The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
MOST DELIGHTFUL MORNING WITH MR. HENRY MOSLER
ONE OF AMERICAS MOST DISTINGUISHED PAINTERS

Going back to the early salon days
there was Honorable mention in the
salon in the seventies. followed by the
purchase Of the French government of
his famous picture LIE Reteu7."
Additional honors came at succeed
ing exhibitions tie aftist exbfbitin
year after year IA the Palais de l. In
dustrie. Mr. Mosier was made Hers
Concur at the annual salon. Be-
sides numerous other honors awarded
al international exhibitions in Nice
and france. silver medals from the
Exposition Universalle. Paris. "a gold
medal presented by the Archduke Carl
Ludwig of Austria.
ON tie occasion Of national fee
on July II, 1892. Mr.. Mosler received
the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor.
lie vas also elected an officer Of the
French academy.
In the list of museums and CALLER
les now containing works of the artist
may be mentioned tue Luxembour.s
Paris. the museum in Sydney. Austria
Ia, the 0fTenoble museum. while in this
country several eff the noted galleries
contain his pictures among these the
metropolitan museum of art the Cor
coran gallery the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy of Fine Arts while many of his
pictures are owned by distinguished
private collectors.
The last important work of NJ
Mosler's. The Dawn of tie Flag" has
just been purchased by Mr.. aacob Ii
Schiff, and presented by him to the Cor
eoran Art gallery at WASHINGTON.
When asked about the picture, Mr..
Mosler said that it represents in allie
cory the inspiration of patriotism.
The folds of the flag partly drape
the hgnre of a woman. The blue of
the field rises above the head and
blends with the blue of the heavens.
The stars of the sky seem to mingle
with the starry emblems of the states.
The stripes which are below the feet
of the figure are blended into the rays
of the rising sun, while low in the
foreground are the roofs of Philadel-
phia, the city in which, in h77, thee
flag bad its births
Mr. Mosler is at present engaged in
painting portrait of Mrs. Samuel Ad-
Ter, one of the most beautiful women in
Birmingham. She wears a princess
gown of pale blue satin and a large
hat of black velvet. She is posed in
a brocaded chair with silt arms. The
artist has also just completed a por-
trait of Miss Rosalie Joseph. 1t is
a charming study and will be ex-
hibted in the Mosler collection.
Mrs. Otto Marx, an unusually beau
tiful type. is the original in several of
her faith er's paintings, notably in
Loves Awakening" now in a private
collection in this country.
| found Mr.. Mosler i'm a Brittany in
terror the morning that l went to see
his pictures. With the affinity that al
ways exists between the painter and
the collector. Mr. Mosler has a small
but rare collection of furniture and
tapestries and drawings. being the
owner indeed of a collection of original
drawings by Gustave Dore. He has
brought a few of his Brittany treas
ures to this city.
There was the richly carved Brittany
wardrobe of black walnut, suggesting too,
the quaint closet-like Brittany bed, in
which the peasant woman lies dead in lie
Retour" the tapers burning beside her.
There was the chest of drawers, and
resting on them was the carved cradle
seen in the picture, and in other of the