1IIE SUNDAY OREGOrflAX, PORT1,Ayi, JANUARY 15, 1911.
ART STUDENT
IN FRANCE AS IN NO
Comradeship of Latin Quarter and Criticisms of Best French Masters Not
Method of Making Finished Pictures Out of Doors
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PARIS. Jn. 11 (Sjxclal It la only
&Tir a slay of several month In
th Prrnch capital that the Amer
ican student of painting (ul'ijr reallza
uat vhr Kranc the center of Inspira
tion for the art of modern time. Be
fore leaning- hla native ahores he h
heard of the impetua to atudr and
achievement that cornea from the con
tact with the easrr Undent of the Latin
Quarter, from the critlclsma of the best
"rench maatera ud th constant access
FINDS INSPIRATION
to the touvre and Luxemoburg- Kaller
les. But not until he arrives can he thor
oushljr appreciate the keen interest the
general Parisian public takes In artistio
msttrra for Instance. In the openlnss of
the Spring salons, which are almost na
tional events. lie flnds that this wide
spread Interest creates an atmosphere of
encouragement and sympathy totally
lacking In the buy life of our big dries.
Among the many things that make
France the source of artiMlc inspiration
lor the world, be discovers the unlimited
OTHER LAND
Only Favorable Conditions Met New
Entails Delays.
charm of the French country. Many
American artists feel that at home there
la. nothing comparable to the rugged
beauty of the Brittany coast, to the aoft
green landscapes of Normandy, envel
oped in the evening mists, or to glimpses
into the purple depths of the Fontaine
bleau forest, immortalized by Corot and
the school of 1S30.
In the main the American artists di
vide their preference for Summer quar
ters among four regions Normandy,
Brittany. Plcardy and the chain of towns
skirting the Kontalnebleau forest. Those t
' h rr ta Xormajidv invariably stay at
I thla tnVIl mlfht DO
conslJored the most Important Summer
center lor American painierw juin
present. At any rate It differs from the
others In that it can boast of a dlstlnc
tlve school.
This school has only arisen durini
the last two or three years and Is onl;
v n hn rernmized In thl
United States. Its chief feature Is the
painting of finished pictures out c
j - ir -fnr mrtiKtm hftTit usual
only attempted small sketches In the
open air. These have requires ouu i
f.. hnnra' vnrk Mil. althOUKh DTe
sentlng a complete picture, they have
-..n.i.A tn anv srreat finish of
detail. In making larger landscapes.
artists have preferred to paint leisure
1. in thi,- nturilos. using small
- their hjLsls. Now the C
verny men have set before themselves
the hard task of painting larger can
.., nf rlnnri. As a. rule these
cannot be csnpleted at one Bitting, i
ik artist has to wait sometlm
weeks and months before he can get
the same effect of clod and sky.
Plan Has Difficulties.
Of course the difficulties of this
mors realistic method are enormous
Sometimes the artist Is at work on a
dozen different canvases, all showing
different atmoshperlc effects. In this
way he prevents himself from being
idle, no matter what the weather. An
other, drawback is that colors thst
seem entirely suitable In the open air
take on quite another aspect Indoors.
Kor the first time an exhlhltlon exciu
slvely of th Olverny school will b
held In New Tors: this winter.
Another distinguishing trait of th
Olverny men is the painting of nudes
out of doors. Frederick Frtesekej
formerly of Michigan, was the first to
make such an attempt. Several others
followed In his footsteps, among them
Richard Miller, of St- Louis, and Law
ton Parker, of Chicago. Although all
of the houses at Glverny have gardens
surrounded by walls, still It Is hard to
secure privacy necessary for such pic
tures. Fortunately there happens to
be a large deserted garde nat Giverny
shut In by a high wall. A small
stream flows through it and forms a
tiny pond in the center. By a system
of dams the water can be made to be
either still or running. In this way
the painters have almost every out of
doors .effect of water and trees at their
disposal. Mr. Fiieseke and Mr. Parker
were so delighted with their find that
they promptly took a 10-year lease of
the place. j
Models Receive $1 a Day.
