The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-12


painted better portrait than West and
! IL has been said that when the court
! painter was crowded with commissions he
| put his pupils 10 work upoL his canvsses
ana ! remember seeing In The kensins
| ton Gallery In London one OF Vests
large Scrptural pieces. in which ] am
sure two Of the heads were painted by
Stuart.
MALBoNE AND HIS MINIATURES.
Malbone's miniatures had a charm
which has stood the test OF time subtle.
| dellcate aud refined. his work embodied
] the characteristics of his inner nature.
! The Hours in the Athenaeum is his finest
work by which he Is best known Another
or his miniatures is one Of Nicholas Pow
er' sarah Helen Nhitmsn's father, and
considered by her an excellent likeness.
Malbone was born. liz, in Newport
twenty years after Stuart was born in
Narragansett he was self-taught artist
I ana Dunlap, who is authority upon Amer
lean artists previous 10 the year 1894
makes no mention OF his having even n
primitive drawing teacher. but speaks OF
MS coming 10 Providence when he was IL
years old and painting miniatures here
for two years, and then went 10 Boston
and practiced his art for awhile, and be-
came acquainted with Washington Alls.
ton. who was graduated from Harvard at
that time. They both sailed for London
In MAY. 1901.
His reception by the president OF the
ROYAL Academy was SO nattering a one
mat II could not fail to give him conf
dence I'm himself holding out every in
ducenent for him 10 remain I'm Europs
and having free access 10 the school of
the arts, his improvement was very
rapid
He now painted the Hours and several
female heads. which were highly eulo-
that no man in England could excel
them, and that he had nothing 10 fear
from professional competition. But his
private anairs requiring his attention, he
returned 10 Charleston in December of
the same year.
in the summer of 1872 he returned 10
Newport and prscticed his art. having
plenty of commissions. but failing i'm
health he sought warmer climate. and
he sailed for Jamaica in 1906. The voyage
not proving OF any advantage he took
passage for Savannah where he died i'm
1907
FATHER or RHODE ISLAND ART.
James & Lincoln. the first president OF
the Art club. whose bronze bust and por-
trait by himself are under its roof. will
undoubtedly be considered in the future
as he now Ia, the father OF art i'm this
state. from the fact that the most of his
work or over 81 years was confined 10
this city ana vicinity: also because lls
paintings were uniformly good. many
showing signs OF genius. such as his por-
trait OF Zechariah Allen I'm the Historical
society and OF Charles Lippitt grand
father Of Governor Henry I.ippitt
The latter | had an opportunity 10
study while making a copy for one Of
his descendants in PENNSYLVANIA. and 1
nave no hesitation I'm saying Il was as
fine as anything / ever saw OF Stuart's
Its color, boldness OF handling and rend-
ering OF character show what he would
have done had his life been passed I'm a
more congenal art atmosphere
Mr.. Lincoln was born in Taunton. Nav
18th, 1911 when at the age OF ten his
parents removed 10 Providence. Ills
father died four years after and ne on
tered the employ OF John Horton. en-
Eraver, and soon after worked for John
Terry lie soon found his way 10 The |
studio OF &. T. Hinckley. a portrait paint |
er. who had "a room near Turks Head
lie received from him instructions I'm tho |
rudiments OF his art. Hinckley vent TO |
Washington I'm year or two. and from |
that time till his death Lincoln stood al |
the head of his profession in the state |
covering period OF 80 years. and painting |
over iOO0 portraits and 1900 painted pho |
tographs.
A SERIOUS HANDICAP.
MIR Lincoln was seriously Handicapped |
by being Isolated from art Influence iu /
carly life. being thrown upon his own |
Resources. and this may account for the
reserve and retlcense he manifested I'm /
after life. but every condition has its
lights a. well as shadows and II he had
studied his art in the European academies
the provinciallsms Of his early work |
would not have been apparent. but d.
would have lost somewhat of that fresh
ness and originality which is distinctiveiy
his own. He went through transitional
period n development from the stiltcd
Try manner common 20 all American
painters. who bad never seen Europe.
INTO broader style richer in. tone and
color
Ny first meeting With Mr.. Lincoln WAS
N 1874, when his studio vas in thetbuild.