Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-09-20

the dark, and bringing out plainly his
mystical eyes, thus indicating his char
acter. ROdin, the sculptor, | 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
the finest Kings | have ever. done. 1t
is great artistic success. But as to the
manner in which [ do these things. You
know. if 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
terlinck, George Frederick Watts, the
eminent English artist, Zangwill, Len
bach. the great German portrait artist.
lfesnard, 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 | expect will be great
One Picture a Days Work
81 cannot take more than one photo
graph in day. 1t means the complete
merging of myself in the personality Ot
my subject, q complete loss of my own
identity, and when it is over, l am in
state of collapse, almost. The CONNER
clal photographer, with his forty sittings
day, cannot of course enter into the
individuality of his sitter as I do.
vi COuiSe IL OulS II sue
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, a wide range of finest tones THAI
cannot be reached in painting" and as
an example he showed a little landscape,
showing 4 dim grove at twilight. The
photograph was full of soft, vague tones,
and was artistically indicative Of the
evening shadows.
you see what a 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 I mean to keep in touch with
the art work of Europe, because ] be-
lieve that art is cosmopolitan, and that
one should touch it at all points. | hate
specialism. That is the ruin of art.
don't believe in art schools. Julian
academy in Paris has done more to IN
iure art by killing individuality, than
any other modern factor. | am no spe-
cialist. / believe in working in every
branch of art. That's what Michael an an
cello did. He was painter, sculptor ana
will ever be great who specialZes.
Il find. upon my return here, tha'
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 | have met. | am going to DO
some writing for various art publications
and win do number of portraits for the
Century Company. The October NUN
her of the Century will have a photo
graph of myself. taken by myself
Mr.. Steichen is a b0yish looking CHAP
and in his negligee attire. his speech pune
tuated with expressive gestures maze
with brush. he could fittinely pose l.I
the accepted type of the artist Hs
work is impossible of adequate descTPr
ton. and to appreciate it, it must os
seen with an artistic eye, alive TO deiicae!
of feeling Charles II. Gaffin, the an
editor Of Harper's, says that his picture
are full Of the sense of color. and t'ey
certainly are perEleated with artistic SUE
MISUNDERSTANDING Wisconsin.