Evening star., 1919-04-21

life the art as We now know 1t Will
be lost to the world.
| Timothy Cole and his confreres gave
their talents to interpreting through
! the medium of wood engraving the
works of the master painters. Though
not themselves artists. but skilled
craftsmen of the highest order of
| proficiency they sympathetically rem
| dered in reproduction the works OF
the wordld'S greatest masters.
| Wood engraving differs from steel
! engraving inaSmuch as in the latter
| the line is made by cutting into the
| metal. whereas in the former it is
made by cutting away the surface of
| the wood. Timothy Cole and the late
Henry Wolf produced by this means
| engravings on wood which compared
| more than favorably with the finest en-
cravings on steel or copper. In fact,
| many are of the belief that the wood
engravings by these two master en-
gravers possess greater charm than
i any steel engraving. the method being
somewhat more flexible and permit
ting a greater subtlety in expression.
Henry Wolf gave himself chiefly tc
| cans. whereas Timothy Cole has al
! most exclusively reproduced works by
the great masters or Europe.
By birth Timothy Cole is an Eng
! lishman. He was born in London in
1852. His father emigrated to this
son with him. In 1871 the family
lost everything in the Chicago fire
and went to New York penniless. In
1875 Timothy Cole entered the EN-
Scribner's and in 1883 he was sent
by this magazine to Europe to en-
grave works by the old masters. His
first series, which was of Italian
painting solely, was completed in
1892. then came the Dutch and Flem-
oh OF in 1895 This
was followed by an English series
completed in 1900. a Spanish series
completed seven years later and a
French series completed in 1910.
gagged in making a series of engrav-
ings of old masters in American pub
lie and private collections.
At the worlds fair of Chicago. 1898.
he was awarded the diploma OF
honor; at the Paris exposition of 1900
he received first class gold medal,
and at the St. Louis exposition in
! 1904 the grand prix for wood engraV-
ing. He is an honorary member of
the Society of aculptors. Painters
| tional Academician, a member OF
the American Academy of Arts
and Letters and of other notable or
ganizations. From Princeton Univer-
sity in 1903 he received the honor
ary degree of NJ A.
In connection with the publication
of his reproductions he has written
| a series of notes which with the re-
productions after having been issued
| in periodicals have been published
! in book form.
The collection now on view at the
Dayton galleries comprises examples
| drawn from several series, Italian,
| French. English and Spanish. as well
as certain American blocks. Among
| the English works are reproductions
| of we'll known paintings of Gains
| borough, Lawrence, Romney, Raeburp,
| Hogarth, Wilson. Cotman. Constable
and others. The Italian series include
such great works as The Menipus,"
The Spinners" and "Philip ~" by
| Valesquez; Murillo's Conception of
| the Virgin" and "Prodigal Son Feast
! ing" and Ruben's Assumption of
Mary Magdalene."
1t was Timothy Cole who was Sc
lected to make the wood engraving,
practically the only authorized re-
| production of Sargent's portrait OF