The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-19

the dark, and bringing out plainly his
mystical eyes, thus indicating his char
acter. Rodin, the sculptor, l placed so
that his grand head shows as a sill
houette against the massive clay of one
Of his own creations. That is one of
is great artistic success. But as to the
manner in which do these things. you
know, il one went to view an exhibition
of Whistler's etchings, one wouldn't ask
him how he did it. Ny Great Men
series includes portraits of Rodin, Mae
ter!inck. George FREDERICK Watts, the
eminent English artist, Zangwill. Len
bach, the great German portrait artist.
Resnard, who is perhaps the greatest
living exponent OF the modern school Of
art, William NJ. Chase OF New York,
Mucha, the painter. and many others.
Then too, l have hosts of pictures of
young men, who l expect will be great.
One Picture Days Work.
II cannot take more than one photo
graph in a day. It means the complete
merging Of myself in the personality OF
my subject, complete loss of my own
identity, and when it is over, I am in
state Of collapse, almost. The CONNER
cial photographer, with his forty sittings
individuality of his sitter as I do.
"Of course photography is only a side
issue with MEL am painter, first, last
and all the time. But there are certain
things that can be done by photography
that cannot be accomplished by any other
medium, wide range of finest tones that
cannot be reached in painting" and as
an example he showed a little Landscape,
showing a dim grove at twilight. The
photograph was full Of soft, vague tones,
and was artistically. Indicative of the
evening shadows.
''You see what wide range of tone
there is here,' he said, land there is alb
solutely no white and no black. Now
the commercial photographer aims at
sharp contrasts and the reproduction of
petty detail.
Like Michael Angelo.
II am going to open a studio in New
York, but 1 mean to keep in touch with
the art work of Europe, because I be-
lieve that art is cosmopolitan, and that
one should touch it at all points: I hate
don't believe in art schools. Julian's
academy in Paris has done more to in
lure art, by killing individuality, than
any other modern factor. I am no spe-
cialist, l believe in working in every
branch of art. That's what Michael An
gelo did. He was painter, sculptor and
architect, and supreme in all. No man
will ever be great who specializes
Il find, upon my return here, that
there is an intense artistic atmosphere in
New York, and have found that Amer
lean women have a better appreciation
and knowledge of art than any other
women I have met. am going to do
some writing for various art publications
and will do a number Of portraits for the
Century Company. The October num-
Der of the Century will have a photo
fo1y Nv
Mr.. Steichen is boyish looking chap,
and in his negligee attire, his speech pune
tuated with expressive gestures made
with brush, he could fittingly pose for
the accepted tHRe Of the artist ioso His
ton, and to appreciate it, it must be
seen with al artistic eye, alive to delicacy
of feeling: Charles H. Gaf5n, the art
are full Of the sense Of color, and they
certainly are permeated with artistic sug-
gestiveness.-Eyening Wisconsin.