Sine the ovgue for th out-of-door
painting of nudes began at Glverny,
models have flocked down from Paris.
Last Summer the different artists kept
15 busy for several months. Th mod
els earn tl a day.
These three men already mentioned
spend only their Summers at Glverny.
There are several other Americans who
live there the entire year, among them
MacMonnles. the sculptor; Guy Rose
and Theodore Butler. Mr. MacMonnles
is one of the oldest foreign residents.
His home was once a convent and Is so
large that when the military maneu
vera took place there some Summers
ago he quartered 200 soldiers on the
premises. The garden Is terraced In
the Italian fashion and Mr. MacMon
nles has a quantity of rare and beau
tiful flowers blooming all the year
round. These he Imports from Norway,
and one season he spent as much as
$2000 on them.
Guy Rose has taken a peasant cot
tage and built on and around It. His
studio and hall with Its celling of broad
oak rafters recalls a California bunga
low. The garden to the rear Is laid
out In Italian style. This house is
the only one In the town that has the
modern conveniences of .electricity and
steam heat. Most of the other artists
merely rent their places furnished by
the Summer. Theodore Butler has lived
In Glverny many years. He married the
daughter of the Impressionist Monet.
It was tue to Monet's settling there
that Giverny began to attract artists
For 20 years or more they have been
going there, but it was only during the
last five or six years that foreigners
discovered Its advantages. Now It Is
becoming so well known among Ameri
cans that tourists go out from Paris to
pass a few days there, as a place of
special artistic Interest. Borne have
even called It the "modern Barbizon."
Real Barbizon Deserted.
As a matter of east it is much more
alive from an artistic standpoint than
the real Barbizon. Now that little
town that sheltered the struggling Mil
let for so many years Is deserted save
for the passing tourist that drives
over from Fontainebleau to see the cot
tages where Millet. Dlax, Daublgny.
Rousseau and others lived.
A floating population of American
painters find their way to Moret, Mon
tlgny and Gre three towns skirting
the Fontalnbleau forest. But very few
return there regularly year after year,
with the exception of Robert Vonnoh,
who goes to Gre, and Katherln Gret
torex. the New York aquarellist, who
lives at Moret. '
Ten or 15 years ago this region was
one of the .favorite haunts of American
artists. One tiny village In particular
throve on their Joyous patronage. It
was a special point of pride with a
certain coterie of painters that no
other foreigners ever invaded Brolles.
When, at last, Sunday crowds of bour
geois merrymakers from Paris discov
ered Madame Dellgant's remarkable
cooking and the cheapness of her Inn,
Its old Bohemian clientele sought other
haunts.
Anothr section of French country
that has long been popular with Ameri
can painters Is a circle of towns- near
Boulogne, with Ktaples a fishing vil
lage as chief center. Now Staples Is
such a well-known artistic resort that
the fisher folk have added studios to
their modest cottages. and quite a col
lection of old women and children earn
their living by posing for the artists
during the Summer months. English
painters have also begun to flock there
and it is not an uncommon sight to
com upon groups of students sitting
on camp stools In the public square or
along the quays sketching under the
Instruction of some older artists.
Not only the town, with Us quaint fish
ermen and women and Its weatherbeaten
shrimpers, offer subjects to the painters,
but the surround'ng fields and roads,
bathed In the soft silver haxe peculiar to
that region. V
Artists People Hamlet.
