,,the ,,mentor #aiad4ji4ae1 ,no4 #fg1 ,american ,mural ,painters ,,learn ,,one ,,thing ,,every ,,day ,september #ae1 #aiad ,vol #b ,no4 #ae ,,the ,,mentor ,,american ,,mural ,,painters ,,department ,,of ,,fine ,,arts ,serial ,number #fg ,,fifteen ,,cents ,a ,,copy ,the ,mentor ,association ,,established ,,for ,,the ,,development ,,of ,a ,,popular ,,interest ,,in ,,art1 ,,literature1 ,,science1 ,,history1 ,,nature1 ,,and ,,travel ,illustration ,,the ,,advisory ,,board ,,john ,g4 ,,hibben ,president of ,princeton ,university ,,hamilton ,w4 ,,mabie ,author and ,editor ,,john ,c4 ,,van ,,dyke ,professor of the ,history of ,art1 ,rutgers ,college ,,albert ,,bushnell ,,hart ,professor of ,government1 ,harvard ,university ,,william ,t4 ,,hornaday ,director ,new ,york ,zological ,park ,,dwight ,l4 ,,elmendorf ,lecturer and ,traveler ,,the ,,plan ,,of ,,the ,,association ,the purpose of ,the ,mentor ,association is to give its members1 in an interesting and attractive way1 the information in 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#ej ,,cents ,,extra4 ,,entered ,,at ,,the ,,post-,,office ,,at ,,new ,,york1 ,n4,y41 ,,as ,,second-,,class ,,matter4 ,,copyright1 #aiae1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,,president ,,and ,,treasurer1 ,r4 ,m4 ,,donaldson2 ,,vice-,,president1 ,w4 ,m4 ,,sanford2 ,,secretary1 ,l4 ,d4 ,,gardner ,issued ,semi-,monthly by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 #eb ,,east #aith ,,street1 ,,new ,,york1 ,n4 ,y4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,pleiades1 by ,elihu ,vedder4 ,in the ,metropolitan ,museum of ,art1 ,new ,york ,city4 ,american ,mural ,painters ,,elihu ,,vedder ,monograph ,number ,one in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,elihu ,vedder said of his parents1 8,my mother went to church2 but ,i know that wherever a fish was to be found my father went fishing10 and of his mother he said further1 8,it had always been my mother's wish that ,i should be a great artist1 and for her sake ,i wish it could have been so40 ,vedder was born in ,new ,york ,city on ,february #bf1 #ahcf1 and as a boy attended the ,brinkerhoff ,school in ,brooklyn4 ,in this institution the greatest virtue was a good memory2 the pupil who could best memorize his lessons stood highest4 ,consequently ,vedder1 who always had a bad memory1 stood at the foot of his class4 ,nevertheless he showed early evidences of his talent4 ,he first studied under the genre 7jonr7 and historical painter ,tompkins ,h4 ,mattison1 at ,sherburne1 ,new ,york4 ,then he went to ,paris to study in the atelier of the ,french painter ,picot4 ,he went to ,italy in #aheg1 where he worked for some years1 and then returned to the ,united ,states and remained there until #ahfe4 ,in that year he was elected to full membership in the ,national ,academy of ,design1 ,new ,york ,city4 ,he went back to ,paris and spent one winter there2 but in ,january1 #ahfg1 moved to ,rome1 where he has ever since resided4 ,he has made many visits to the ,united ,states2 but ,italy is his favorite dwelling place4 ,at first ,vedder devoted himself to the painting of genre pictures4 ,these1 however1 attracted only a little attention until #ahhd1 when he illustrated the ,rubaiyat of ,omar ,khayyam4 ,this immediately gave him a high place in the art world4 ,his important decorative work came later4 ,these subjects are principally imaginative4 ,a pen picture by ,h4 ,t4 ,carpenter1 of ,vedder in his ,italian home1 gives a good idea of the personality of the man3 8,the picturesque personality of the painter would impress one1 whatever and wherever the surroundings4 ,as he came down those stone steps0 7of his studio in ,rome71 8a bunch of large keys in his hand to open the gate1 explaining the while the reason for the absence of the porter and attendant of all work1 with a gentleness born of a natural sympathy for the under dog1 he looked the man one might imagine the creator of such work as is shown in the series of drawings of the ,rubaiyat of ,omar ,khayyam1 or the ,congressional ,library and the ,bowdoin ,college decorations1 or the mural work in the ,huntington house1 with its incomparable central figure1 ,luna1--his abundant wavy white hair1 features of marked strength1 penetrating blue eyes1 which alternately twinkled and analyzed1 a long1 flowing white mustache1 a striking head on massive shoulders1 tall in height2 in fine1 a picture of rugged picturesqueness that stood out even in that land of artistic individuality1 but never for a moment taken for anything but a fine type of ,american4 ,his manner was cordial1 frank1 sincere1 and unaffected1 and one soon found out he was a good hater of shams40 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #b1 ,no4 #ae4 ,,serial ,no4 #fg ,,copyright1 #aiad4 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association4 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,detail ,,of ,,the ,,anthony ,,drexel ,,memorial ,,chancel1 by ,e4 ,h4 ,blashfield4 ,in the ,church of the ,savior1 ,philadelphia1 ,pennsylvania4 ,american ,mural ,painters ,,edwin ,,howland ,,blashfield ,monograph ,number ,two in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,edwin ,howland ,blashfield has a place in the front rank of ,american mural painters through his elevation of thought and his masterly execution4 ,his imagination is fertile and his treatment of subjects highly decorative4 ,he has been able to paint both history and legend1 and has placed them side by side in the same compositions4 ,he was born on ,december #ae1 #ahdh1 in ,new ,york ,city4 ,he is a son of ,william ,henry ,blashfield1 and a brother of ,albert ,dodd ,blashfield1 the illustrator4 ,blashfield studied first at the ,boston ,latin ,school4 ,then1 in #ahfg1 he went to ,paris to study under ,leon ,bonnt4 ,he also received valuable advice from ,grme and ,chap4 ,he exhibited for many years at the ,paris ,salon1 and also at the ,royal ,academy in ,london4 ,in #ahha he returned to the ,united ,states and married4 ,for some years he was a painter of genre pictures2 that is1 pictures of common life and its associations4 ,then he turned to decorative work1 which was marked by rare delicacy and beauty of color4 ,at the ,world's ,fair in ,chicago in #ahic he painted mural decorations for a dome in the ,manufacturers' ,building4 ,later he did the great central dome of the ,congressional ,library at ,washington1 the drawing room for the ,huntington residence1 the decoration for the courtroom in the courthouse at ,baltimore1 the decoration of the entire chancel in the ,church of the ,savior at ,philadelphia1 and many other masterpieces of mural art4 ,blashfield is well known as a lecturer on art1 and has written many articles dealing with the subject4 ,with ,mrs4 ,blashfield he wrote1 in #aijj1 8,italian ,cities10 and together1 with ,a4 ,a4 ,hopkins1 they edited ,vasari's 8,lives of the ,painters40 ,at one time ,blashfield was president of the ,society of ,american ,artists4 ,he is a member of the ,american ,academy of ,arts and ,letters1 and many other societies4 ,he makes his home in ,new ,york ,city4 ,blashfield has received many honors and medals1 including a bronze medal at the ,paris ,exposition in #aijj1 a gold medal at the ,st4 ,louis ,exposition in #aijd1 a ,carnegie prize in #aiaa1 and others4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #b1 ,no4 #ae4 ,,serial ,no4 #fg ,,copyright1 #aiad4 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association4 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,m4 ,g4 ,abbey4 ,from a ,copley ,print4 ,copyright by ,curtis ,cameron1 ,inc4 ,,the ,,apotheosis ,,of ,,pennsylvania1 ,,by ,e4 ,a4 ,,abbey4 ,,in ,,the ,,pennsylvania ,,state ,,capitol ,,at ,,harrisburg ,american ,mural ,painters ,,edwin ,,austin ,,abbey ,monograph ,number ,three in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,walk into the ,public ,library at ,boston1 and you will find yourself in the midst of some of the most magnificent mural decorations in ,america4 ,there we find the great frieze of ,the ,prophets1 by ,john ,sargent1 and in the delivery room is the great decoration by ,edwin ,austin ,abbey which is called 8,the ,quest of the ,holy ,grail40 ,in the early part of his life ,edwin ,abbey was an illustrator1 celebrated chiefly for his pen drawings4 ,in later life his work became larger in character1 and he turned naturally to mural painting4 ,edwin ,austin ,abbey was born in ,philadelphia1 ,april #a1 #aheb4 ,he studied first at the schools of the ,pennsylvania ,academy of ,fine ,arts2 but at the age of nineteen left this and entered the art department of the publishing house of ,harper ,bros41 ,new ,york ,city1 where he became successful as an illustrator4 ,associated with him were such artists as ,howard ,pyle1 ,c4 ,s4 ,reinhart1 and ,joseph ,pennell4 ,in #ahgh ,harpers' planned to publish the poems of ,robert ,herrick1 and sent ,abbey to ,england to gather material for the illustrations4 ,these were published in #ahhb1 and attracted much attention4 ,illustrations for ,goldsmith's 8,she ,stoops to ,conquer10 for a volume of old songs1 and for the comedies and a few of the tragedies of ,shakespeare1 followed4 ,his water colors and pastels were successful in the same degree4 ,abbey by this time had become closely identified with the art life of ,england4 ,in #ahhc he was elected to the ,royal ,institute of ,painters in ,water ,colors4 ,his first oil painting was exhibited at the ,royal ,academy in ,london in #ahij1 which was called 8,a ,may ,day ,morning40 ,he became a full ,royal ,academician in #ahih4 ,his mural decoration called 8,the ,quest of the ,holy ,grail10 in the ,boston ,public ,library1 on which he was occupied for several years1 deserves special mention4 ,in #aija ,king ,edward ,,vii commissioned him to paint a picture of the coronation4 ,during his life many honors were showered upon him4 ,abbey died in #aiaa4 ,in 8,the ,apotheosis of ,pennsylvania10 below to the left are ,sir ,walter ,raleigh1 who had a grant in ,pennsylvania2 ,henry ,hudson1 who discovered and sailed up the ,delaware ,river2 ,captain ,minuit1 the explorer and navigator1 and others4 ,to the right are a pioneer and representatives of various