The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
ESPECIALLY IF POOR
Frau Pataky Would Rather Have
American Patrons Than Any
Others Because They Are
Respectful.

A'A1Asl1AAS, LAY lU.- DSduty 10
detriment to a woman artist; pulch-
ritude may be an asset to young
woman aspiring to stage or operate
career, but it is an obstacle and con-
slant source of humiliation to the
girl who studies art with the idea Of
making it her career" declared
Maria Pataky, the noted German
Hungarian artist and portrait painter.
Il strongly advise beautiful girls
against taking up art as a career and
vocation If they expect to become
successful artists and portrait paint
ers unless they have means that en-
able them to be independent to cer-i
tain degree so that they can throw
brush and palette into the face of a
sitter when he becomes offensive.
The road to success as an artist
and portrait painter, is at best a
thorny way for woman-at least In
Germany. 1t is even stonier road
and made more difficult if she be fair
Of face and figure
Maria Pataky is perhaps the most
successful woman artist in Germany.
She has been called the painter of
iprinces" from her work in the various
courts of the German states and paint
ings of royalty. She also has paint
led numerous wealthy Americans. She
lives in a magnificent villa-palace
known as "Schloss (castle) Meineck,
in Zehlendorf. suburb of Berlin, with
her son Hubert, who is rising to fame
as composer. The "Schloss" is sur
rounded by small park Of several
acres and with contents Is said to
represent value of more than $780,
1000. This, said Frau Pataky, was
all the result of twelve years work
with brush and palette.
Herself beautiful woman and pos
sessed of charming personality, a
vivacity and sort of fascination about
her which easily makes a man lose
his head, it was easy to see that Frau
Pataky spoke from experience when
she warned beautiful girls against
taking up art as vocation.
Much has been said about the
temptations on the stage said she
but doubt whether a beautiful girl
| issmore exposed to moral danger there
than in the course of several years OF
iistudy in French and German studios
under all sorts of conditions and
amidst all kinds of people,
In Germany, declared Frau Pataky
/ the path of a woman artist was made
particularly hard because she is not
permitted to study in the Academies
of Art That said the artist, com
+ pels young women to go to private
studios and schools to study, hence
American parents should be extreme
lily careful about sending their daugh
| tiers here to study art.
! Perhaps men regard women differ
ent in America, but here men still in
sist upon keeping women in what they
/ term, their place That is the kitch
en- and taking care of children
| Frau Pataky said she had proven
that even in Germany woman car
/ become a successful artist and still
be a devoted mother and good house
keeper. But she added. Our male
professors of art still insist that. WON
en- can only paint their own faces
mot pictures or portraits--so keep thu
doors of the Academy of Art CLOSED
against US. Then, too, woman art
list, much more than her sister on the
stage, has to contend with the jeal
lcusies of the other sex engaged in thu
same line OF work.
Temptations and dangers are b!
no means over when the young WON
Ian artist has successfully passee
through the several years of studio
life. Too often her sitters, if men
| consider that the price of a portal
includes the artist, body and soul.
! the artist is poor and in need of work
4 and the price fer the portrait good, i
lis a severe test for the best of WON
en-"
4 Frau Pataky was working on til
4 picture of the kaiser-the emperor
Hast portrait-in the big studio oc