The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07

OIL instructor. ABROAD under ENllNdEuel
Lentze at Dusseldorf.
Amongst our Virginia artists may be
honorably mentioned the late Mr.. John
a. Elder, who, as well as Mr.. Washing
ton, was q pupil Of Lentze famous for
his picture Of Washington crossing the
Delaware). Lentze considered Elder one
of his most promising pupils. and the
latter painted to the end more in the
Dusseldorf school than any other. He
sent back a work from Dusseldorf called
The Inundation of the Rhine" which
was considered very fine. After he re-
turned to America he devoted himself
mostly to portraiture, and believe did
no other work till he painted his era
ter which was formerly owned by Gen
eral Malone, but now hangs at the West
moreland Club, Richmond, Va. Soon
after the war he painted Home Again"
a Confederate soldier in his rusty uni
form, dandling an infant, whilst another
child plays with its fathers sabre, the
setter dog curls at his masters feet and
the wife looks on in placid contentment.
Major Bryan, of Richmond, has the last
two of Elders pictures-"A ppomattox'
and an Indian Chief Carrying OF a Dead
Tribesman.'' Elders Clusters Last
Charge was a spirited picture, but it
was never really finished. a fellow artist
says of Elder: His feeling and express
sion in color were as natural as that OF
the canary bird for his song, but varied,
and frequently vagarous. as that Of the
songster never is. He was impatient OF
detail, and not a very sound craftsman
Though brought up in surroundings un-
favorable for such conditions, he was
Of singularly refined nature, and in his
subjects in variab.y avoided the coarse and
unlovely. In portraiture, he is very I'M
equal, but when at his best, has done
some as good work in that line as any
that exists in Virginia
He died eight or nine years ago. aged
about sixty.
No list of southern artists would be
complete without a mention OF Mr.. Will
liam Sheppard. of Richmond, Va. who
position amongst artists Mr. Sheppard
has devoted himself prinsipally to illus
tration and design. His first instruction
was received in the National Academy of
launched in his IS 9. career When the Civil
War broke out, but ne lald down the
pencil TO grasp the sword. serving four
years in the Confederate army After
the war. Mr.. Sheppard resumed his ca
reer. as an artist and took a course of
instruction abroad. Since then he has
paid as much attention to color as to
black and white. His last work in Oil
was a portrait of Governor Cameron.
which now hangs in the State Library,
and he is now engaged on a portrait of
Hon. John Goode Many OF Mr.. Snep-s
pard's drawings may be found in the
Century War Book which is, equivalent
TO SAYING that they have reached high
standard of excellence.
The list of Southern illustrators is at
present but a small one Our flrst one
was Porte Crayon.' who as far back
as 1S59-lS60 made himself famous by
series of spirited and admirable illus
trations in Ha lrr Magazine and who
made himself quite national reputation
by his Virginia Canaan" He was,
believe, a native of ShepherdstoWn.l Jsi-
ferson county, Va, and his real. name was
Strother
H. c. Redwood. of Virginia. has done
a good many spirited and characteristic
drawings of Virginia life, especially OF
military scenes. of which he knows by