The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-04-04
The PmHLnlnter.

The PORTRAIT Painter.
NOTE:-The writer VII be glad to
answer any questions concerning Art
either through =. column or per-
aonally, provided yonr question is
accompanied b y0u@ name and adj
dress. The writer I'll treat your
question conhdsnIIaIlx. Il 20 re-
auested.
Address AL questions TO ART AND
THE TIMES. care . Democratic Adj
Tocate.
Portrait Painting ! one OF the old
est branches Of the inc Arts. With
out portraits. the great characters Of
history would = - names; bat,
through their portraits they have be-
come personalities Mention WASH
ington or Napoleon, md their like.
nesses at once IIash across your
minds eye Thsy ire real. tangabIe,
because some arslHl has preserved
them to as.
In all periods O history We have
had portraits. Thousands of years
before Rome portraits Of Pharoahs
and Queens Of EgyUl Here painted
upon the walls Of Iombs and temples.
The great museums 81 the world
contain portraits II Greeks and
Romans painted n ~.
Among the artists recognized By
history as the greatest, more than
1hree-fourths have BEEN portrait
painters, although. u course, they By
no means limited themselves solely 10
this phase Of ART. i L only natural
that the artist should feel inspired 10
portray the characteristics OF the
great and strong: Ine 1eeling bloom
| OF youth: the charm - personality.
and the innocence d childhood, and
hand them down u countless unborn
generations. How many an artist
has as his masterpiece the portrait
Of his mother.
The mysterious smile OF Mona Lisa
has the same rich charm for us today
as II had more TIM four hundred
years ago, though thousands whom
she smiiea upon are elefnally for
gotten. And her zmIle will charms
j further generations Hhsn He and our
children's children have persisted
from this world anI .e have become
one with the forgotten thronE she
smiled upon.
/ Why should The Mona Lisa have
thna been immorIalIze17 What won
derful deeds we're IaHs7 What was II
she did thai made her eternal
Merely this. She aruIled upon an
artist
] 1-am often asked hov Ions Il takes
TO paint . portrait Leonardo Ia
Ylnci worked four xeara on the por-
trait OF Mona La. md then he was
unwilling 70 cal ! Ilnished REM
brant, who has % superior and few
equals. often finished - work In slz
Or eight daya : once had lhs
privilege OF watching NJ teacher, the
late william n Chase. IInlah, a pof-
trait In an hour nd : half. and see.
Ing The check Tor one thousand dot.
lars he received TOR i. IL was 4
finished work o ri. 90. Chase used
TO say IL took TO msH TO paint :
portrait, lone - d ne painting. and
the other 10 stand behind him with )
club and knock IN zeuHslaaa before
he had time 10 an0II i.
Portrait Painting i one Of the moei
highly paid branches o. art There
are far more portrait painters than
one can count On enc fingers. who
receive ten thousand dollars for !
portrait thai laEsH them elk or eight
days TO paint. There Il portrait
group In Baltimore Tor which The
artist received $4,000 nd this sun
Is by no means unique zIly the way
Some OF the hsaI portrait painters
have been women. To Il the bcsl
known are Angelica Kauffn1a II
England IN the Eighteenth Century
and Madame LsI.TaH. n France.
While todas there aTs many wOsnef
portrait painters = lha highest rank
more than ! have space 70 mention
but ! must call gnnT attention 10 Mia
Cecilia Beaux. Hno i nof only cns
Of Americas greatest portrait paint
erH. but one Who + ranked as one o
the greatest In he World. and who's
work compares .IIH he great artists
Of all time.
! What qualities . = make 10 III,
. successful portrait painter7 Hos
| can one tell whether - ms snillnlen
| glt.ty 70 beeems portrait painter
! How does one 20 about Il TO learn
| These are questions J an frequently
: asked, and vii Iry briefly to answer
/ them.
: The first requirement i an intcllI
! gent and sympathetic knowledge 0
! human nature. love md interest II
, art, and perseHarInE ambition {.
succeed. These the prospective por
! trait painter muHI acquire for him
. felf No one en- help him there
/ Next he must haze thorough tralnInl
: in drawing. the ne u color, and II
! composition or harmonious and mp
propriate arrangement. Here
i where the Ar School Of the highea
) caiibre comes n. Tor eight out O
every ten can master this phase wit
: the proper concentration and n
! proper training. IN must offer In
E former. Maryland offers you the LAT
] ter. Maryland has been training por
; trait painters ex9T zInea Revolution
airy Days. Charles Wilson PeaIs
: who was q soldier n the Revolution
and painted NJ les fhan f0urtee
portraits Of George Washington, wa
. true Marylan6eT. ! Kent count
boy. VINO knonHf Perhaps som
other Maryland hoy Wno fought Il
this great European var will IA
anrpass him - n artist. Strange
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