New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-18
Anglo-American Memories
LANES mNELL wHsTLER-ANEc ooTEs ESTIMATES FRIENDS
cor, right. 1910. by George ". smalle,)
London. September =

London. September
-e since literature has grown up
.,,+ Whistler. and there MAJ seem no
.-.i,,,Is~ reason for adding to it, even
-o1,,,o-7 Of memories in a newspaper
aae-an6 also mas grown UP, as about
- ,,-,ys41al men. But by dint Of omit
= al the well known stories concern
,,i-, - my stin be possible TO say
-.+ti-7r + knew him for many years,
= many places. in many ways. We
=, friends till the inevitable end came
hs--a letters Of his mostly brief. al
80 rungent. sometimes epistciarE
.e-e~n5eces. snd his books which he
80 me books ike none others.
have pencil drawing, also gift;
- the r7oSt beautiful ne ever did; 4
80 If = woman. nearly nude: wholly
DO indeed but for q perfectly trans
--srf veil Of game. cloud rather than
AL through which the delicate. full
,.,-+o,s--s Of this modern goddess are Wis
.f,la their velues enhanced by the mere
-zes-+or of mystery thrown bout
.=s- + IL nothing to say that this is
-rzv are not purely physical The nttle
--su-,r7z Is : poem Of exquisite lowell
- The figure is at full length. about
s5r57- inches high, the left arm oef-
x--e-of,ed. the fingers hold the drapery,
---orgh which the outlines shape them
5-ze- me right arm = little away from
80 ,77s-- The body poised on the right
he
-,.-. he arv ground the left Just ready
- take fight The whole aerial, unsub-
s-e--fs1- the fabric 81 : dream, Yer
,z-av-7 rri-h 2 precision and firmness as
= for al eternity And since. for al Its
-ur--v Of treatment. there is a hint OF
-ae-7-- Foea77t- and Of temptation. Il was
fl-- drawn especially for what is
3az+ af this life before eternity begins
siz,ad twice over with the butterfly, and
ssgna6 in every line and touch Gr the
master Even the frame is MINISTER'S;
4-- z--,s4sse Of white mount and narrow
a6z7ne Of white veed and black lines are
--are rroof n his theory that the frame
$ mart cf the picture
knew Whistler long before his fame
-l,o same Whistler OF his own value
and OF his own work he never had any
6os,ht. Popularity was never with MN
measure Of merit Perhaps he never
mas So sure Of himself As when he vas
= minority Of one. When he brought
-H7- inIuClly action against Rusk!n-
ending Il verdict Of = farthing DAM
So n
concerted. I was N court with him, and
When / held out ny hand to him IN SYM
yatrv with his defeat he grasped il
warmly and cried cut.
"T was sure YOU WOULD see what 4
g-sa- triumph II is
WHAT could You say 70 that I al
vars thought his case badly handled
His leading counsel. Mr.. SERGEANT Parry.
was al able advocate in a commonplace
,ause but quite incapa bic Of putting
Ehistler's view to the jury, which vas
quite 5ncaua bic Of Selling il if II had
been put The great painter had been
grossly Iibelled. vet the action ought
never 10 have been brought. The ma
rhinerv Of British justice is III adapted
the spoiled child OF critics: wilfuI. per
verse whimsical. and dangerous. be
cause ne was both brilliant and sincere
a great authority with the public. then
and now hut ask the artists what they
thought of him. One Of the best of
-he1a. whom 7 think 7 had rather not
name said IT him He Is never right.
f7a-
SAC OF The Third Napoleon II ne
prEH6c iHoqB0cjfr F7ec0nBH. But he
~eas -hecorfrian who captivated the
public What more could YOU ask?
il was a. WhistIer-s house in lite
street. Chelsea. that I first saw the
woman whose beauty was. I suppose,
morn famous than any other Of her time.
had gone there TO breakfast Il
O'Clock 5rea kfast such as Whistler liked
-.-TnE IN those days. with such Ameri-
car dcEcacies as corn bread and buck
wheat -akes 10 asJonish the dun palates
Of his British guests When the door
-nlo she pa-ler opened this lady vas sit
lang en IaW chair in the corner by the
fre. ana The light of the IRE shone on
her Face. 4 vision never 10 be forgot
Ten the c1'or5nG brilliant and at the
same tine delicate the attitude all
grace- There was harmony and
contrast all IN one. the harmony such as
Whistler loved. the contrast such as 1t
Pleased her Maker TO arrange. between
aeITness and strength. the lines of the
Aomaus fgH body flowing gently into
each other but the whole impression one
81 vital force. There was no one else IN
ne room. As her renoNn- presently TO
'e Sorld wide, mad just begun in Len
son ! knew who II must be When
"aistier. q moment later. came ia he
k'a, -'pf course yeu and Mrs Langt-y
Know each other That was all the in
'oauctien We ever had
Supposed Whistler was going 10 DO
H+f portrait. bui ] cannot remember
Nat b. ever did The one which Lon
oa' admired next MAJ in the Royal
e8enl> anne from heavier brush
hls. and was signed NiIlais. But
-ls Lanetry vas the despair Of all
+E portrait painters. other beautiful
'li'-l have been. and sJili are. Whist
himself was 81 an uncompronising
''-lfe AZ the presence OF beauty The