The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-06-20

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Copyright i9c2, by the S. S. Mcclure
| Somuany.l
/, In the pages of that colossal work of
reference. ,he Universal, Royal and
I Imperial Art Dictionary. maybe found
the following interesting paragraph;
| Knoophuysen. Johannes deie-si), COM
monty called Van Dordrech; from Tue
place OF his birth. a pupil OF thu eder
\ ituyp and fellow student OF the youngsr
/ and mere famous member Of that faFl%.
hGcxcels IN the depletion Of cattle grazing
anf repos!ag.
Al u wn ch reals ordinarily enough
until one lcoSs up "Johannes Knccp-
huysea. called Van pordrechs.n aud
aais that sneu anar.ist never existed.
It all began in the conference room
Of the Philadelphia Daily Dissemi-
na;or. We were discussing tie fen
lures for the coai'ns week when
Framptom strobe In. Now. Jacl, Frainp
ton was an Isnrlishman. something Of
anart critic on The Diaserlinator He
condueted u column "a intermittent as
uanrla and nearly as sweeping As
regards art. he honestly held that Tie
ouly living writer atan worthy q at
teillon wils John Sellsy Fr.upton.
lin ChuTey. our sunday supplement
editor. loved nothing better than 70 pre-,
pare pitfalls cor the feet 81 the self
confident i'ranpton But megri1
cent trait Of the latter national trait
ilaecd, was that BIZ never knew whan
lie was beaten ard often succeeded In
turning the tables on the lawmakers,
on this particular afternoon Tramp
ton found us hi the thrGes Of an art
discussion and smiled supercilIously.
jim ChuEey turned toward hin with
an appealing mir
oh. Frauap.on% he exclaimed.
Here's Stephenson claiming that the
elder Cuyp was better artist than
Knoophuysen.'
"Itnoophuyscn:" repeated the critic.
YES. Johannes Kaoonhuysen. the
cattle painter. OF course you know all
about him."
The expression of doubt on Tramp
toms race was only momentary. II he
never owned to defeat neither did he
confess 10 ignorance.
"Oh. Knoophuysen" he said. Eyes,
of course know all about the old fell
low-ilne painter, very fine. His work
in many respects equals that of Claude
Lorraine. he is particularly good in the
treatment of golden sunshine, and his
cattle approach Paul potter's."
"KNocphuysen has been shamefully
neglected" said chufey earnestly.
''You ought 10 write screed about him
for your column. Jack"
Him. observed Frampton, his brow
cloudlnS again. II haven't much time
TO look him up. Suppose you write me
brief biography. and III run over 1t
and use 1t for next Sundays paper"
81 think Knoophuyscn's masterpiece
is The Cow and Calf In High
Wind" ventured Stephenson at this
tuncture.
"Nonsensel" snapped Frampton.
"'The Cattle Fair on the Canal is
infinitely superior. Lord st. Mungo
bought II in GO for E3,OO0."
Down went 1.-THE Cattle Fair" and
'.The Cow and Calf" on Jim chuffey's
memoir OF Knoophuysen. Next Sun.
day The Disseminator gave TO the
world an nppreciativc account of this
master with n glowing eulogy Of his
work, the whole signed John Sedley
Frampton."
Not long after that a notable pub.
fishing house OF the metropolis COM
menced the compilation Of the Univer-
sol, Royal and Imperial Art Dictionary.
1t was destined to eclipse all other
works Of the kind in scope and thor.
oughness. FYampton took It as n mat
ter OF course when he was chosen ed
itor Of the publication.
In course OF time the great dictionary
Appeared. and there, to his intense de-
light, Chuffey found the foregoing BIZ
ography OF Johannes Knoophuysen
van Dordrecht.
This WINS the ingenious Chuffey's OPP
poYtunity. He seized pen and ink and
stratghtway indicted q stirring letter
10 The Easel, famous organ of inter.
national art. The letter called atten-
ton TO the name OF Knoophuysen In
the new dictionary and roundly de-
clared that no such person had ever
existed.
Frampton could not let that pass.
Next week he appeared In print with
defense of Knoophuysen's identity.
BY curious coincidence be had actual
~ lighted upon the name among list
OF obscure Dutch painters in the seven
teenth century. and this almsy fact his
vigorous Imagination expanded into q
case which really sounded plausible
enough.
Chuffey replied under several differ-