The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13
SOUTHERN
ARTISTS.
Sentimental

0b edoo washington Ail3r01t
the ernirnnt historical painter and poes
ne was born November 9th. IT9, n
"accomAv, q. c.. where his father was
Planter He early showed a taste 70,
mo art which he atserward. devoted
nus ufs He graduated at Harvard In
A0Vo' and for short time he pursued h.,
:. e'Ssl1 studies In Charleston with NAL.
Do'" G Prayer. The latter. ~ the way.
ago South carolin. artist and
nan OF very constderah,. mar,t.
s'eaned success first a, a ,,,,,.-,-.
paiaesr, and afterwards I, a.h.- $50,
% ~ Fe His Production, ,nc1ue. n.
pof'fa' OF nearly every distinguished
p''so'i 81 MIS- native state, beside, ,,..
.o1'eai ana Domestic scene, and .,,,
exhibition OF his wo-k, mo,
heid , Charleston in 1857 ), 49,
thereiWers s1s miniatures and ,.o =,
paintings. so va may judge wha. an In
oetatAabls worker he was. He was
porn 1852 and died in 1850 But to rs-
eurh q Ailston: After pursuing his
studiesl short time in Charleston. h,
Acaaem as pupil OF Benjamin West
with WIN be formed a Life long friend
snip itlSN he repaired to Paris anu
aiter paing few months there went
70 Rome where he spent nearly four
months sidyins Italian art and scenery.
. period he became intimate
with lholaldsen ard Colerdge. and the
latter safSr him that he was surpassed
oy no oneof that age either In artistic
or poetic MUS. From 1903 to 1871 n.
resided N IS native country, and from
the latter tie to 1877 he painted in
f,hsiaho an was elected an assoc;ats OF
me Hoyal cademy In 1919 His first
sred. palnty. The Dead Man Re
'Neo' was &ecuted shortly after his
second Visit England, and gained
stitution- Visit living in England ha
also painted "st Peter Liberated by
the Angel" Triel In the Sun. ia
COB Dream d Elijah in the Wilder
ness"
Aiiston was OF profoundly religious ma
tnr. and most Oils paintings have Scrip
tdrai subjects: Ter leaving England in
leli ne visited His a second time and
then returned IN to the United States.
p, acticing his plession at BOSTON t;Ii
1880 snd afterwar,at Cambridge Mass
till his death, irsi3. The folIowfns
paintings belong the period of his
residence in Amel,. although ,I7a l;st
docs not include aof his minor works:
The Prophet JerIah. ;, "saul and th.
Witch Of Endor." 'iriarn.' Beatrice"
Resale" "spolats Vision of the
6loody Hand. "Beazzar's Feast"
ne latter vast peting was still un-
1t hangs in the Bostt Atheneum "a do
Likewise his Resale, Isaac Of york,.
aud Head of Jew
'.spoatro's Vision" exhibited ~ tba
lniiHueiphta Sehtennlan 1913. together
mer picture has been ,derea faniIia,
and popular by the engr;ne repro,lucin4
~. aiistoh also eAecut several por-
traits, one OF himself, OF Esntarnfn
West and one of Coleris
In color and manageme NJ light and
shade, Allstor closely iu1ied tha yano-
tan school, and has bt called tina
American Titan; but there an aIsmsnr
OF spiritual loneliness IN hiyorks which
we do not find in Titan A., fn,sr
beauty shines through theeature, he
portrays on canvas There no classic
&C stumes nor languishins titudes to
lend effect, but the eyes are, true and
sincere that a heavenly 1T shines
through them and "a hoveri sntrtruaI
life makes each form pres.s.'.
In his Book Of American Arg. c9s7,
Tuckerman assigns the highe rank TO
Allston. In his person.. ythe au
thor. painting reached Its acnlrnongsr
he emulated the Italian mastersna rot
Of their spirit and caught thu mew rich
ness Of their tints. From an Alls land
scape, luminous with frosty atanhsrs
beams 1ckering on tranquil rsam
from grand scripturaI to delicatfancy
figures. from rugged and saturnii lew
ish heads. to the most ideal fema con-
cepcions, from Jeremiah to Beatricrron,
Miriam to Rosalie. every phase OF low
and transparent, almost magnetic ,Ior
graceful contours, deep expressioEtch
versatile triumph of pictorial art sw.
have known ana loved 1t In the old 7,d
then and there. justified the name obs
IN Rome"
.9,d p10d 1bst T va nature r. her Etto
talent to have shons as an author.
still greater one for art. His iiters
works are The Sylphs OF the Seasa
and Other Poems dsBJ. .Monait
d fiseG and 5Fagsal romance an since dram
mis- brother-in-law. r II. Dana (ths no,
elist), In 1850
Amongst the men OF genius with WHOM
Allston contracted a friendship we ma
mention Washington Irving. and it Is Pc
cuitarly interesting to note the intimacy
between these two great men, Irving be-
ing the irst American who threw I,stre
on our native Literature, and AlIston
amongst the first who Int distinction 10
arr In our country.
Our subject brings to mind another great
man whose destiny vas, for q time.
linked with Allston's, [ refer to Samuel
Morse. inventor OF the telegraph but who
started life as paints. He was pupil
OF AI!ston's and ACCOMPANIED him to Eng
land. where he remaited four years. Hs
attained considerable proficiency IN his
art, but on his return to America was
disappointed In obtaining commission
for historical paintinis, and after work.
ing on portraits two ears IN Charleston
went North. but still did not prosper In
his career Nevertheless. he did not give
up the profession OF painter for good
many years. but returned to Europe In
Of his return Qss2) nay be- said to mark
the close OF his artistic and opening OF
mis- scientific career! Five years previous
ha had learned from Prof Dana. of CO.
Iumbia College the elementary facts OF
electro-magn eitsm. bit these had lain dor
mont In his mind til they awoke and
began to take practical shape on Ais voy-
age home The ideA OF the telegraph
first dawned on his mind then, and he