Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Another Masterpiece.

Still another of billiards masterpieces
was THE Fight Above the Clouds" which
| gave a most realistic picture of the battle
! of Lookout Mountain. This painting was
| on exhibition at the United States Capitol
| for a long time and at length sold for
| $1,000
| He painted an exquisite view of the Yo-
: semitic Valley which was one of the fea-
| lures of the art exhibit at the worlds
| fair at ST. Louis, and Baron de Roths-
child bought his wind Against Tide
which received high recognition at the
Royal Academy of London.
Mr.. Hilard and Victor Hugo were warm
friends, and the great Frenchman admired
and eventually purchased his painting The
Isle of Jersey" Lady Lindsay bought his
painting of the old ruins at Gree. France.
The last work of Artist Hiliard was his
painting made last summer portraying A
scenes on the Thousand Islands, while he
was spending a month at Frontenac. This
picture was presented by Mr.. Hilard to a
young mems club recently organized at
Clayton
MISSIONER. the great French painter, said
of Mr.. Hilliard: "Of modern painters he is
the greatest colorist." He was so charmed
with Mr.. billiards work that he purchased
two of his canvases for his own private
collection
notable feature about billiards. work,
one of his friends said last night was his
rapdity in painting, and the fact that he
seldom sketched any picture. He nearly al
ways painted from nature and sought va
riety in both subject and scene, for many
years making it his practice to follow sum-
mer around the globe.
Landscapes His Specially.
Landscapes were his speciality. He was
said to have been an ideal realist in his
| representations of nature. He gave poetic
tone to all his pictures and the true charm
of nature herself. He was particularly sue
cessful with his Dutch pictures, and was
proud of them as he was of the Dutch
strain in his own composition. Mr.. Hilliard
had painted all over the world, even on the
dreary. Sahara desert He spent many
years abroad, but his intense Americanism
was never lessened by his contact and ex-
| periences with the peoples of the world.
Mr.. Hilliard exhibited his canvases regu-
larly at the Paris Salon and the ROYAL
Academy, London.
Tribute From a Friend.
friend of William Henry Hilliard said
of him last night:
Death closed the eyes yesterday and
stilled the gifted fingers of one of our fore
most American artists About five years
ago William Henry Hilliard selected Wash
ington as his resident city, coming home to
his native land laden with the highest laur-
els which European judgment and criticism
could confer upon an artist-honorable rec
ognition of the Royal Academy of London
and the Paris Grande Sale dHonneur
so extensive had been his wanderings in
his versatile choice of subjects, that he was
known as the most nomadic of our artists,
and had crossed the ocean many times
He always made his home in Washington
during that portion of the year when he
was not enjoying continuous hunt for
| fresh and vivid material for his brush. The
artistic instinct developed quite early in
| the painter who as a boy, scarcely seven
years of age, sketched a portrait of a
| younger sister which was said to be
markable example of untutored drawing
In his painting of the tomb of John How
ard Payne he caught the inspiration, so he
| stated, of the song which is dear to all
Americans, Home, Sweet Home" and his
magic brush portrayed the wonderful glare
| of the African sun, showing Tunis the
| hillside in the background and the droop-
| ing cypress sentinels around the little acre
| of parched land upon which the poets
| body lies. This work has been described
| as a striking exponent of the artists genius
| in the matter of distance and atmosphere.