religious sects that settled in ,pennsylvania4 ,below these1 beginning at the left1 are ships on the stocks1 the city troopers1 ,general ,wayne1 ,atkinson 7the first ,american judge71 the first provost of the ,university of ,pennsylvania1 ,bishop ,white 7the first ,american bishop71 and others1 among them ,dr4 ,caspar ,wistar1 ,benjamin ,franklin1 ,william ,penn1 and ,robert ,morris4 ,at the left are ,governor ,curtis and ,thaddeus ,stevens cheering the soldiers of #ahfa marching to defend the state1 officered by ,generals ,hancock and ,meade4 ,on the right are miners and workers in steel and iron1 machinery1 and so forth4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #b1 ,no4 #ae4 ,,serial ,no4 #fg ,,copyright1 #aiad4 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association4 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,copyright by ,edward ,simmons4 ,from a ,copley ,print4 ,copyright by ,curtis ,cameron1 ,inc4 ,,return ,,of ,,the ,,battle ,,flags1 by ,edward ,simmons4 ,in the ,massachusetts ,state ,house4 ,boston1 ,massachusetts4 ,american ,mural ,painters ,,edward ,,emerson ,,simmons ,monograph ,number ,four in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,edward ,emerson ,simmons had many disappointments to contend with during the early part of his life2 but he overcame them all1 and has made for himself a place in the foremost rank of ,american artists4 ,he comes from good old ,massachusetts stock4 ,his mother was a sister of ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson1 the famous ,american poet and essayist4 ,simmons was born at ,concord1 ,massachusetts1 on ,october #bg1 #aheb4 ,he went to ,harvard ,university1 and graduated from there in #ahgd with great honor4 ,it is a fact worthy of remark that the class of #ahgd contains many men who have achieved distinction4 ,after graduating ,simmons went to ,paris to study art1 where his teachers were ,lefebvre and ,boulanger4 ,at the schools he was very popular1 and his easel was the favorite loafing place for the other members of his class4 ,in #ahha he exhibited at the ,salon a portrait of a gentleman in ,highland costume1 which attracted great attention4 ,the following summer he went to ,brittany1 where he remained for sometime4 ,he made his home at ,concarneau in ,finistre1 a fishing port famous for its sardines4 ,there ,simmons experimented with all kinds of painting1--landscape1 marine1 and figure1--and took the lead in the art life of the colony1 among whom were painters from ,france1 ,england1 and ,america4 ,in #ahhb he sent to the ,salon a painting called 8,la ,blanchisseuse10 a picture of a ,breton girl carrying the clothes from the brookside1 where she had been washing them1 which is a custom in ,brittany4 ,the picture received honorable mention4 ,in #ahia his class at ,harvard decided to give a memorial window1 and ,simmons got the commission4 ,then came the ,world's ,fair at ,chicago in #ahic1 and ,simmons obtained the commission to decorate the dome of the ,liberal ,arts ,building4 ,he chose for his subject four objects of ,american labor1--wood1 iron1 stone1 and fiber4 ,this painting shows strength1 directness1 simplicity1 and dignity4 ,it was his first mural decoration1 and was a good experience4 ,he saw his opportunity and made the most of it4 ,almost immediately came the commission to decorate the ,criminal ,court ,buildings of the ,courts of ,oyer and ,terminer in the city of ,new ,york1 which he worked out with enthusiasm4 ,the subject represented is ,justice1 in the shape of a stately1 dignified figure with a globe in one hand and the scales in the other4 ,he draped this figure in an ,american flag2 a hard problem1 but cleverly worked out4 ,the side panels to the right represent the ,three ,fates2 those to the left1 ,liberty1 ,equality1 and ,fraternity4 ,then came the commission for decorating the ,congressional ,library at ,washington4 ,he chose as his subject the nine muses4 ,following this he received many commissions for work in private residences1 and for a series of paintings for the ,waldorf-,astoria ,hotel1 ,new ,york ,city4 ,simmons was one of the original members of the ,ten ,american ,painters1 and is a member of the ,national ,institute of ,arts and ,letters4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #b1 ,no4 #ae4 ,,serial ,no4 #fg ,,copyright1 #aiad4 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association4 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,from ,a ,,copley ,,print4 ,,copyright ,,by ,,curtis ,,cameron1 ,,inc4 ,,hosea--,,detail ,,of ,,the ,,prophets1 ,,by ,,john ,,sargent ,,in ,,the ,,public ,,library4 ,,boston1 ,,massachusetts 8,hosea10 a detail of the frieze of 8,the ,prophets10 by ,john ,singer ,sargent1 in the ,public ,library1 ,boston1 is the subject of one of the intaglio-gravure pictures illustrating 8,american ,mural ,painters40 ,,john ,,singer ,,sargent ,monograph ,number ,five in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,john ,singer ,sargent has been called the most 8modern of moderns1 one of the most dazzling men of talent of the present day40 ,sargent