The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
NEWSPAPER ARTISTS AND MAGAZINE
AND BOOK ILLUSTRATORS TO EXHIBIT



and Art Students League, New York.
Was clerk in store, then cowboy and
stoekman. Subsequently illustrator for
magazines, treating military and western
America subjects. Artist, author and
sculptor Studio, New Rochelle N. Y.
Clarence f. Underwood James,
town, N. Y, 1871. Studied art at Art Stu
dents League, New York, and Julien's
Academy, Paris, under Constant and Jean
Paul Laurens and Bouquereaus. illustrate
ing for Century Studio, McCuer's, and
other publications in New York and Lon
don
Henry Reuterdahl-Naval artist. Born
Malmo, Sweden, August u, 1871, Academic
! education at Stockholm, Sweden. Coltri-
hutor to Harper's, Century, St. Nicholas,
McClure's London Graphic etc, and ma
rine painter to Golfers Weekly
Jules Guerrin-Born In st. Louis, 1866.
At age of ten years commenced work at
mechanical drawing in Washington Uni
| yersity, where was intended to fit him
! for profession of civil engineer. Later
dropped mechanical drawing for an art of
greater freedom of thought and action.
Commenced work in the theatre painting
scenes considering this an excellent
school for breadth of handling, diversity
OF subject. and development of color
1chemes. He has worked in New Orleans,
painting the French and Spanish court
yards there; also many pictures of the
Ellis of Kentucky. He received a number
of prizes for water-colors also medal for
black and white at Paris and Buffalo ex-
position. He received the gold medal at
the worlds fair at st. Louis. Lived and
worked in France for number of years
was pupilt of Benjamin Constant and
Jean Paul Laurens Lived also a number
of years in Holland. painting many pic
lures there; also In Tanglers, Morocco.
Ia ha bnc rip
cipally for the American magazines, his
works being reproduced In both color and
black and white.
Jessie Wilcox Smith was born in Phila-
delphia. She studied art at the Pennsyl-
vania Academy Fine Arts and under
Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute under
Thomas Hovenden and at "Juliens," rue
de Berri. Paris. with Robert Tony
Fleury and Bouguereaus, after which en-
tered the Spanish painter Checa's private
studio for color and composition. Has
been engaged as artist and illustrator
since 1890 Work appearing in Scribners,
Harper's, Golfers, Ladies Home Journal,
etc.
John Cecil Clay was born in West vir-
ginia. Studied at the Art Students
League of Washington, D. c.. going
from there to the Art Students League
of New York on a scholarship. Work APP
pearing regularly now In Life. Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly, The Criterion,
etc PROBABLY best known for portrait
sketches OF the prominent actors and
actresses.
Philip De Boilleau is a Canadian by
BIRTH but his early education was re-
ceived in New York. Besides being an
artist, Mr. Boilleau is a musician of note,
and his love of music has led him to
paint series of womens heads in which
he has depicted the effect of music as mir
rored upon the human face He as a
novelty In his method in that he realizes
the value of rare expressive moments In
an interesting face. whether or not that |
lace Is beautiful in the ordinary aceep- |
lance OF the term, At San Reno on the |
Riviera do and home.
Carl Rakemann-Born in Washington, |
April %, 1878 He is a son Of Joseph |
Rakemann, whose decorations in the |
capitol are well known. Studied four
years at the Royal Academy in Munich |
and Dusseldorf, spending part of his time