional ordinary reach.
In buying these individual pictures
selections should be guided by the
most important subjects in process of
study, and no one should be content
until the various forces they portray
he fully mastered. 1t will probably
be necessary to cultivate some es.
sential appreciation Of the neutral
print or Photographic coloring, but
, this will bring with it an excee ding
great reward. The work of a master