is in reality an ,american only by parentage2 for he was born at ,florence1 ,italy1 on ,january #ab1 #aheh1 and since #ahhd has lived in ,london4 ,sargent's father was ,dr4 ,fitzwilliam ,sargent1 a distinguished ,boston physician4 ,sargent as a child was very sensitive1 and was greatly influenced by the art treasures of his birthplace4 ,he received his early education in ,italy and ,germany1 and his impressionable nature amid such surroundings was shaped by the atmosphere of the famous ,tuscan city1 which left its refining mark upon all his work4 ,the parents of many artists of genius have attempted to dissuade their sons from becoming painters4 ,on the contrary1 however1 ,sargent's parents encouraged him to draw from the canvases of ,veronese1 ,titian1 and ,tintoretto4 ,in #ahgd1 when ,sargent was only eighteen1 he went to ,paris to study1 entering the atelier of ,carolus-,duran4 ,a portrait of his teacher painted toward the close of his studentship won the commendation of the best judges4 ,he received an honorable mention in the ,salon in #ahgh1 and in #ahha a second-class medal for his 8,portrait of a ,young ,lady10 which has been made famous by the appreciation of ,henry ,james1 the distinguished ,american novelist4 ,as an artist with a future he turned his steps to ,spain4 ,in ,madrid he studied the canvases of ,velasquez carefully1 and this master has influenced his entire art career4 ,he seemed to come so close to this great painter that he was enabled to bring into the nineteenth century the power of the most modern of fifteenth century painters4 ,sargent returned to ,paris in #ahhb and exhibited 8,el ,jaleo10 a picture representing a ,spanish woman dancing1 which attracted a great deal of attention1 and is now in the ,boston ,art ,museum4 ,soon afterward ,sargent drifted to ,london1 and in #ahhf his 8,carnation1 ,lily1 ,lily1 ,rose0 brought him immediate recognition4 ,he rapidly became known in ,london as a brilliant portrait painter1 and year by year his ,academy portraits were the features of the exhibitions4 ,his success was now assured1 and his sitters included the men and women of greatest distinction in the literary1 artistic1 and social life of both ,europe and ,america4 ,he is best known as a portrait painter2 but at the same time he has done much excellent decorative work1 and his decorations for the ,boston ,public ,library1 8,the ,pageant of ,religion10 among which was the frieze of 8,the ,prophets10 which were completed in #aijc1 placed him among the leading mural painters of ,america4 ,sargent was elected a member of the ,royal ,academy in ,london in #ahid1 and in addition to this he has won many other honors4 ,and unlike many ,american artists residing in ,europe1 he has always retained his directness and independence4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #b1 ,no4 #ae4 ,,serial ,no4 #fg ,,copyright1 #aiad4 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association4 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,copyright #aijg by ,de,w ,c4 ,ward4 ,,the ,,beneficence ,,of ,,the ,,law by ,kenyon ,cox4 ,in the ,essex ,county ,courthouse1 ,newark1 ,new ,jersey4 ,american ,mural ,painters ,,kenyon ,,cox ,monograph ,number ,six in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,not only has ,kenyon ,cox placed himself in the front rank of ,american artists through his paintings1 but he has also made a name for himself as an art critic4 ,he was born at ,warren1 ,ohio1 on ,october #bg1 #ahef4 ,his father was ,general ,jacob ,dolson ,cox4 ,he studied art when quite young1 first at ,cincinnati and ,philadelphia1 and then at the age of twenty-one went to ,paris to study4 ,there for five years he was under ,carolus-,duran and ,grme4 ,in #ahhb he returned to ,new ,york and opened a studio there4 ,shortly after this he began teaching in the ,art ,students' ,league1 and had much success in that line4 ,in #ahib he married ,louise ,howland ,king1 who is well known as a painter herself4 ,the earlier work of ,cox consisted mostly of the nude4 ,he received little encouragement for these pictures1 however1 and turned to mural decoration1 in which he has achieved prominence4 ,his first step toward mural work was the painting of two decorations for the ,library of ,congress at ,washington4 ,in two tympanums 7the flat1 triangular part of a pediment7 each thirty-four feet in length1 he has painted the ,arts and the ,sciences4 ,among his better known examples are the frieze for the courtroom of the ,appellate ,court1 ,new ,york ,city1 and the decorations for the ,walker ,art ,gallery at ,bowdoin ,college1 for the ,capitol at ,st4 ,paul1 ,minnesota1 and for other public and private buildings4 ,his decoration1 8,the ,beneficence of the ,law10 in the ,essex ,county ,courthouse at ,newark1 ,new ,jersey1 is one of his best-known paintings4 ,of late years ,mr4 ,cox has spent much time on wall decorations4 ,he is a maker of pictures and a master of line2 but is not an interpreter of life nor an exploiter of ideas4 ,he is the author of a number of books on art1 among which are 8,old ,masters and ,new10 and 8,painters