About a mile from EUapIes lies a ham
let which nowadays is peopled almost en
tirely with artists. Trepled Is nothing
more than a collection of detached
houses, each with Its own garden. No
hotel or shop mars its seclusion. Most
of the homes, have been transformed by
the newcomers. The mud floors have
been replaced by hardwood, burlap and
artistic papering have hidden the coarse
plaster of the walls and studies have
been added. Few of the houses are of
modem construction. H. O. Tanner's
home Is an exception. It looks more
like an American cottage than any other
here. It was built on the site of a peas
ant hut, whose only redeeming feature
was a chimney piece. This hut was In
too dilapidated a condition to permit of
adaptation, so It was torn down and an
entirely new stucco house was built.
Mr. Tanner Is not one of Trepied's
oldest residents. He has been spending
his Summers there only the last two
years. Myron Barlowe, formerly of Chi
cago, is one of the few who live there
all the year round. Several artists who
went to Trepled for years, such as Sey
mour Thomas; Augustus Coopman, Roy
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Brown and Chauncey Ryder, have moved
away. Max Bohm, who was Its first
American resident, has since made Echl
qulen his Summer headquarters. This
town lies close by and is well known to
painters because Cazln, the famous
French landscaplst. worKea mere.
Quite different in character to these
places In Montreull. tne station Deyona
Ktaoles. It s steadily growing in ra-
vor with the painters and each Summer
sees a larger Invasion of sketch books. It
Is an ancient town, set high on a hill and
surrounded by formidable ramparts. In
centuries "past It was a great coaching
station on the high road from Boulogne
to Paris. The inns were Duilt witn
nortes-corheres. so that the coaches
could drive Into the Inner courtyards
where the stables were. One old hotel
of this description is still standing. It
was there that Laurence Sterne put on
his historic trip through France.
Memory of Xapoleon Kevived.
Two American artists live there all
the year round Harry van der Wey
den and George Howland. Mr. van der
Weyden's house Is the most pictur
esque In a town where each corner of
fers tempting subjects for paintings
and etchings. It Is built on one or tne
highest points of the place and Its old
fashioned garden lies across a narrow
ravine-like street that Is spanned by
a tiny foot bridge. The townspeople
say that when Napoleon passed through
Montreull (whose crumbling ramparts
he caused to be restored) he stayed in
this house, but they cannot say Just
how long this visit was or which room
the great man occupied.
Glverny. the Fontainebleau forest
and the town near Boulogne are all
within a few hours' radius from Paris,
but the tourist who wants to visit
the artistic haunts of Brittany must
brave the difficulties of a long train
triD In a land where such things are
not to be thought of lightly. He must
not fear Jolting carriages, long waits,
rides on Interminably slow accommoda
tion trains, possible breakdowns and
even cross-country drives at the end
of the voyage. And the foreign tour
ist who is not an artist wonders what
compensation Brittany holds "out for all
of these Inconveniences, to De sure,
the peasant costumes lend a novel note
to the landscape, but this picturesque
feature Is more , than eclipsed by the
dirt and poverty everywhere prevalent.
The ' Jagged coast line and winding
country lanes offer glimpses of rare
beautv. but with- few exceptions me
hotels and inns are primitive to a de
gree undreamed of by the average
American.
The artist would reply to all of these
objections that the landscapes possess
such peculiarly palntable qualities that
all of these discomforts pale Into In
significance. As a matter of fact, it la
only during the last few years that
tourists have gone to Brittany at all.
Their advent has changed the character
of the Inns somewhat, but it has not
transformed the towns into resorts
suitable for fastidious tastes.
Old Order Changes.
For instance, Pont-Aven, which. 20
years ago, was utterly unirequenieu
even by the ordinary French traveler.
now caters to scores of English and
American Summer visitors. Twenty
years ago the artists were the only out
siders. They all stayed at a quaint
gray stucco inn where the landlady a
peasant was agreeably forgetful of
long-standing bins, in fact, mademoi
selle Julia often acted as banker to the
artists and in one Instance she practi
cally adopted one struggling American
painter, carrying her devotion to tne
point of nursing him during an Illness
and after his death erecting a monu
ment to his memory in the village cem
etery.
