The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-24

so much appreciated that j print this
further notice of the artist. Minor, from
The Zines, sent me by Miss Moore
Ed
ROBERT e. MINORS Success.
A significant sign of the times, as al
ready noted, and one which has been long
ard anxiously looked for by the Ameri-
can artist, was given at the sale of the
Evans collection at Chickering hall last
week. 1t would seem that. at last, our
painters are to have honor in their own
land. In an interview with Mr.. Robert
&. Minor. at his studio at the Sherwood.
he expressed his qualification at the re-
suit OF the sale SO far as he was per-
sonally concerned. But" he said. 1.-The
applause which greeted the bid Of
three thousand and fifty dollars for my
Close of Day was as much directed to
American artists, as body. as to myself
10 particular. Hitherto Americans
have lacked the opportunity to compete
with the world, and the Evans sale gave
them that opportunity"
Being asked if he had expected the
appreciation of his pictures shown so
substantially at the sale, he replied:
Yes. and no. / suppose most of US are
conscious of the power that is ours, but
wish success had come sooner, for |
am no longer young man and my
health is not what 1t once was, but that
il has come during my lifetime is more
than is given most of us, so l am con
tent. | must confess, however, that l
felt pang of emotion when five thou
sand dollars rang out hard for the pic
ture of my old friend Wyant. How
good it would have been had he but
been there, too
The Evans SALE" he continued, was
one of the greatest importance that has
ever taken place in New York, for the
reason that it was tine collection, and
because the collector was liberal. criti-
cal and sensible, and the sale was not
result of the necessity OF the artist. l
am deeply interested in the success OF
nv compatriots who, like myself, have
fought a hard fight For example and
here a bright smile stole across his seri.
GUS face. a friend of mine in London
who much admired my pictures, was
very intimate with Sir John Millais and
asked him to come to my studio 10 see
them. An American artist :" said Sir
John. oh, no. no! | cannot go to his
studio. he might shoot me- Never
theless. we are making rapid advance
mept and will soon run them as close in
art as we are doing in literature. "
Mr.. Minor began his studios late in
life. Being the son of wealthy man,
he did not turn his attention seriously
70 art until he was thirty.one years of
age and had lost his fortune. He is OF
the Barb ION school. and. as a student,
attracted the attention OF DaZ, who
criticised landscape he was working on
in the forest Of Fontanebleau, labori-
ously painting in every leaf and twIg.
-.Cocbop." said DiaZ, "how greedy you
are. Nature comes to you with her
arms wide open aud you would try to
grasp her altogether" Mr.. Minor says
he learned Invaluable things from this
great master iu the course OF the co.,
yersa,ion, for, as he expressed it. Ibis
words were like pearls. He had way
of saving things which wildly impressed
one. and which were never forgotten"
AtAntwerp Mr.. Minor studied under
Van Luppen, who, he says. was mas
ter Of technique, being acquainted with
all sorts of curious little secrets of art.