The times., 1899-12-10
A Great american PaIassr-

4 Great american "aI.;rF-
s.The Arf Life az William Morris H6l-"
by Helen 81 KuoRltou. can ha-5is ral 10
De valuable addition 10 the library nt a'-
rrcst any student OF American ars Ei.s
Kuovltou was pupil and assg .ate oL Air.
Hunt for many wears. and writes no "n y
with a borough knowledge of Ae- b.
leet. but sith an apprealatiya aa5e #ua-
ing o. The public 10 which She aHpaa
The booR s. fully illustrated v-th itHo-
graphs of the artist principal H. t- ana
of sketches hitherto uul.ai.=-ea. alt
there are also TWO portraits at ar- .ttu,
himself. Among The paintings 1.a repro
dueed are Marguerite 'lha ir0.la.l
son. -Auahit4. The EathGa aud t1c
portraits Of Francis Gardner 4a3 Chief Jus
tce Shaw.
The work naturally deals rat1e- wi-n
the public career Of Huuf tLan wi-h His
private life although the latte. IS touched
upon az times In the hrat ehaIte We
have ia the brief mention 81 me us 3
mother a glimpse Of one Of those ttast3 es
of womauhood which were ,lI 90 common
three OF four generations ago. MISS
Knowlton says OF her.
Iu hcr early years Mrs Hun; had shown strong
desire % draw and paint. but Tie o.slre met N',h
10 encouragement ia her fathers home - u Was
hoped thar she would develop ta-le iaI llt~it.
While attending a boardinE-sehool size iaa4 her
self irrcsI-tih'y drawn 20 the pam. f- "..-- ~.
pursued her own Studies with recCubled zeal 'at
she might have The more time ioi "-t,i-a- lte
fa- mating wgIk. When asked Why she a.a h"t
join the class, she replied:
Il must not Ny father would NOT allow d.
Take these paints said the teacher. "aEd ti5
Ie sketch this flower. When your father ~egs te1t
guu really can paint. be surely VIII nos object
Thar was a happy hour. but The dream had a
rude awakening. ~ hln the child went home iaE
vacation, she timidiy placed hcI sketch upon the
piano. and awaited results
''N Do did ihII: asked her father
II did III. was the reply.
Take it away and mind you, no more oi
T7Ie Injunction was obeyed to the letter. Later
iu Ii.t. @ widow with i've children ta ci.clie- she
resolved that they should have the advantages
which had been denied her.
Miss Knowltou sketches the early life
OF Hunt in a few paragraphs, coming final
ly 10 his work in Couture studio and his
friendship with Nillet Not the least in
teresting part OF this biography is the
abundant and carefully selected quotations
from the painters store of reminisCence
and repartee. or Millet ne once said:
When I came 10 know Millet ] took broader
views Of humanity of the nor.d- 81 life Ha-
subjects were real people who uaH wurh 10 de-
If he painted a ldFsLueh lt ~.i-= .7sEH ataF'
animal IS wei as Feseiah.a, ana ii'a IIe ~
man. HIS fields Wfre feds I- which men and
animals worked; wneIp hlta lala down uttg
8ives. where the bones rt iifc animals were
ground up to uouusl tHe soil. -Hd tly emu
less turning oi the wheel nt oElsttlce went oi.
lie was the greatest man 90 Europe. -lEe
you his poetical SIDE. tui he WAS lmmt H'e.
fremendous-s3 great -tsi Fyi1 iga ever c5l-l
gel near him. Tie read Uuit such IiE@ as
would help him; knew Slak-Fssrr and Homer
Iy heart; and was like AuIsHan Lincoln lf
E.s I#Hf.N NL
let and ] once found iim laughing over tits
s.Clouas'- Of AristCphlues. D. was -Uiauuld O.
hear him read tie Bible.
Hunt makes he statement that Miles
had never owned a hundred-dollar bin un-
Ill his fame was fairly on me Way 70 IT.
zenith For The Sheep -Shearels Hunt
gave ninety dollars.
There is a characteristic biz OF one o.
