The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
SEEN IN The WORLD OF ART
ETCHINGS OF OLD MN YORK
nv q. 70. MIELtTZ.
An Artistic career started on PER At
New bedford VIZ. NleiatSa Different
Methods s~Iertinx . site for Araa-
emy's Proposed Exhibition GALLERIES.

New bedford VIZ. NIeiatgs Dinerrnt
Methods seIertInG q site fOr Arasi-
emy's Proposed Exhibition GALLERIES.
! His life long Mielatg. the etch-r. has
been a pro~ler around odd and pictr
esluc places. and hs has gone far aield
/ for his adventures in art Some etchers
ar. horn TO the needle. some achieve tho
u-., 81 the plate and acid. but Charles
W Mielatg had the tools Of his pro-
fession thrust upon him Born in Ger
many. he came To America at the adj
vanccd age Of S or q and later at the Chi
cago school Of art worked in the night
drawing CLASSES Then he drifted East
with no definite notion 81 earning his
bread with his pencil He just drifted
| He went down TO the sea and looked at
the ships. lie sat en- fences and spied
out the trees and grass and cattle. On"
hot afternoon on the StringpieCe Of an
old wharf at New Bedford he began to
sketch the spars " a schooner in the fore
ground. then the Iody Of the bnat was
blocked out when suddenly he heard a
voice would you mind II I looked at
that sketchhook Of yours?- IL was a
fr,sndly stranger. and as MIR. MielatL
related to us what he called an unim-
portant Anecdote We nevertheless ex-
pected the usual denouement OF course
the friendly stranger was n great artist.
perhaps Whistler disguised in amiability.
disguise in which surely no one would
have recognized him. The sequel Of
the tale was not in the least romantic
| The stranger asked Have you ever
etched?- NO. answered the young
man in his nonchalant manner. which
he still retains NO How do you etchl-
I'm show you replied the strang ger
who was a clover amateur. and he did.
! MielatZ did not master his art IN a
day That meeting was over twenty
years ago. and he says that the game 10
as difficult as IL ever was. He ~ still at
, ~. still chasing the Elusive and tantalizing
goddess OF beauty and recording her
multiforn appearances in terms OF black
and white. and color spots. He has
! sailed the seas. trRmped marlborough
! farss. dled on deserted beaches and
watched for the rising Of the moon over
dark moors and fenways BY a sheer
! fiuke he entered the service % the Govern
ment As a coast surveyor. He made
maps helped 20 locate drrrlicts. surveyed
/ strange sandy stretches. raised wrecks.
| toiled al all hours. and being stationed at
| Newport he studied every foot 81 its coast
! and waterways lie stored up without
! giving much thought TO IL thousands OF
! memory films lie knew the shape Of
things The bleak MARYLAND. the sand
/ blisterlng under our tropical sun, the cool
, ~ the woods lakes like mrrors and the
! chAttering life 81 the shipyarJi-these and
many more you will find reflected in his
/ etChings: also the -gualor ~ mean streets.
/ the nocturnal silenCes II the waterfront
After five wears ~ the hardest kind 81
/ labor he came 10 New York and began
/ TO ctch No doubt his eyes were over
flowing with pictures and he had TO trans
pose them to the plate At first. h" CON
fcS-es. 10 went a. his material rrckleSsly
He had not mastered "; h" was tempted
10y offers the facila temptations ~ the
dealers. and he turned ouf hlS mater al
too rapidly Time and growing knowl.
edge brought rpDoSa and n Sense 81 beauty
10 his style. and 10 vastly improved m
the technical side; bat he has not yet
shaken OF the wand"rluSt
He never will Tho existence ~ an
etDh"r IS not rre,i ~.lv romantic W.
enjoy thoS" doiisat. transcripts 81
lttl" Ncnic" and their airy. fairy light
mess Of touch does not tell us II Whistler
at window. fGmiug cirsinR and makiur
hrs own Me and mat - others wr"tche,
h"caus" 81 the ti,klI~h technique II th'
4 art Splu;t.riug ac'd over marble or ~
tho furniture. holding his breath Whri
the printing process is AZ hand. the ErrU
; etch"r was anything hut the gallant
wa-riSh person With IN. dininliCal vi
= and the white fpr"ipck No. an .tnh.
must D." an artist. a chemist. a printer
CARPENTER and hiacksmith lie j.
n h. knows his bustncss. %" cook an,
D the captain told and "a" mate 81 IN,
Nancy brig His face and hands ar
. -.rcd With UNI l"asaut. ~ sn.rliInD
iuss and acid-. hIs tack ~ seldom
I strliclt.ued. at certain moments b" Il
r M anxious as n medical runL.f,r an etchinl
- a. being torn " wonder Whistle,
r -cusSed Tn" PrIssian blood in Msla'
, has endowed hI'l with that mot va!uabl
. Of all talents from Our fairy gudmpth--
% snsiiUsch ~" - patient and an ~
% still for month BNau-e Of the en-
. f,rc"d confinement few love III. ORE
a more than ~" "toher
p just now M"latz sworking in his class
, room at ia. Academy - National I~-iEr
20 - the corner e IU.th street ard hmster
dam avonuc IL. - me 81 H.. instructor
: in"tchIng - ~" Academy In" studio
warm. but - are tho streets aud Il IN a
. ID Iact less IN Tor tho hot weather Erumblo
% silently t. watch tn" "tchrr pulling a
Z proofs or manipulating color blocks IN
= north light. meilnwcd nv huge sheet
. 81 ground glass. gives tn" placs, the loo
. 81 Matthay's pIctur" I'm the LuXem
= bourgD 81 Felicr"n Rops examining a nos
Z proof Mielatz - a wiry man. not tall. an
A somew hat retic-nt. through a. hard q
hob-nails when IL comes To- contsstirR
n pcrspnal conviction on ART n. admire
. Maryon morn than Whistler and tina
. must o. students ~ etching sound tn
= keynote Of his character A glimpse a
his work confirms the Impression. thong
n he IL not an irnpreSsionist His line ~ firrr
, virile. lean. even asc"tlc. rather thhn rio
A or luxurious Architectur" and the finel
n spun and involved patterns of feet q
! ship- in harbor show ms style at its HAP
:. pest BY reason of a versatility ia com
a position both born and acquired. he "a
! L.t hia needs. reyeI in tho eNprnasion q