The evening times., 1900-07-31
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AN EsTHETIC AT1rosPHERE
One Place Where NATURE Berfves In
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Cfrom the Nev Yers CornDlor,i la Azver,zSsr-1
A certain hamlet not far from New York
furnishes some support 20 the assertion
OF a foreign decadent that nature gets
hints from Open-air artists and at times
plagiarizes their effects frankly and IA
g-aItly- Nature in this place had sem
thing 10 start with. 20 be sure-a few
gently welded hills and fair pasture, with
the rocks sticking through. and a shore
running oyt into the Sound IN little points
connected by little beaches-au very quiet
domesticateC effects. as il were These
were discovered By some Ne2 York paint
er, Who painted them and otherwise spread
their fame, and for several years now
artists have been suEmeri1g among them
and marketing them winters The effect
OF the artists upon the place is very
marked Il consists IN an sstheJic atucs-
lEere as dense as a sea fog. through watch
The LatC-2l -lrls-rO-i-s. beach. etc
tcoagh perhaps rot strictly modified. take
On straaE= col0rs and outlines.
Ia fse-. the landscape has acquired
duid qualify, has become malieSbIe and is
al things 20 ali men, and unuJters5-s
things 10 me girl students VINO paint al
sumner scE---s there The artist. maIe
and female. so parys6es this Izniscape
u body q UeN as in spirit. that one can
see now bis point CT view must inevitably
have been imposed upon it- Il has even
BEN imposed Ug0u the natives, wh0. With
their Cli-I-s sAiJc5d E1Usgs. sAiDyard and
cc7l-s6ods. may P=-hags be considered q
part OF cae landscape. Fer she natives
req rooms 20 the artists. AID know what
n Is 10 be Panied. ana are given 20 t-llk X
cri-icism- and a ho-uy-hznled Old bet
builder wil talk about effects and COO
schemes wi.h perfect familiarity, even
though he may insist On having the name
Of his boat painted l5sib.y in the Watar-
color sketch Of the shipyard-
The native nov includes the artist IN
his scheme OF things. as a natural and
profitable sumner feature And his vo-
men-.olks painfully tolerate the freaks %
the white-Umorella people. VINO combine
81 immoral careless1ess il regard 20 he
IUNtapoSfJiCu Of paints and k1i-ted lid es
U!th strange AID Jires0ue tendency 70
bache.
This brings US TO the limit OF che es-
theJic influence aforesaid. The imported
atmosphere stops short st the threshold
CT the natives house. Outside, among ne
EuCh-stUdied and self-coEz .ioUs scenic
effects. be may uncolsciousiy imbi5e q lsv
foreign IDEAS and phrases. DCt his dOmcs-
tic interior retains the character OF his
ancestors AID exhibits idees CT decoration
entirely GEmCdiEed by the esthetic iuva-
sioa. The low. little rooms are ca-peted
and papered with floral designs OF fifty
years ago There is plush and hOrseasir
furniture. each piece protected BY an elab-
ozate tidy- There are ge0me1rical ~ --s
CT the l0weTy carpet ana family picJuI
and relies on the walls. There are hair
flowers and flowers made OF shells. in
frames. There are imitation o-mOlu clocks.
silent fer twenty years. and china figures
holding matches. and porcelain dogs and
cats. and psStebOard groups Of animals,
and buncRes OF cat-tSiis with decades
dust upon them, aud cups and saucers
erocheted out OF twine and plush guitars
embroidered with flowers, and d3guerrc0-
types oi plain-featured ancestors, and
crazyWoTk sofa cushions, all mixed to-
gether. with bows Of ribbon in the inter
Stices.
1t viii be another fifty years. perhaps.