and ,sculptors10 in addition to some poems4 ,he was elected to the ,national ,academy in #aijc1 and has received many medals and honors4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #b1 ,no4 #ae4 ,,serial ,no4 #fg ,,copyright1 #aiad4 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association4 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,copyright1 by ,hotel ,imperial ,bowling on the ,green1 by ,e4 ,a4 ,abbey4 ,in the grill of the ,hotel ,imperial1 ,new ,york ,city ,,american ,,mural ,,painters ,by ,,arthur ,,hoeber ,author1 ,artist1 and ,critic ,illustration ,,the ,,mentor ,,department ,,of ,,fine ,,arts ,,sept4 #ae1 #aiad ,,mentor ,,gravures ,,return ,,of ,,the ,,battle ,,flags ,by ,edward ,simmons ,,the ,,apotheosis ,,of ,,pennsylvania ,by ,e4 ,a4 ,abbey ,,the ,,beneficence ,,of ,,the ,,law ,by ,kenyon ,cox ,,hosea--,,detail ,,of ,,the ,,prophets ,by ,john ,sargent ,,detail ,,of ,,the ,,anthony ,,drexel ,,memorial ,,chancel ,by ,e4 ,h4 ,blashfield ,,the ,,pleiades ,by ,elihu ,vedder ,illustration3 ,,dawn1 by ,t4 ,w4 ,dewing ,ceiling decoration in the grill of the ,hotel ,imperial1 ,new ,york ,city 8,oh1 tenderly the haughty day ,fills his blue urn with fire60 --,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 ,the story of mural painting in ,america dates back just a trifle over half a century2 yet so rapidly do we develop things in this country that today the names of half a hundred men and women who have done distinguished work in this direction come to mind in any review of native accomplishment4 ,however1 the art of decoration is one of the oldest in the history of the world1 examples of which have been handed down from almost prehistoric times4 ,traditions reach us--examples too--from the great civilizations of ,egypt1 ,assyria1 ,greece1 ,rome1 in ,europe2 while on our own continent there remain records of art in the way of wall decorations in ,mexico and ,central ,america1 of beauty1 taste1 and invention1 that baffle all efforts to classify as to their age4 ,says a great art writer1 8,no society1 however rudimentary1 has altogether ignored art40 ,within the last few years prehistoric paintings by men who probably lived on reindeer flesh have been discovered in caves of the ,pyrenees1 paintings of no little artistic merit and surely artistic instinct4 ,with the name of ,john ,la ,farge must begin any account of the history of mural painting in ,america4 ,the name is an honored one in the annals of our art development1 and he has been dead only a few years1 after a long life of devotion to high artistic ideals4 ,it was in #ahfa that he completed a panel for the church of the ,paulist ,fathers1 in ,new ,york4 ,the theme was 8,saint ,paul ,preaching at ,athens40 ,the architects1 however1 rejected the work for reasons that seem never to have been recorded1 and the next year ,la ,farge began a large triptych#a of 8,the ,crucifixion02 though he completed only two of the smaller divisions of the composition4 ,these he kept in his studio for many years1 until they were purchased by the late ,william ,c4 ,whitney4 ,but his work in the meantime had been remarked1 and he received an order for some decorations for a dining room2 while the architect ,h4 ,h4 ,richardson1 in #ahgf1 offered him a commission to take charge of the interior decoration of ,trinity ,church1 ,boston4 ,this work was completed in about four months4 ,la ,farge chose as assistants ,francis ,lathrop1 ,francis ,d4 ,millet1 ,george ,w4 ,maynard1 and ,augustus ,saint-,gaudens the sculptor1 among others4 ,the work was satisfactorily completed1 and remains today one of the great accomplishments in this country4 ,after this ,la ,farge was asked to decorate ,saint ,thomas' ,church in ,new ,york1 which was followed by his decorations for the ,church of the ,incarnation in the same city4 #a ,a picture on three panels side by side4 ,illustration3 ,copyright1 #aijd ,,the ,,edict ,,of ,,toleration1 by ,e4 ,h4 ,blashfield ,this is the central section of a decoration in the courthouse at ,baltimore1 ,maryland ,illustration3 ,,the ,,light ,,of ,,learning ,by ,kenyon ,cox ,lunette in the public library at ,winona1 ,minnesota ,,la ,,farge',s ,,masterpiece ,in the ,church of the ,ascension1 however1 is ,la ,farge's masterpiece1 without doubt the greatest piece of church decoration in this country4 ,the theme is 8,the ,ascension of ,our ,lord10 a composition arranged in two groups1 one of the ascending ,christ amid the clouds1 the other of the disciples with ,mary the ,mother standing on the ground gazing upon the wonder passing beyond their vision4 ,the composition is one of great dignity and deep religious feeling2 the vision of the painter is most distinguished2 while there are both balance and harmony1 and the color scheme is highly decorative and rich4 ,the work was immediately followed by many others1 including a music room for the residence of the late ,whitelaw ,reid1 rooms in the residence of ,cornelius ,vanderbilt1 and many churches2 while later was to come the work for great public buildings1 culminating in the decorations for the ,supreme ,court