The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-16
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,s ma, what he knows IL there siId
~ Emory Albright, president OF
'sa chicago Society OF Artists. and
,sI, known painter OF children,
mo, has spent the past week IN
-. .hc guest OF the Ruskin Arr
,,.anI Of Mr. and Mrs, a, j. Itudd.
''"|., (. harder to do than you think.
,syr had men go within a foot OF
rirtgrrs and say. Why, TINS child
wy r,o nose reply. No, ! knew
sS ,bId had a nose, but I could not
..s n A. the distance | stood while
.,,Inr when the picture IS hang
ON your wall you will know the
, rhl5 on the canvas has nose
,boueb IL isn't there.
vi have been nsked II turn "A pic
,,,e up.,Ir down to paint "A rcticc-
,,np l1 he water. This might be
o,s,4Ie where 1t IL the reflection OF
,,olnnlu or something similar,
S,' with my work ono gets "A view
s,or different angle, The boy
issninr over In the boat has on
haY We see the top of his hat but
10 the reflection that shows in the
watcr we must see that part when
ia underneath"
Mr. Albrghts appearance Is not
NJ All that of the stage artist, with
Ionr hair. a Nandyke, and "A smock.
As he modestly puts it. Il try TO
naJnt p.ciurcs. | don't try to be the
nicture myself
Painting II a "Mans job
"t is "a mans Job and not the
,palo.tca lob" he continued, ad-
AreSsing a group who were admiring
his pIcturos Il am usually forced
m wear high rubber boots and
rongh clothing. for | sometimes
olow through swamps: in fact. often
set mn my easel in one, where | paint
for weeks TO get the view ] want
Climbing crags and rocky prociplces
ia nothing but It detracts some from
the artistic
Mr. Albright and his wife. who ac-
companies him, are On route 10 Their
home IN Chicago. after spending the
vinter on the California coast
seventeen pictures comprise the
work Of the artist since his arrival
there last october. Besides these. he
mad on exhibition this week IA few
OF those painted in Wales, South
America, the Pennsylvania woods
and the Connecticut coast.
All but one OF those shown was
o, outdoor life and practically an
had ogs or two or IA group or Iitiei
children. Mrs, Albright accompanies
her husband while he Is at work and
helps him In keeping the children
within his view while they are en-
rouraged To forget that they are
being painted, ana play naturally. |
Her assistance Is needed. too, in see
ing that they do not fail over the
cliffs, or venture too FAR out on the |
beach.
IAkcs To Paint Children.
Mr.. Albright never paints por-
traits, though all OF his pictures are
posed from life. That for which the
artists children" are famous Is that
they might be anybody's children.
your or your neighhors or your
grandmothers. for they belong In no
one period, or TO no one class or
style There IL tone picture OF two
barefoot boys playing quoits on the
village green, ahdaanothfr of two
boys In a boat. fishing, ahd expert
encng exquisite thrills for they've
got u bite" when you look Mt them
YOU think right of OF Huckleberry
Finn and Tom Sawyer-or. maybe.
ot yourself back IN the woods or
along the streams OF the old state.
There are other pictures OF vivid
eolor--the flora and sky and sea OF
California, and the glaring sun and
red adobe inns OF South America,
The artist paints his quiet. subdued
Tone pictures for one whole sea-
son, then al color pictures another.
Tor he trains his eye at the time TO
see only color or to see no color, as
me program OF his season demands +
Most Of the children appear medi-
htive and repUseful. In the natural
altitude that is theirs when unaware
Of others
Mr.. Albright pointed out that the
Hppies ana color OF the water In
ohe p1ure were caused by army |
~4pan'S 1rousng seals and even thy
moFe ulS'lut whales, and causing
1nem 10 disturb the wuters. Another
picture IN which the children look
sweet ana Innocent as angels gave
n.h some difficulty because the boy
Npt plnching his little sister and
'pollIhs the pose. | should think no!
S~AIofnh children know not the
N's OF winter sports one OF the
pVTeS Is or two children playing
He famous whita7sand back from
""'eH' IL was remarked that the
,anu sai was AS white as snow" did
.ou ever see any snow -, asked the
nus' ' Of the little girl. "Oh. yes" she
S'a we've seen just lots and lots
=. SNOW. man brought 1t down !
bile" '' "ls au'o'ho-
Speaking OF "OriginaIs."
Interested callers were told OF the ,
h.ya Gus original" paintings tha, ,
csrs oeen worked off" on Ameri-
A., aus quoting from an authoritative
/, mag iEne, Mr., Albright said thas,
iS,' wen known In tho art world
hls Tptot painted 2,2OO pictures m :
tlteune, yet the statistics OF the I
Tho, a. states customs office show
usuy has been paid upon 24.OO0 |.
MO this country.
how and Mrs. Albright have ,vi,
plct,- Wey appear in a numher of
II O'cS az about the ages OF 10 ana
hsv ~ IS interesting TO know that
""1 a ih'rd son are In France