Evening star., 1922-10-29
STUDIES TYPES.
Miss Upjohn, Artist, Talks
of Opportunities.

OF Opportunities.
.ONE of the most interesting women
" in the service of the American
Red Cross Society is Miss Anna Milo
Upjohn, the gifted artist who can
portray American girl and boy types
She is the chief illustrator of the
Junior Red Cross Magazine and has
made many fascinating cover designs
for this publication as well as for a
calendar which is unusually beautiful.
Miss Cpjohu was born in New Jer-
sey. but she says she feels that she
really is hardly acquainted with her
home state. she has lived in it so
little, and on the whole considers
herself American rather than New
.Jersian. She studied Illustration in
the Academy of Design in New York
city, but secured the fullest part of
her art education in the true Latin
quarter of Paris. Miss Cpjohn has
always specialized in studies of chill
dren and, had she time to do so. would
be kept busy filling orders for illus
trations for many of our best known
women'S and childrenS periodicals.
She was in Europe during the war,
even before the United States entered
the conflict. From 1915 to 1918 she
worked with the Fund for Devastated
Villages in France. She was III the
Somme district during the second
great battle of the Somme and was
among those forced to flee before the
troops at that time.
Since September. 1918. Miss Cpjohn
has been with the Red Cross Society.
She has travelled all over countries of
Europe and the near east studying
types and conditions and telling OF
her observations with each skillful
stroke of her brush or pencil. She
has painted children in Belgium,
France. Czechoslovakia, Rumania,
Holland. Spain, Italy. Albania. Monte
negro, Jugoslavia, Greece, Palestlne
and Constantinople.
THE young girls of these countries
are all so serious" said Miss tpjohn
with a rather wistful smile. They gen.
orally grow up in large families and
have to shoulder the responsibilities OF
bringing up the younger children very
early in life. This is one of the prime
factors which cause these European
girls to mature SO quickly. They have
none of that adventurous attitude with
which the young American girl SO often
faces life while still in her teens. These
other girls learn soon the drudgery and
monotony of life and know little OF Its
possible lighter phases
Miss Cpjohn was especially interested
In the French people and their cnndi,
for resources. She found them very
philosophical and accompanying.
Many people seem to have gotten
such very bad Impressions Of these
French people," said Miss Upjohn. Il
fear that in too many cases they are
passing Judgment on the entire race
that is prejudiced because they have
seen only the types OF French people
which are to be found in The large
cities particularly Paris. that cosmo-
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Of the world-as is San Francisco or
New York in this country.
''The very nature of my work carried
me of necessity among the French
people in the small towns and villages
/ found the French peasants. who are
really the backbone of their country,
wonderfully calm and lacking in bitter
ness OF course, they do not love their
recent foes 1t would be quite un-
natural for them to do so, but they are
occupying themselves much more with
thoughts of restoration than Of revenge.
1.-The old nobility Of France which one
finds in the chateauS and other large
estates near small towns are truly
among the most delightful people that
| have ever had the pleasure Of meet
ing. They did not run when the enemy
came. or threatened to come. They and
the cures did all they could to protect
and help the stricken villagers. When
hear what other people are saying
L
know this other side Of their life"
Miss Cpjohn. who has just returned
to Washington after a delightful but
busy summer working among the
mountain people of South Carolina,
found herself very much interested
in some of the Indian types to be
found living among the mountaineers,
who are themselves so picturesque.
Miss Upjohn hopes to specialize in
Indian types at a future date. but in
all types and nationalties her bobby
above all others is babies. She just
loves to paint babies. and she GER
tainly makes them adorable in her
pictures.
When talking of the possibilities of
art work as providing successful
careers for young girls, Miss Upjohn
said:
Commercial art is undoubtedly one
of the biggest fields for the artist
from strictly remunerative point
of view. The line drawing. which
concentrates the essence of a picture
in a few individualistic lines, is a
new branch of this art which is
bound to increase in popularity.
Moreover. once one has mastered the
technique and idea Of line drawing.
it is very quickly done. Personally.
art work is very detrimental to the
development of any of the higher
branches of art.
Another broad field of art that is
open to the young girl who has the
proper preliminary training is inte-
rior decoration. One can mot predict
the eventual breadth of possibilities
in this work for girls with original
ideas. initiative and real ambition.
There is so much opportunity for
girls and women in this work to
do their community. and through their
community their country, a great SER
vice.
"Of course. there are always por-
traiture. landscape painting and the
other branches of art which have be-
come standardized for the young girl
artist to test out her own talents in
and try to develop. but. like every
thing else which is worth while, each
of these branches requires long, con-
tinuoIs periods of hard work For
the girl who is clever. but not espe-
cially adept in one of the standard
lied lines of art. I would certainly
recommend that she consider one of
the two above mentioned CONNER
cial branches of art work"
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