room of the new capitol at ,st4 ,paul1 ,minnesota1 a colossal undertaking comprising many large panels4 ,la ,farge did not1 however1 confine his activities entirely to mural painting2 for during his long career in art he was identified with work in stained glass1 to which he gave great attention4 ,his achievements in this direction were among the most distinguished that have ever been attained in the history of the world4 ,illustration3 ,,egyptian ,,dance ,by ,william ,de ,l4 ,dodge ,in the ,majestic ,theater at ,boston1 ,massachusetts ,,william ,m4 ,,hunt ,before we come to the group of present workers in mural painting it is necessary that we consider an earlier man1 again one of the pioneers1 the artist ,william ,m4 ,hunt of ,boston1 who in #ahgh obtained the commission to decorate the ,new ,york state capitol at ,albany4 ,the result was a fine series of pictures1 well composed2 but unfortunately they survive only in reproductions1 the originals having been painted directly on the walls4 ,these1 owing to faulty construction1 did not long remain intact1 falling out of plumb1 and they had to be supported by beams until they were finally entirely destroyed4 ,hunt had been a pupil of ,thomas ,couture 7koo-toor7 in ,paris1 a man who had strong influence on his work1 and these decorations were very reminiscent of his master4 ,the pictures were fifteen by forty-five feet in size1 and the themes were 8,the ,flight of ,night0 and 8,the ,discoverer10 of which only photographs remain to tell the tale4 ,today the mural painter produces his work on canvas instead of on the wall1 a process that enables him to do most of the labor in the studio1 and in case of necessity this1 after being attached to the walls1 can be taken down again and so preserved4 ,,mural ,,art ,,at 8,,the ,,white ,,city0 ,it was on the occasion of the planning of the ,world's ,columbian ,exposition of #ahic in ,chicago that the first real impetus to mural decoration was given in ,america4 ,this occasion disclosed to the citizen the possibilities of the native artist1 as well as the esthetic value of such embellishment in public edifice and in private home4 ,the administrative body of the fair1 determining upon a decorative scheme to be properly carried out1 appointed to take charge of the mural painting ,francis ,d4 ,millet1 and as assistant1 ,charles ,yardley ,turner4 ,a selection of artists was made to execute the work1 who were ,j4 ,alden ,weir1 ,edwin ,howland ,blashfield1 ,george ,w4 ,maynard1 ,robert ,reid1 ,edward ,simmons1 ,charles ,stanley ,reinhart1 ,carroll ,beckwith1 ,kenyon ,cox1 ,gari ,melchers1 ,william ,de ,l4 ,dodge1 and ,walter ,mc,ewen4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,cum,,an ,,sibyl1 by ,elihu ,vedder ,at ,wellesley ,college ,illustration3 ,copyright1 #ahih1 by ,e4 ,vedder4 ,from a ,copley ,print1 copyright1 #ahii1 by ,curtis ,cameron1 ,inc4 ,,samson1 by ,elihu ,vedder ,blashfield and ,maynard had had some slight experience in decorative work2 but the rest were practically novices1 though all had been serious1 capable students in ,paris1 and were familiar with examples of the decorative arts of history4 ,millet was a rare executive1 a man who was subsequently to do an enormous amount of just such work4 ,it will be remembered that he went down to his death in the ill-fated ,titanic4 ,of the rest of the group ,weir1 ,reinhart1 ,beckwith1 ,melchers1 and ,mc,ewen returned to their easel picture work after the ,chicago fair1 with only an occasional decoration4 ,blashfield1 ,maynard1 ,simmons1 ,cox1 and ,dodge have1 however1 continued to be strongly identified with mural work1 and these men must receive closer attention4 ,the decorative scheme at ,chicago was a remarkable achievement1 all things considered1 and the grounds were referred to as 8,the ,white ,city10 8,the ,fair ,city10 8,the ,city of ,dreams10 and finally1 alas6 as 8,the ,vanishing ,city02 but in reality nothing like it was ever seen before and probably never will be again4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,prophets1 by ,john ,sargent ,in the ,boston ,library4 ,center panel1 showing ,elijah1 ,moses1 and ,joshua ,,edwin ,,howland ,,blashfield ,of this group ,mr4 ,blashfield has been more largely identified with decorations all over the land than the rest4 ,the list of his mural work is a large one4 ,a pupil of ,bonnt's 7bo-nah7 in ,paris1 a writer of great charm1 and a most serious student of his profession1 ,mr4 ,blashfield brought to his art scholarly endowments of a high order4 ,after his work of decorating the dome of the ,manufacturers' ,building at ,chicago came a series of commissions to embellish various homes of private individuals1--,collis ,p4 ,huntington1 the ,drexels1 the ,vanderbilts1 ,adolf ,lewisohn1 and others1--with work for the ,library of ,congress1 the ,appellate ,court of ,new ,york1 the ballroom of the ,waldorf-,astoria ,hotel1 the ,prudential ,life ,insurance ,company of ,newark1 ,new ,jersey1 the state capitols of ,minnesota1 ,wisconsin1 ,idaho1 and other states1 with innumerable courthouses at ,baltimore1 ,newark1 ,hudson ,county 