The record-union., 1899-10-01

Worlds Fair, but I decided to spend
year in New York first. I came here
and worked a year with Carl Bitter,
not studying with him, you know, but
helping to execute his designs. He had
a lot of work on hand for the Wander
bilts and Astors, and I got a good deal
more experience and found the year a
profitable one. After that / went to
Paris and studied with Macmonnies
and Rodin, and last year I settled
down here to stay. There you have
me up to date.
Among the readers of the illustrated
magazines and periodicals there are,
perhaps, few who realize how import
ant and also lucrative a profession Is
that of the illustrator. In the makeup
of a first-class illustrator so many
qualities are requisite that few men
arrive at that distinction. He must
have novelty, originality and, when he
shall have begun the Illustration of
story, he must stick to his types and
fulfill as best he may the publics ideals
of the character. If he has a novel of
sentiment to illustrate, he must meet
the ideals of his feminine readers; if
there is great exposition, he must
portray architecture, machinery, great
crowds all sorts of aspects. If it is a
question of war, the illustrator muss
place himself in sympathy with the
clash of arms, the confusion of camps
and the combats of angered and fren-
zied men. There is no phase of human
emotions Or happenings that he is not
called upon, and almost at moments
notice, to depict And for all this he
has the briefest possible time for prep
aration and little opportunity to famil-
iarize himself with his subject. There
are few men who have come out of this
ordeal so satisfactorily as W. T. Smed-
| ley, a collection of whose drawings is
about to be published by Harper &
Brothers under the title Life and
| Character" Mr.. Smedley has been
working for a score of years, and his
work is as fresh and genuine as ever.
With equal facility he delineates Will
lam Blacks Scotch Highland country,
| Thomas Nelson Pages Southern girls,
or Mary E. Wilkins New England
studies. For seventeen years, in fact,
Mr.. Smedley has been one of the most
prominent American illustrators.
American magazines in general are the
| admiration of Europe, and their stand
! ard, especially in the matter of illus
| tration, has been raised to a very high
| degree. 1t is to the magazine artist
| that much of this success is due, and
fair share of this success must be at
tributed to Mr.. Smedley. He has been
extremely prolific; he has illustrated
books and magazine articles without
number. He owes his success to the
fact that he brings to each new thing
careful preparation, thought and study.
Miss Anna KlumDke, who inherits
all of the property of the late Rosa
/ Bonheur is a California woman and is
known as painter of note.
| A scheme was brought before the
corporation of the city of London fer
| holding next spring in the art gall
leries of the Guildhall an exhibition Of
Sacred Art of the Nineteenth Centu-
ry." This has, however, after con-
siderable discussion. been negatived.
and it has been decided to hold mis-
| cellaneous exhibition of works by liv-
! ing British artists.
| Carolus Duran. the famous French
artist, has been engaged to paint
fresco for the dining-room Of w. K.
vanderbilt's Newport house, which will
| include a picture Of the present Ouch
ess of Marlborough, Mr. Vanderbilt's
daughter