But those were In the early days or
Mademoiselle Julia's popularity. Now
her clientele has changed so entirely
that she has put up an Imposing annex
across from the original Inn and there
she houses passing motor parties. All
that remains as reminders of other days
are the hundreds of Dalntlngs that line
her parlor and dining-room souvenirs j
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of grateful artist patrons. Pont-Aven,
including Mademoiselle Julia has
found its way into modern fiction
through Horace A. Vachell's "Face of
Clay," whose scene is laid there.
Concarneau introduced to literature
by Blanche Willis Howard's "Guenn"
has undergone a somewhat similar fate.
However, artists still flock there by the
hundred In spite of the growing Sum
mer population of tourists. Its vogue
was first started by Alexander Harri
son, the American marine painter.
After Concarneau became popular with
others than painters, Mr. Harrison and
several more, among them Lionel Wal
den and Morlce. the Canadian landscap
lst, moved over to Beg-Meil a small
hamlet across the bay for their Sum
mers, returning to Concarneau for the
less-crowded seasons. In fact, it was
for Mr. Harrison that the first studio
at Beg-Meil was put up.
Scene of Tragedy Visited.
Further down the coast are several
towns and villages more or less fre
quented by American artists, among
them Douarnenez, Saint Guenole, Mor
lalx and Saint Jean du Doigt.
About five years ago the last-named
village was the scene of quite a trag
edy. Helen Hunt, a Philadelphia artist,
was spending the Summer there with
some friends. Her fiance, also a Phila
delphia painter, was staying in the vil
lage, too. One day she was out sketch
ing on a rock some distance 'from a
deserted bit of shore. When the waters
rose this rock was completely cut off
from the land. For hours Miss Hunt
went on painting, forgetful of the fact
that tides rise higher and faster in
Brittany than any other part of the
world, heedless that the tide had
turned. When at last she looked up
from her painting, the waters had al
ready encircled the rock and were ris
ing rapidly. Being a good swimmer,
she was not particularly afraid. But
in Jumping Into the water her foot
caught on a ledge of the rock and her
ankle was sprained. The rock was
too far from the shore for her cries
to be heard. Her fiance had spent the
day in the village some distance from
the sea. He was told of what had
happened several hours later.
A few American painters have chosen
places for their Summer headquarters
where other artists do not congregate.
For many seasons Miss Florence Estate,
formerly of Philadelphia, has gone to
Saint Brlac, near the fashionable re
sort, Dlnard. Frequently she has to
walk miles to find subjects for her
big decorative pictures, as the coast
Is rather bare and rugged at that
point. Frederick Brldgmann Is another
artist whose out-of-town residence
precludes much Intercourse with his
fellow countrymen wiio are painters.
He has had a studio for many years at
Monte Carlo and when he is not paint
ing Riviera scenes he can easily reach
Egypt and Algiers, whose life he has
long made a specialty of depicting.
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Those American painters who are
fortunate enough to live in chateaux
are necessarily debarred from much
association with their countrymen, for
usually chateaux in Franch are sit
uated in tiny villages and are the
most important dwellings there. The
remaining houses are generally peasant
cottages and shops. Such Is the case
with Miss Anna Klumpke. who lives
at the Chateau of By (once Rosa Bon
heur's home), with Launay -Trianon,
E. E. Pattee's manor house near Chart
res, and RIdgway Knight's chateau near
Rosny-sur-Seine.
Mr. Knight's son, Aston Knight, has
one of the quaintest country homes of
all the artists. It is a 15th century
mlllhouse whose interior has been much
modified and improved by its present
owner. Among other- things, a large
studio has been added. The house, that
once sheltered the poet Chateaubriand,
stands on a wide stream called by
courtesy the River Rille. In the warm
Summer days it Ib not an uncommon
sight to see Mr. Knight standing waist
deep In the swiftly-flowing waters, his
canvas planted in front of him on a
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