The sun., 1916-11-04
AMERICAN ARTIST CREATES
SOME AMERICAN FAIRIES

ANVIL.
Frederick Judd Waugh, the distin-
o,,s,o, r,r,r. ,,,,,., who has through
e ~ '" - -
'"e HVr'ohers puo''s"'' " ~
lures and text revealing a new variety
OF fairies discovered by hiinseit AMONG
the wood and roots OF trees on New Ling
land hills and d.ong the seashute, gay"
this explanation When ASKED no" ~
came to make so sudden ana iht'reS''"s
a departure from his regular line OF
work:
The condition o. mind under when
| am at present labor!ng-and II Is a
labor Of .ove-is quite on a !ne WIN
things modern, which, between you ara
me and the lamppCst, are as old as
Adam | think the straight'orwari way
primitive people developed their art car
ries great vitality and sincerity. but now
We have added to the past modern CON
d!t!ons fraught with a much greater vi
tal!ty and quite as sincere. We there
fore ought TO go several steps pe!oho
these so-called barbarians.
There are so many definitions OF ar
at large that all | can say Tor my "
definition OF II Is that IT eliminates every
thing copied and creates a point OF view
entirely It's own founded upon intellectual
facts.
Il am more and more drawn toward
this wonderful magnet, this freedom from
Tradition. this use OF ones own power
Cal II imagination II you VIII, but ! cal
II the portrayal or essential facts' no'h-
Ing more or less.
AS a small child was SAID 20 DC
highly imaginative ! dreamed creams
ana saw Nislohs-fea! ohes-aho am
d''hg so sun ! femehlper once "nen l
lNed IN I'eIahcey place IN ih'an' pil"'
ana was b or = years oLu' 81 VIZ
ing up one peareiul morning ! can see
Lhe scene a'.hoS, 'lVluIy no" ~ ~ az,
n,tN-nVe' As aWoHe ! was 'hVl.ieu
WIN pressure tor 'Nere ''lo" me upon
'he chinese mating IN the fragrant co"'
or a 'resh mo'hlht' 10y tne ulm Ish,
coming III throufh the venetian plhus' |
u.st''V'ls sd" AN" "eatu Il '''n % e"F'
WIN an engine come ou' from uhuer 'Hr
ped ana pun AVA! IN a great curve. anu
theh my mother ElIeh lhc rest OF IN"
vision ana daytime had begun now
this was so real that can haraIy peI'e'e
II was MY my imagination
i wa a'ways iona OF outdoors aho
had an ideal boys lie there In west
ihlladelphia before the country "hich
was close al mana WAS transformed INTO
n modern suhurn ana all my OLD land
marks were ru,h!esS'y swept away mere
as a boy ana n young man. pei're !
thousht or peing an ARTIST. ! had a
longing Tor natural history ana science
ana was Always lhNenllhS something
whlch fortunately fell through because
| never had a taste FOR mathematics or
any precise study. | was always for
mango of scene and freedom and some
'hing new and strange and exciting
and yet ! have never had anything
worse than a gunrowder explosion and
blood poisoning 10 boast or. tried
10 be n mechanical engineer before ]
~thought or art ! mad been surrounded
by painting all my life, my father being
an artist, and portraiture became irk-
some ana was exceedingly dry.
III IL noth me Dig ana lttle things
IN nature when nave appealed TO me
always and In an imaginative way. but
] passed through "A short period when
! was prone to be absolutely usually real
istic' n through force OF certain envir-
ohment Was persuaded away from the
greatness OF art TO mo bitterness or on!y
copElhs nature. II was after TINS
uniformed period that l went abroad
married, ana was WORKING Tor the
"rdphc IN LONDON had spent a
year IN the employment or the Harms
worm hro'ners neiore there was a
i'oFu .>orthcl'He' only pain Mr., Aired
painted some miniatures for that
fanlly and a portrait and wrought
a silver casket Tor Mr., Alfred. stuck
photographs 10 magazine pages and drew
ornaments round them to make
a pretty page. and sometimes they
would get me TO do them a magazine
cover ana these covers were In the
decorative line which ] was then al
ways trying to exploit In London, but
with only a little success and mostly