The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21

beauty and force OF the authors rhetoric. by
his descriptions Of the moods Of nature. by the
manner in which. with confident. dogmatio
authority. he exploited J. NJ. W. Turner as the
greatest painter. ancient or modern, and by
the ,renchant handling that the old masters
and modern painters alike received. modern
realism being extolled IN contrast with the
!iealisms OF the older masters. Painters and
critics did not receive the book kindly, but the
author gained friends and disciples. and con-
rnued to gain them by other works and deliv-
eyauces and by his life OF devotion TO art and
the beautiful. or the aesthetic. 10 such
an extent that much OF the wor-
ship OF Tsthetlcism. and some Of its
sequences. In English literature and
art for the past generation have been ascrited
to Ruskin and his influence. His appetite for
art and is productions and for beautiful things
was Unsuitable. and his aversion for some
things he did not like was as marked. lie COL
lected the beautifully illuminated missals so
hssiduously that he acquired 1900 Of them.
about a third OF the whole number known to
he in existence. lie bought diamonds and
other precious stones, and gems OF various col
ors and cuttings. and carried them around I'M
set. in his pockets, because he liked TO have
them about him and to take them outoccasion-
ally and toy with them. One Of his intense dis
likes was for tobacco. and his friends who used
it were Obliged when they desired to call on
him TO fumlgate and scent themselves.
Euskin's parents were married at Bowers
We'll, Perth. and there Ruskin met with one OF
the Iateiui incidents OF his life. At Bowers
We'll he met the wOman who became his vito
and subsequently Lady Miilais. wife Of sir
John, Everett MIllals, late President OF the
lL-ral lnT IA uAA fhA 10 ~ n -
George Gray. She was a handsome. tai yOuu !
woman, ana IN health and spirits WAS exuber-
ant. Her mental trend was in no way in SYM
thor OF Modern Painters" He had. however,
known her az a child. and had some years be-
tore this. meeting written for her his fairy
fathers suggestion, he now proposed marriage
TO her. ant at her parents instance she
accepted him, The honeymoon was cut
short by I.uskin's IL illness. and the condition OF
his health for some time gave cause for serious
unnasiness. In 1854 MillaiS came TO Scotland.
lie and Ruskin were intimate friends. He
PAINTED the portrait of Ruskln standing beside
the Falls OF Glenlnlas and Ruskin invited him
TO paint a portrait Of his beautiful wifo. Milla!s
was tall. fulI-chested. OF vigorous presence.
Msk'n. Milais and Mrs, Ruskin ion in love
She LETT her husband; a decree of nudity dis
solved the marriage, ana n June; 1900, sho
kin had known .Milals 50 well that when
the PAINTER had brought his 'rst picture to
him, a portrait VI Charles Reade. to ask what
he thought Of It. Ruskin said that it was not q
II. When the painter won his wife the friend
ship was not broken. l.uskln standing up in
church with th.m at their marriage.
The yigOr Of Ruskin's comment on the Reade
lor'ralt chaiacteTIzed IN a way his literary
style Mt times. He wrote. Of Whistler's "A
Nocturue in Black and Gold" that In the
il.educdted conceit OF the artist nearly ap-
preached the aspect Of wilful imposture." and
al ed: Il have seen and heard much OF cock
rey 'mpudrnor, but never expected 10 hear
Of paint in the pubic's lace" Whistler sued
for $1,000 damages and got a farthing. which
he attached to his watchchain and carried as a
charm.
The second volume OF Modern Painters
was published some years after the first, and
VI" last volume not until seventeen years
h 'erwhrl. The work underwent sevcra! re-
vision. and came out finally more OF a phllo-
sopuicaI ire ltlse on landscape painting After
the publication Of the first volumes. Ruskin
Effort ~ reform the domestic architecture OF
Ing ard. with which inteht he wrote the
seven Lamps q Architecture and The
self. o'her Of his published works which fol;
lowe! are Lectures on. Architecture AMI
Painting, The OpenIng o. the CRYSTAL Palace
fr'"s,l a scrgt Of Il Art' Ppm Notes e. d on the RT'"Ti' 3rncr GaI'
Jerry AZ Marlborough House" and hottest Tur-
rers 'llar.ors Of ELgIand;' tn" "Political
Economy Of Arr "a treatise on Drawing, .
' " '''' ~ " ''"''"N ~ $3.50
Eu,kin was an intimate friend and great adj
n teru 90 larIyle. After 1850 his writings cams
almost wholly to deal with social problems.
Ii" -iIi that his forte wa, not description but
lu.I'lciI rr. Monty. He wrote a pamphlet On
church discipline" ard doctrine and his Other
shhr"Vurrl FITTINGS were mainly on economy
ar. "iu.',, history and literature, combine a.
itfl r' 4 supreme science. Ho published MA
H"n Took, i.r org time. No, liking the nP .
fishers system Of discounts and variable
trees, ana hl- fOudnesS for the bcaUtifUi HGl
sA,ens'ye mad' him keep the prices OF his
Books high. HIS works brought him IN much
Aof" than Sl5,OOu a year. ami Tor many years
ms annual incoul" was s3u,Ouu. his inherit
hn'' from hiS father was E2uO.OW Aside f,um
hs "NtrnyaGaucc IN tho rurcha-" - things
,Wh'h Please! him he was extremely, chart
tl," and nat an army OF pensioners. lie gave
away arg" Gums forgay" del's 81 larR" Ng-
Ii"' AIT gu' rim of h is "o'U .OrtHble fortune.
IN i-,r l;uSkIn was appotG'rd Rode lecturer
M'a'plr,'-" n'ver-ily and received the !"
.r2r,-'r - N.o arts ~ Oxford. He gave
80. ~ g. 'udoW "A maStership N drawing Ia
,"' li'.or az galleries at oxford He was Tor
"rrtN years N'nlo professor OF art A. Oxford,
TO- ISL ys. 81, II hi- life Ruskin spent in re-
"r' iaad mental decline. He broke down
u' Iyrringa lecture In 1885, becoming
'u'''i' on he platform. and since then
VI .hie ,va's been insane. requiring an at
'"'. In one OF his periods Of alertness
,.t'- ag' he spoke out with his
IGOR - letter written IN. reply to a
,ctuu" T. ,!Sir children lie, said that
l'f - -uuu ! educate their children and
'i,Lllt M" nntlI maturity. ami added;
Nhen they rr-'r.ng throw them out 81 the
h.t 'H' nest be llWays OPEN to them,
b, -I"'h EVER stand between child and
NhI,, LT doors -hoUld he always open to a
.'SNicr who IA a harlot or a son who ID y
ir", f. ,hr' return, hut no fortune should lie
80 been soil that Elphemia Gray was not
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