The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-13

man 10 when he. stands too close. IL
he gets back distance it is caster
= to measure him. Jesus announced
Z that truth when he said a prophet
+ Is not without honor save In his own
country.
Alexis Jean Fournier, landscape
painter OF East Aurora, N. Y. said
the same thing the other day, but
he said 1t in different words, while
trying to explain why artists leave
home. Every city had It's famous
Artists, but all do not have them
now. When the New York news
papers report that certain Amer
lean artist Is winning honors in
Paris the folks back home say.
Yep; Jim was from our town. He
never was any good"
Perhaps they will vary It when
visitors come to town. The presi-
dent OF the Commercial Club will
take, the visitors touring over the
parks and boulevards In his auto
mobile. As he passes the humble
birthplace of Jim, the president of
the Commercial Club will point to.
the birthplace and with tone Of
pride will declare THAT is where
the famous artist was born"
William Merritt Chase, for In
stance, was born at. Franklin, ind.
His home now is New York. He
settled in New York only after he
y had won a silver medal in the Paris
i salon and also won honors in Nun
stch. Had he remained in Franklin
ne still would be Bill Chase.
Willard Leroy Metcalf was born
at Lowell, Mass. There were a lot
of people at Lowell who bought ex-
penaive paintings. but Metcalf was
only homo boy. He had to move
to New York to make a living at art.
Thomas Wilmer Ewing was born in
Boston! He also gravitated to New
York. where he now paints and
makes Boston feel proud they pro-
duced him. Childe Hassam is an
other Boston artist who now can be
reached through the mails by writ
Ing to New York. John White AL
exander was born at ALLEGHENY
City, Pa. He is another of the New
Workers. Richard u. Miller was
born In st. Louis. His address is
Paris. France. st. Loulsans go to
Paris and buy his stun, although
they wouldn't buy it at home. Ed
mund c. Tarbell was born at Groton.
Mass. He Travelled to Boston to make
himself famous.
The famed artists born in New
York have to cross the water to gain
fame. They hardly can gain recog-
! milton at home. Fournier simply
points to the biographies of the IA
nous artists Of America, both those
living in this country and those liv-
ing in Europe to tell why artists
leave home. He was born at st.
Paul, Mimi, himself, but he was not
heard of until he lived while in
France and finally settled down in
East Aurora.
In our home town we recognize
genius in the business world because
the business man makes money
enough to compel recognition, but
the artist cannot do that" saws
Fourier. IF America would build
up a great school of artists she
would have to build 1t up by patron-
ling home talent. The. trouble with
us In America is that we are unable
to recognize merit in the works OF
our own artists. That Is why we
cross the sea to patronize those
whose reputation is established. The
patrons Of art in America know those
4 men in Europe have had their work
passed on by competent judges. SO
they will go over there ana buy
even though they have to pay more
y for the same thing.
when American patrons of art
can make 1t worth while for our
own artists to stay at home. then
we will have great school Of art
lists Of our own"
The famous Barbizon School Of
painters of the period Of 1880 won
their greatest fame after they left
Paris. The same law of noticing a
mans greatness after he had moved
away! q distance worked out with the
Barbizon School. These men moved
out into the wild where they could
paint nature Mt It's best. They lived
among the peasants and sheep.
Since the artists Of the Barbizon
School were the greatest artists Of
their time and probably the great
est aggregation Of artists the world
has ever seen gathered together in
one place their work is Of unusual
interest.
Fourier Is the great disciple OF
the masters Of the Barbizon School.
A few years ago he went to Barbi-
ron and there painted the homes
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