The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-26
JUNK RECEIVED BY ARTIST.

I "A 20 guinea diamond necklace, s10 lin cash and motor bicycle was the price got for my last years Academy lpicture. This remarkable admission
 was made by an artist who for the last Ii7 years has exhibited at the Royal
 Academy.
 You appear surprised remarked the speaker. Doubtless you saw the
 paragraphs in the press to the effect Ethat my picture had been sold for 100
 gulneas. Those paragraphs were In- lspired,' but there was no occasion to Uniform the public Of the fact that the l100 guineas was not ef05 in current jcoin of the realm. Unfortunately many
 artist are, like myself, forced to accept
 payment In kind
 Do we like this system? Certainly mot, but beggars cannot afford to be ,choosers. You must know that artists lwho are not absolutely at the top of Ithe tree have to place themselves in the lhands of middlemef1. These gentlemen lnot infrequently combine their business Iof fine art dealer with some other trade lequally lucrative.
 Thus it often comes about that when lmoney Is tight, use the dealers lfavorite phrase artists have to accept ljewelry and miscellaneous goods iii part Epayment for their pictures. admit Ithat quite such an extreme case as the lone cited to you Is of comparatively .lrare occurrence.
 "One of my principal buyers happens Ito have large business interests in ISheffleld. As result I have, at times. treceived from him large cases of cutlery l.clocks and even kitchen utensils iii lieu lof so many sovereigns of the price he lhad agreed to pay for my work.
 In one instance he offered me a15 flor rather effective .pot-boiler I Isaid right but then he took care to iexplain to me that as money was tight, his offer of .s15 would have to be part lily taken out in hardware. Finally we istruck bargain, mutually satisfactory, lat RS in cash and a magnificent iron
 Ibedstead.
 "On another occasion the same deal- Ter sent me moving machine and a set of garden tools in part payment for ;Ea picture, and yet another time I re- lceived from him the latest thing in Eartistic coal scuttles. q bent Iron cake Istand and several sets of elaborate fire , irons. Now you have an explanation of , Ithe magnificence of many of the metal ] Iobjects which adorn my house. ; "A little while since you mentioned ; Ijewelry," said the writer to the artist. Z May I, therefore, infer that hardware , Iis not the invariable equivalent of cash < lin this wonderful system of part pay- tment?"
 "Jewelry," sadly remarked the ex- nibtor at the Royal Academy, lis. as a matter of fact, the commonest form Of : payment in kind.' Very many pie ture dealers dabble in precious stones, and artists while recognizing the fact : that their customers invariably put fancy values on the gems, prefer this , form of moneys worth to any other, as tjeWelry may always be turned into cash which is more than can be said of some of the objects which at times form part :. of the deal
 "A friend of mine once received a 7 lady's sealskin coat in part payment for Ia nice little seascapea by no means 3 inappropriate exchange, seeing that the man was about to be married.
 Another artist had to accept a free
 Iorder form for anew suit of clothes at
 a smart West End tailors, and silver
 manicure set; while a third man who unlike myself, writes mystic letters after his name, was on one occasion peremptorily ordered by the best mid dleman to accept one of that worthy's 'high-class, flll-size billiard tabes and a SIP note in lieu of a three figured check.'' .x You said just now that the jewelry (which is exchanged against pictures is seldom really worth the price put upor it by the dealer. Why then.'' asked the lwriter, do artists accept it at ridicul. lous valuation?'' ''To tell the truth, both parties make iample allowance for exaggerated prices 2 Many transactions might we'll be de. ; Iscribed as dead in fictitious values. The 5 Ireal worth of painting to an average lartist is gauged solely by the amount oI } lWork and time spent over it..
 [ Certain kinds of pictures are fash l lionable and find ready sale, but i !. does does not follow that they are goot < lWork. For example, I paint a little,