The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-29


I friends, by her charm of manner. She
is the daughter of the well remem-
bered Major Hooper, identified with
the Occidental hotel for over thirty
years in San Francisco, and there were
many of the guests on Monday VINO
knew the artists father and took even
deeper interest in the clever young
woman.
During the hours of calling, re-
freshments were served upstairs in
charge of Mesdames J. S. McGrew, e.
B Cooper and Miss Hopper,sand among
the guests were seen Governor and
Mrs. Walter F. Frear, Mishop and Mrs.
Restarick, Miss Damon, Mrs. Wester-
welt, Mrs. Seal, Mr.. and Mrs. Simp-
son, Mrs. Won Holt, Mrs. Frazier, Mrs.
Pierre Jones Miss Maud Jones, Mrs.
c. B. High, Miss Spalding and many
others, about two hundred calling dur
ing the afternoon.
One day, Mrs. Plotner met Julian Rix
in New York, who was one of the
| greatest of landscape painters, and he
told her the miniature of Mrs. Will
liam Hopper of Honolulu, was the
| best he had ever. seen, since it had at
mosphere, so rarely seen in her line
of work.
Anothr compliment proffered to the
clever artist, at reception and eX-
| hibit of her word in San Francisco,
last October was that of lady whom
she did not know, whom a friend had
brought. She extended congratula-
lions to Mrs. Plotner, and assured her
that in her experience of writing UP
world famed collections for a certain
magazine, she had not seen better
work even in the wonderful Wallace
collection in London, considered the
finest in the world
Mrs. Plotner is extremely mOdes
about her work, and speaks lightly
of the Grand PriX awarded to ner rol
her exquisite work at the Alaska
|; Yukon Exposition recently. But will
such praise, and commentator givel
her by eminent artists, and people o
| wide experience, who have assured
, her of hes superiority to Amalia Kuss
10 no 10
miniature artist today, she could b
easily forgiven for just pride in he
marvellous gift.
Rosa Hooper Plotner studied frs
, with a noted American, and then pro
| Ceeded to Dresden, where she spent
year of strenuous work with Eckard
Hire the young American girl battle
with problems connected with tn
t work which nearly overcame her per
i severance. Many times, believing he
t picture completed she would be wracB
= ed by despair to be told she mad BIT
d commenced.
5 In speaking of the process of mai
= ing a miniature, Mrs. Plotner said:
t 1T is a fact greatly to be deplore
that The work one sacrifices on a M
mature, rarely ever shows. A glanC
4 at a picture, on which l have worke
o steadily for perhaps two months, dc
+ preciated the time have spent on
d But in giving some idea of the amour
e of labor expended, would outline til
a proceedings by saying that first of a
:, the first few days are taken up wit
Q deciding the pose of the sitter, in OIL
= er words, and in artistic parlance,
e get the swing, getting the schem
n worked up, which is tedious work, an
does not of course repay you till liH
butter it just comes all of suddel
Y The pose must not only be artistic, an
? graceful, but it must be perfectly chal
< acteristic of the person. The bach
l ground eventually suggests itself, BIT
my first and only great aim is to OF
= tain an exact likeness of the mode
r in which 1 must say l really hav
been very successful. Eyery5hin
must be in subordination to that, an
| the dainty touches follow.
) "The miniature is first begun O.
} ivory with a paint brush and a littl
color, wherewith the features ar
blocked in. Then the swing of tn
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