The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-24
hog, HOMINY AND his ART
PlINTER o. TAR NEIL NOUN
Rms LOVES AL THREE.
clarence NSFrali Can NnOFd 10 sen o..
OIO Pastels for aaOO. feT He IN.
poets 10 Giean ~ . Hnndred MlllloR
or 10 FrOm his washing Powder Mine.

~ ~ from his washing Powder Mine.
clarence A. worral. who has been
psntug the mountain scenery in western
North Carolina for the last ten years. d
m New York for his frst visit in that
tine -Picturing' might be a better term
than gainting.' for though Mr.. worrall
does paint IN oil the greater part Of his
work has been in pastsl.
Nr Worrall has been having a mOdeat
sys.Nt.on ~ some of his works at Davis
Saniord's and they have attracted
considerable attention because Of their
c0'orne and their detail. He says he
has never done much In the exhibition
line and a. for seeking for medala. 1 am
shove II said Mr. Worrall 1t Ia only
III. little men that hunt for such things
Mr. WoTrall says he has made thousands
n pictures in hiS ten years IN the North
Carolina mountains and that they are all
good Ne IL an enthusiast on the scenery
n that part 81 the country and on what 10
usually termed the cracker class.
They are the mOst independent and
Uthal the grandsat sst Of peaaan,s on
Earth said Mr.. Worrall al the Holland
House Yesterday You can't give them
q cent unless they earn h from you. I
have gone through the widest country
OWN there AZ all hours Of the day and
night and have been safer than would
have been in New York city. They call
sone 81 them 'moonshineru, but thoae
people have no intention Of breaking
avs They cannot ses Why they should
20, he permitted 70 distill a little LIQUOR
for their own use II they wish
Mr. WoTrall 10 q tiny man physically.
Apparently he would not tip the scale
q, 100 pOunds; but he has great energy.
He saws he goes 10 bed at 4 O'Clock and
gets upMS. He says he can do a pastel
IN an hour and q half and in the last ten
years has done several thousand Of such
pictures, portraits and oil paintings. lie
a frank IN his admiration for his own
work and says he knows that some day
his little pictures will bring easily $1,000
Apiece He likens himself % Whistler in
some Ways. but he disclaims being
follower Il that master Mr. Worrall be-
,svss he has founded a new school.
i went down into that country because
n nv health said Mr. Worrall. The
doctors said I had n get away from
studio work. A frieni who advis I'D me
% 60 10 North Carolina said could paint
that scenery "a Il was. For year |
tramped about exploring. Al frat
vas At Asheville. and later ! went -
Arden. | started Out IN life as an etcheF
4 ieW yelrs ago "A Arm wanted 70 guar
sntee me s70000 n year N ] would work
NV for them ! got my only Frt srhnoi-
ing AZ tho Philadelphie Academy II Pine
Arts Thomas Rnkin ives nv Instructor.
He told me not On pin myself n any mas
'@r and ] followed he advice | 3oated
about like Whistler and worked my an
education out 81 the word.
once saved the town ~ Asheville,
nd Mr. WOrrsll modestly Howl Well.
] made = printing aNis ~ tNs scenery
fnr hundreds of miles @ lnd md az
rasult get boom "'me g. The town
J hen | cught a cold IN mi" -. where 7
! vas exhibiting the ricture md ! VS. 10 t.
'wo ye rs Then ] broke my leg % the
knee while crlseinE p sire m IN the trunk 2
NJ a tree The doctors =. IA 7 would never T
have the ues of the leg "a in. but I did /
nNcOver u by bringing into play. through 1
lb1if two years. muscles not oriin -ilv
much used. Look - This
Mr. W0rrsu stnnd on one fpot. drew
up NE broken leg and wigglad o. rbsut .
~ the knee N a frshion that you'll y We
d3ne credit 20 a cpntnrti0nist I guess
J We got the uae ~ that hack ~ right.
he said Why, nv pedcmeter there
registers 30 miles Tor the l'st thirty .
davs
When frat went down int that c1un- .
try ! established q free school 0f ART
] kept Il roing for only two years but !
enrolled about two hundred pupils. and
thsv came from ~ far awPy ~ TeUls
Nv idea was really ~ establish = M nurl .
trsninE school. but happily Mr. George
Vanderbilt did this. In my art school
] lsed n hove twenty-seven Gle I
u@ek Oh. that WIS nothing ! IN =
ADIf yorker. I can do a days work
IN a couple Of hours. but you must ~
member II has taken me thirty ve7rs
n acquire the knowledge and experience
ths' make TINT possible
! left the beaten trsrk ~ ~ nd s-iis's
because oluld not stand tho little hirk-
e-lngs and petty ie~'ousies sid ". T..
N0rrall IN answe- - a question ! eNneCt
there will he s1ma iaaloUsv NV thai
have returned. but that IL ns'ural but
ihH vast majority Of nv pictures that
have been cold have beea IHrch7sed nv
Ntr's " o0nnOiasgurs. ] know thpt
COUNT y down there - well that 7 could
pant vDu a scene from memory 20 hich
would be true down b the minutsst detril
I0vn A. my place ! have about IN nic-
lures o. which about 100 a-e in oil ! am
go,nE N have them up here next fell on
sINibluon
To tell tho truth have nevs- had hut
me large exhibition of nv works and
ma, vas in tho big hotel a. Ashsville n
have b-sn working for the last ten yesrs
= ~ one purpose In view though al has
been my recreation. ! have covered tho
country ipr miles soout Sometimes !
had my canrD with me, sometimes ! vas
he guest II farmers Thew make YOU
perfectly Eslcome and you ran stay day
m a month AnvWhere They always have
hos End hominy and they give you the
best they have In the house
have had various interests. and
have nov tho GREATEST kaOlin deposits In ,
ne country down there Besides ] have
n tract of land running for
> nirt y ihed " it'll deposits Of q rsE clears I
,Tg 7Sp der Then ! am building a big ,
I'ss a-'und which we shall have hunEa-
'w oolny BESIDES I have written
'"v@-a. pamphlets and brochures. ono NJ
'rer sketch 81 Whistler Here IL
'r0' o. VI W~rrali sddsd. handing II /
rNar Ia
= 81. rallst Golden Rulsa and Maxims ,
l0f 'v' students and Others, n deduced
non nv - the antique rld giants
N ,a"r'ug Ranhaal Michel Angelo. I
If". kIreDs Velesquez. Rembrs1dt. I
'ror' INV WHISTLE sargent. Millst and
Ns.-.lura- IA
I'' ,a'i Nr WOrr1ll was one 81 :
= '"N.r0<r Re displayed about haf
q Ir' famed pgstels which were lying .
@ chair and which n HE caller who ,
s'NH- r8fhtur about the nret uYincinIea