The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-16
OUTPUT OF BOGUS PAINTINGS
rRESIDEAI ~ STTTENS INSTI-
"a TE TELLS az GSgTING SOyE
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as'e.i-Benr, " HanEsr prs-vtcr-
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tcr ths C,s'n''H vet,arrlay m N,lli,-n T
F-Pns enc PSIps' Ni'harr Iln..sn
err Sesi,r. - recover ? ~ yaid srr tvo
sl,egsi Aomsr Martins .h,rn ara do.
',ssst 80 II. souricis de isra.l ,e-tcri.r
az 'hs trial b.tor' suArn, count Jus,ir,
pas~shs' While NJ was acting a. . p,utua /
tri-nd az fiapscp and ~ President
Hvrr phrsyp - Steyr1s Institute "a no.
gct's'icns over raintinS> 'oli 10 rrrS'clsu;
"'IFnphrtNs whi"-h Cla'iS>o admifi.',i y ere
o. genuine, Clsus-n sati ~ h,m
Harry, this xr"' II Dsru~v - = trrrinIe
thing
Mr. Ranger sstd ,h,t a, the same con
r~esst,op ne name ~ Arthur Dawson
who hiss bs,n ", mi cnci IN crnn,--, ION
nth tn spurious Martins and other
g1esticDed la,n,'nEs, came up and thai
CtaIeen sald
Harry. ~Ish that the Fr-t tins Daw-
seH ~snis into NV store I'd killed him =
Mr.. pawsnu. whN ~ IN l-s callsdl Ivy the
defence. vac w court.
Nr Ranger Was the lsst witness yes
t9rdsy. being preceded by President
Humphreys. who told oT having bp,Ight
pstntings that Claussu aft-rwa-I al
SrcwueN. literary adviser To- Seriba,r' -
81 abe outset Jerome Ei.ner. counsel
fcf Ciausen, asksl Mr. Evans or cr,.Ss-
examination about tNn pictures that he
Nad ordered ret0uchs.d 10y Arthur Dawson.
tine of them. Westminster Hills which
was bought az Sale Vt Martins was
only vanished and Que spot who're the
paint had been knocked m was filled in.
Mr.. Evans testified that such pictures of
the artist Wyant as were unsign "a al
be death were signed by his wife. When
asked II those were not merely sketches
he saId il was n matter ot opinion. NJ
Evans said he had the Myant Driving
Mists,- which was signed by Mrs. Wyant.
revaTnished by Dawson prior to sale.
Of the pictures which are the Suhjec;
OF suit Mr.. Evans said he had not changed
his opinion regarding their artistic merit.
cnlv Of their commercial value
William e.. Browneli of ScrsbF.s''
second witness for the plaintiff. said he
had besn an art critic for several years
prior TO lsso. aud had rrst met Homer u.
Martin IN 1872 or 1879. he knew hitr until
HE death. Il received the last letter
from him the day after he died, MIR.
Brownell said. Tie often saw Mr. Martin
at work in his stidiO and IVES with rim
n good deal from iss: until his ~ .rir 81.
I'm ISIS. Ne accomp- nls,l Martin pu q
trip ~ EIrOpe. NJ a. Martins work,
he WIS not a prolific 9rtlst, but his work
was SLOW. experimental md tentative,
alNaH. striving Tor rnore expressive
Iechniaue HE was une - those men
~h". Ike may genilsoS. o ~ aide e. work
MY when they have Inspiration. aud At
other times thay an de- nothing. - ID the
witness ~h1 sddei that he thought he
had nearsi ~ or WIS acquainted with every
IicttTs Homer Martin ever ISsinted hui
never he,ri Of -Neir Newport ~ The
Old Mill NeIr 81 cloud
S mr., s~ s;ds Sl sTPo, N |nsS
Mock. IN the ISotOs Club said Mr.. brow
n~u. The contrast was great ! saw
nothing IN IL that recalled the Nork 1t
Martin sxoept that q looked t. 6ea csricA-
ture M,rtin's work was Sesi nv in
telleesual Do~er and heEutv, ns''h~- NJ
which - IN the 4 tnvas betC-r me
did nj see M1r;.u's chsrlct~r.-''.' tr'''-
Ineut
A-Aed rs to wha: ;her~ "a ar.'It the
odd Mn 10 show Tho y vas ~ !illtt-
ton. NJ brow. nell - ~
Negatively I should ~ tl"r'. y-a.
nothing Positively iner" are several
things. Inc arm- ol tie mill t-N to catch
Nh Martins manner - w guon"s- bu,
he newer employed ,s.t.snc-s ~ ~" CHIEF
'haTactrr. stiCs 81 picture 'he -l.' .,-
cue thai S1uld have hs-'u q. ..Er''.... ..
b. Mr.. Martin. having az eNce.s Di i-n 9Th
over height. II ~a- ~ plar YER" d.
another piCturs he had IaInt-i. and
dou & think he would ~ considered },
honorable - Taiut two - similar pic
turos.-
Nr Bro~nell aid taat her h" saw the
collection Of alleged Maruus an tl7iEsn.
he got the rcii-iul i.uDgc-sion q az the
overwhelming majority were irtIdtI,
lent 90 crOss-eXam. nation lac said that
there are a. many different Martin tone,
a. there are pictures
-Ts there mot general color scheme
through AL las works
e -r meyer thought "f one applying Co all
HE works / think there - a distinctive
eogur echeEns IN each. but II - character
Nf3o and j. not to be found IN any ot'.st
= "Hie method u work Wa alT.1-; mosaic,
rHs dide't tni hiS color 90, his palette 80
msloh a. on hts canvas. he was 'lu.t- "A
marvellous character Ia that r"-pect H.
had an extreme knOwi-dR- 81 the art ~
drawing aud ia application 90 natural
objects. neither % which appear IN
these Dicfures.
Martin had all AFFECT. On ri his eye.
thar one looked W one direction md "E"
IN another didn't iet- .
7 never ESG.i 81 ih-'. l." had 80
aF~~'iop bu, - wa7 I"' tha' KIND p'l.-
ing tho las; IE.s1 II HI life hs had o., B..
generation ~ th.. Optic nerve ~ un'. s.''
aud "A cstsTlC- on tie other nov
heard that he hs.I To- have Ia dra "tIg-
raced ~ ether ~ th" Litter uar, 81 H.
DO YOU kaor ph-,H"r N.rrr 1,'-'t
have great dfrc'il;v dr. " - ID i''I'''ii'
'Ular lipe'-
4 don I thi-L -. did H.. l.l.t o.. h4'd o.
fgnia tism ths' pr'Ns ,s-d rinl 'l'iu -''''
ing ,trt.caH hut II 30. ~ h.- Us'rI
over on "r- SD, p. .yt.2 %" % af'i r-f''".
du"S u faithfully
"Nas there arN Gr.''' -'In"t''''' 80 Do
JaiUting= of u~t..-I' "p.'',-'
Der from o.. 3d. ",' .I . j..
Mr. BroWusll i,..ri a. ufsf 'i-' .-~"''
-. -Utd MI" WEvI re -. B.. 90. pot. Lotto"
lIb and ih.n -r-p,. It b. 'p O.. '.r:H'"r
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