Kate Fields letters. uhich may be inter-
esting as giving the view which his bril-
liant woman took of Hunt she says
you Ike real artists aud specimens ot real
All. ~ come wlfl lEe HiH >nmlael >t-ee
ruB-ut Is the top 81 Isf.aHtl.a building, pause
before the name a1 iliIr. .ul als.s- ile door
5 opeHed hy q t--l. r.IE man. -1.hiE Ut I'D
Tie world ike Horace AtrHet and. when crown
I'd with q r1nud Eal- re-euu.lH- II IlaH- a-
painted by himself Na5 aaW tGlt Eau a-,
standing before 4u original mans before one who
suswcls his oTn qgs-5 a'i-- f.u tetl ihal tAi'
IS the artist with uHulH EHH raEe come tl
shake hsuGs. hJT BIAS -ai--. H1t iull de-
Yeluptd- perhaps fae Calls idIa-.t -fuleHIt- hul
sh genius, and + possessed y ~ th= charm arm
ing simplicity 90 efa--e.sE Irl1'laF 10 d. Ger
Dial Iu manner and tremendously Iu earnest
wfiIe C1uTeF-luE upon -asE ilu--. sou ii.u4
tie good stare tla5 haft DAD gHu - one q
the elect enc NJ tle iaH sHa make lIte inter
esfiug. who furnish fEa -.a-.ll-- lsr the 500
Gal pudding MAN Nltt H.-m loa can 81
duuu and have ntsa. -|a -a-a- irHIn "iiel
you aTise cNh---i=. sla refreshed '.eiiH4 ih-'
You have gef aI whatever .l -rHtH tHrra Is If
him. t.r NiLa- Hu- l-iH- tau7 u ~
fr7r- aa- IS e Dos U'-i' ai 10
lrra5ri-s- it IirrT tad urEr painted picture
Ve -aaH-a -f j- God i.. 1s u.ll-
size gees on t0 speak 0f mis- portrait Of
Abraham Lincoln (which was unfortunately
DESTROYED BOB @ fre before En- was shown 10
the NgrldI ss the Lincoln which should
fEl way 20 Europe that the Old World
might see how noble America can be in
ag a. Nell as il nature
Another interesting feature Of this work
SIS The euigTammat4c remarks Of Hunt,
which are freely quoted Fl Is recorded
that on being asked il he would paint a
certain gentleman Hho might be persuad-
ed" 70 sit FOR his portrait the artist Fe-
piled that bee rOui9 uor paint q cal IF the
cat had any serGplsz. religious. supersu-
t-ous or otherwise abeat sitting Another
1eparree OF hiz i- recorded in connection
with q French count who challenged him
% q duel. Hum rsT.led-
go uat lt.e-- .af Hut 90 Irr oHoos.
rH4r EaE shall s-sl af.H f.a Wi.rre tC DO ir.
fame Her. fu fa.7E ala 81. .fll-s u+-e.i. AND
RIOT learn frsHri customs az FaH- If 5aI
r,-ai lu s1lH...- HagIt sou like 60 d. iu
taa.,I a rar e9-.a.- Son aoal say:
ras .1 -.T s.lt
ta. aE
Oac 0l Eiz msrEs about methods O.
work uiELt De applied 10 other things be
eides paiL.lHE It Was especially apropo
twenty az thirty years ago. when American
standards were ilO-t HiuciIE, c0nventioua
and Gaiclzy:
.h.ra tH-s Is like whippe
cal Ti.e fsaia. denomination that i- in sou
a u.tf ,-Iree-- FvHr- ll, great difficult
g. Ea-s p-ap.r ui. H#l taks ,he trouble @
fh.1E TH-F IH-s- EI.a- aIm.g-eE- and taI
cr.ts-.. IFHlrlNssHe--- Hut d. ta'l y nothing "a
aI H son vtfI UiiH rbaHEll and with re4
cam vsu s1iII iase tlr -ilIpias- means AZ reas
trg 5a-- Isfatl NiIi Take tru-iCS large eHuBg
. e. .a, work. That i= what max tHe warI
~ fasH Yau an Iu rHa minutes a-l4f tle
la.ta aHd taa, aH a1T
I- seems tragic that he -horf-sighte5 an
faIzr economy OF q Governor q New YOr
should have aur -ElTf che magr fceu
plans which this mar had formed for th
Geelfa .or Cf tlo assembly chamber az Al
harg TIqucstlCUab.y. iae time which b
e. ou fLa 1870 great Albany painting
nas E hepp.esl and most Uiumphan, q
fie l5fr TaOsz were The days Of Phiijs
1lrssm. however. ara THE main body Of I'd
American uoop.s sall regarded art am
Iru-.r as ev5rzFaEsHres rot 10 be allowg
- under protest. When one looks q
tt6 fyre IL pictures uow sold 10 the poo
l.. sF rasr