The Denver star., 1915-10-23
'rALEaTED YOUNG BOSTON
ARTIST WINNING LAURELs.
ctsyd L. seykin's Portrait sf Frank
94nborn Attracts Wide Attention. Z

Btston.-Cloyd L. BOykin. persist
ent and talented young artist Of this
city. has gained great prominence by
the splendid portrait which he recently
, made Of the famous and much loved
Frank B. Sanborn. The portrait has
been put on exhibition at the Copley
Art gallery. where it has attracted the
attention and admiration of some of the
leading artists Of New England. Mr..
Boykin is former student of the Tus-
kegee ,Ala.) institute. where his ele-
mentary education was begun. He,
however, came to this city early In life
and began the study Of art.
/ Like almost all OF our young men and
women who ha ve' made their mark In
any line of special work in the trades.
business or the professions. Mr.. Boykfn
has .met with many handicaps. Being
inexperienced In northern city life and
having little or no means with which
to pay his way, the items of food. cloth
ing and tuition bore heavily upon him;
but. like brave patriot and man who
had fixed aim in view, he refused to
back down before big obstacles. The
studies and Is In fair way Of accom-
plishing his cherished hope Of becom-
ing an artist of the first magnitude
Among the successful and influential
artists of the Hub City who became
much Interested In young Boykin is
Mr.. Darius Cobb. who gave him desk
room in his studio. This friendly act
Of Kindness on the part of Mr.. Cobb
greatly encouraged Mr.. Boykin, who
was at the time almost ready to give
up his studies for the time being to
seek employment whereby he might
earn means with which to continue his
art studies at some future time.
The first picture painted by Mr.. Boy
kin g. receive any measure of attention
was that of Wendell Phillips, the
portrait WAS unveiled not long ago and
now hangs in the Wendell Phillips
school. Portraits OF other noted Amer
| icans done by Mr.. BOykin are those of
DIR. Booker Il. Washington. Edward
Everett Hale and Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe. These portraits bear the mark
| Of conscientious. painstaking work and
are greatly admired by the public.
Through the kindness of his Boston
! friends Mr.. BOykin was enabled to go
abroad last year and study at Paris
and Brussels. OF this trip abroad in
1914 the Boston Herald says: While
Mr.. Boykin was at Antwerp the present
great war broke out, and he was there
during the siege and fall of that city.
| He Is working now on a realistic can
| vas showing the horrors Of the great
battle which marked the fall Of the
.BAlsian capital. The work tS sure tc
be noticed when 1t is finished and dis
played. He tells many interesting sto
| ries Of the present war. of which he
was an eyewitness for many months >
Mr.. Boykin regards his portrait of
| Deacon Ezra Kendall as his pest work.
! although it is not SO well known as
the others which have been displayed
at the Copley galleries and the Mu-
| scum of Fine Arts. Perhaps what have
stood In the way of this artist during
! his career more than anything else are
his modesty and underestiMation of
| his work by himself. He has at last
achieved success. however. and IL de-
| lighted to he able to Justify the faith
OF his Boston patrons.