The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-21
BARTENDER IS
AN ABLE ARTIST
WHEN OFF DUTY
Jacob jung, Painter of "Winter
Afternoon" and a Drink Dis
penser Of Repute
PREFERS PAINTING, BUT
NEEDS MONEY, TOO
Went Without Dinner in Order
That He Might Get Instruc.
ton as Bartender

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March 21.-
Among the many paintings at the
Pennsylvania Academy Of the Fine
Arts exhibit which have excited much
favorable comment In art circles In
this city and elsewhere, IL one en-
titled THE Winter Afternoon" It ia
a remarkable painting. but the ca
reer OF the artist that painted II Is
even more remarkable. 1t was paint
ed by New York bartender.
In the catalogue the artists name
Is given as Jacob Jung. and his ad-
dress as No. rs Chambers-st., New
York. This place 10 popular cafe.
and the artist genial dispenser OF
drink.
Regular patrons, who have known
Jake" for years, declare that he has
never given the slightest symptoms
Of being able to draw anything more
intricate than beer. Furthermore. he
does not look like an artist. His hair
II short. he wears eyeglasses and he
possesses an unvisionary chin.
Mr.. Jung Is the son OF Bulgarian
Immigrant. His father came of q long
line OF brewers. The family arrived
In New York about 80 years ago. He
spent his childhood In Jersey City, In
the vicinity of his fathers cafe. Both
his parents died before he was 20. He
went to work at IA, but 1t was not I'M
I'll six years later that he bacama a
"jorneyman barkeep." His first job
was In an exclusive club and then he
went behind the bar at rs Chambers
st.
No. 75 Chambers-st. is a daylight
cafe The doors open at o'clock in
the morning and close at 1880 AT
night. Mr.. Jung would have preferred
painting but he needed the money.
Twelve hours a day In the cafe left
him very little time to follow his In
clinations. He was married in 1906.
Preparations for this event kept him
constantly at work behind the bar.
Two years after his marriage he re-
sumed his interest in art.
For three years the ambitious young
artist went without his dinner every
night SO that he might attend school
at the art academy. For three hours
at night he studied the principles Of
painting. At 10 o'clock he started
home. At midnight be went to bed.
At $50 he arose and went to bar
tending. He did this for three years,
every day except Sunday,
On Sunday he painted landscapes.
No one suspected that behind the
affable exterior of ung. the genial bar
keep, there slumbered dreamer
Sometimes he did not know It him
self. In the smoky. beerladen atmos-
phere OF the green grass or trees.
The woods were long distance away.
But deep in the soul of the man ali
these things existed, and the desire
to paint them was paramount. When
the opportunity came he seized 1t. ia
cob Jung. the barkeep," became ia
cob Jung. the artist.
He tells his story In q few words,
going into details only when urged
why do paint winter land.
scapes?" he asked. They have more
breadth than anything you do In the
summer. From May to October the
woods are a filigree Of line and color.
With the arrival Of winter they be-
gin to broaden out. Snow covers the
petty and insignificant details. You
still get magnificent colors--the snow
shadows are full OF them--but they
are not so glaring."
There Ii nothing I would rather
do" he went on. than stick my feet
in snow drift, get out my paints
and put good live February snow
scene on canvas Every Sunday that
1t does not rain l head straight for
the country. There is nothing like
it."