7,new ,jersey71 ,youngstown 7,ohio71 the ,federal ,building at ,cleveland1 some schools1 and many more4 ,in these he disclosed enormous invention1 great facility1 a good pictorial sense of composition1 and generally a scholarly grasp of decorative requirements4 ,,kenyon ,,cox ,kenyon ,cox1 likewise a pupil of the ,paris schools under ,j4 ,l4 ,grme 7zhay-rome71 has been largely identified with decorative work throughout the land4 ,a distinguished draftsman and a writer on art as well1 ,mr4 ,cox is represented with decorations in the ,walker ,art ,gallery1 ,bowdoin ,college1 in various state capitols and public libraries1 in the ,appellate ,court of ,new ,york and other courthouses throughout the ,union1 and was awarded the medal of honor for mural painting by the ,architectural ,league in #aiaj4 ,he too is represented in the mural decorations of the ,congressional ,library at ,washington4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,light ,,of ,,learning ,by ,robert ,reid ,copyright1 #aiji1 by ,robert ,reid ,,john ,,singer ,,sargent ,mr4 ,sargent1 perhaps the most prominent figure in the modern world of art1 a man whose success has rarely been duplicated1 a painter of the portrait above all1 has confined his mural work to the decorations in the ,boston ,public ,library4 ,these are of such superlative quality as to cause regret that the man1 in the course of a most active artistic life1 could not have found time to do more4 ,mr4 ,sargent's parents were ,americans4 ,they are his sole claim to nationality2 for he was born in ,italy1 received his art education in ,france1 and has resided for many years in ,england4 ,sargent1 in short1 is thoroughly cosmopolitan in himself and in his art4 ,his ,boston ,library decorations are singularly original1 of profound symbolism1 disclosing deep intellectuality and serious study4 ,his work here1 says ,william ,a4 ,coffin1 8as a whole is like a casket of jewels40 ,it consists of a frieze1 a lunette1#b and an arched ceiling4 ,in the latter are depicted the gods of polytheism and idolatry2 there are panels of the ,prophets in the lunette1 and the ,jews are represented by twelve nude figures in subjection to the ,egyptians and ,assyrians1 typified by figures of ,pharaoh and the ,assyrian king4 ,it is a most elaborate symbolism1 thoroughly consistent1 wonderfully worked out1 and of absorbing interest4 #b ,a form of decoration over door1 window or in arches--shaped like a half moon4 ,,edwin ,a4 ,,abbey',s ,,decorations ,edwin ,a4 ,abbey1 in another chamber of this ,boston ,library1 the delivery room1 has his now world-famous decoration1 the story of the ,holy ,grail1 perhaps the most popular mural work in this country1 certainly the best known1 and the shrine for many years of the tourist4 ,it is a series of panels narrating the history of the knights of the ,arthurian legend1 exquisitely told1 for ,abbey was a master illustrator1 and there is great charm of arrangement and color1 all making a popular appeal4 ,mr4 ,abbey was further commissioned to decorate the state capitol at ,harrisburg1 ,pennsylvania4 ,he attacked this work with great interest and enthusiasm1 but his labors were interrupted by his death4 ,the task was then taken up by ,miss ,violet ,oakley1 herself a distinguished mural painter1 who1 though handicapped by the circumstances of having to follow out the scheme of another artist1 nevertheless disclosed great capacity and has made a success of the performance4 ,illustration3 ,,famous ,,women1 by ,barry ,faulkner ,decoration for the house of ,mrs4 ,e4 ,h4 ,harriman at ,arden1 ,new ,york4 ,from left to right the women pictured are ,cornelia1 ,beatrice1 ,judith1 ,queen of ,sheba1 ,joan of ,arc1 ,helen of ,troy1 and ,pocahontas ,,public ,,library ,,decorations ,the ,boston ,library1 it may be stated1 offered opportunity for decorative work of an unusual nature1 which was taken advantage of by several of the better known men4 ,elmer ,e4 ,garnsey made remarkable designs for the ,pompeian lobby1 and ,john ,elliott a ceiling in the children's reference room4 ,the ,congressional ,library at ,washington offered still greater opportunities1 engaging the attention of a long list of painters4 ,here again is seen the hand of ,mr4 ,garnsey1 who planned the color scheme2 while prominent among the decorations are the works of ,elihu ,vedder1--six large panels representing ,government in its various phases1 good and corrupt1 of much invention in their allegorical way2 for the artist is a highly imaginative man4 ,mr4 ,brownell places ,vedder in the front rank of the imaginative painters of the day1 adding1 8,their name is not legion40 ,other men who contributed to the ,library of ,congress include ,john ,w4 ,alexander1 who is further represented at ,pittsburgh1 in the ,carnegie ,institute1 with most important wall decorations2 ,gari ,melchers2 ,robert ,reid1 whose list of other work is extensive1 including decorations for the capitol at ,boston2 ,henry ,o4 ,walker1 also represented in the ,appellate ,court in ,new ,york4 ,illustration3 ,,pennsylvania ,,excavations1 by ,fred ,dana ,marsh ,,edward ,,simmons1 ,,robert ,,blum1 ,,and ,,others ,in addition to these was a painter who has also been one of the most prominent of the decorative men1 ,edward ,simmons4 ,years ago he won the competition for a decoration for the ,criminal ,court room in ,new ,york1 a prize awarded by the ,municipal ,art ,society4 ,a pupil of the ,paris schools1 a master draftsman1 a singularly capable man1 his three panels of the ,fates won him instant place1 and when he further made two decorations for the ,massachusetts state capitol there was opened to him a field which he has since followed with distinction4 ,decorations for the ballroom of the ,waldorf-,astoria1 panels for the ,appellate ,court1 for various state capitols and public buildings1 and finally enormous embellishments for the ,panama fair in ,san ,francisco1 place the man in the front rank4 ,for pure beauty of invention1 for charm of drawing and delicacy of vision1 no ,american decoration has surpassed the two lovely panels executed by the late ,robert ,blum for the frieze of the assembly room of the ,mendelssohn ,glee ,club in ,new ,york4 ,they attracted enormous attention when they were first completed1 and have been reproduced in many forms4 ,blum was a highly original painter1 and these many figures representing 8,music0 and 8,the ,dance0 have a grace quite their own4 ,illustration3 ,reproductions of these paintings made by ,the ,detroit ,publishing ,co4 ,copyright1 #aiab1 by ,the ,curtis ,publishing ,co4 ,copyright1 #aiad1 by ,the ,detroit ,publishing ,co4 ,,three ,,panels1 by ,maxfield ,parrish ,these three panels are part of a series called 8,a ,florentine ,fte10 which decorates the entire front of the dining room of the ,curtis ,publishing ,company's building in ,philadelphia ,thomas ,w4 ,dewing1 more identified with easel work1 has nevertheless executed several charming decorations1 one in the ,imperial ,hotel1 ,new ,york1 8,dawn10 ranking high indeed4 ,it has all the man's personal color vision1 and is exquisitely dainty and graceful4 ,several men were concerned in the wall decorations of the ,appellate ,court1 among them ,h4 ,siddons ,mowbray and ,willard ,l4 ,metcalf4 ,the first named chose for theme 8,the ,transmission of the ,law10 which he rendered in a scholarly as well as artistic manner4 ,mr4 ,mowbray has executed a ceiling for the library of the ,university ,club of ,new ,york1 a large work for the ,newark courthouse1 and many private commissions4 ,the ,waldorf-,astoria ,hotel gave early opportunities for the work of ,will ,h4 ,low and ,frank ,fowler1 both of whom carried out interesting schemes of decoration2 while work in the church of the ,paulist ,fathers in ,new ,york offered a similar chance for ,william ,laurel ,harris4 ,fred ,dana ,marsh showed the possibilities of large engineering achievements for decorative material in a large panel in the rooms of the ,united ,engineering ,societies4 ,it is an apotheosis#c of labor1 of the pick1 the shovel1 and the iron and steel worker1 and ,mr4 ,marsh was singularly original in the composition4 #c ,an apotheosis celebrates and exalts a subject in ideal forms of expression4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,city ,,of ,,new ,,york1 ,,the ,,eastern ,,gateway ,,of ,,the ,,american ,,continent ,by ,taber ,sears1 in the ,new ,york ,city ,hall ,john ,w4 ,alexander1 better known as a portrait painter1 also chose similar themes with which to decorate the ,carnegie ,institute of ,art in ,pittsburgh1 a successful piece of work4 ,robert van ,v4 ,sewell1 for the home of ,george ,gould1 at ,lakewood1 did a fine frieze representing 8,the ,canterbury ,tales40 ,and a later man is ,barry ,faulkner1 whose panel for the home of ,mrs4 ,harriman1 8,famous ,women10 is a happy arrangement of the many celebrated feminists4 ,the work of ,albert ,herter is specially noteworthy4 ,hugo ,ballin has executed large decorative work1 and ,howard ,g4 ,cushing has made strikingly original panels4 ,other men are ,taber ,sears1 with altar pieces1 ,joseph ,lauber1 ,charles ,m4 ,shean1 ,douglas ,volk1 and ,william ,b4 ,van ,ingen4 ,walter ,shirlaw occupied himself at times with decorations1 and ,abbott ,h4 ,thayer has likewise executed a few notable mural paintings4 ,,supplementary ,,reading ,,mural ,,painting ,,in ,,america ,by ,edwin ,howland ,blashfield4 ,charles ,scribner's ,sons1 ,new ,york4 ,,american ,,mural ,,painting ,by ,pauline ,king4 ,noyes1 ,platt ,co41 ,boston4 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,american ,,painting ,by ,samuel ,isham4 ,the ,macmillan ,company1 ,new ,york4 ,,the ,,story ,,of ,,american ,,painting ,by ,charles ,h4 ,caffin4 ,frederick ,a4 ,stokes ,company1 ,new ,york4 ,,the ,,mentor ,,reading ,,circle ,illustration3 ,,charity1 by ,abbott ,thayer ,in the ,boston ,museum ,a mural painting is a decoration intended for the adornment of a wall or ceiling4 ,as a rule1 it is painted in more or less simple1 flat tones1 so as to carry some distance1 and under the old methods1 known as fresco painting1 it was a process of painting in water colors on wet plaster1 the portion of the wall on which the artist was to paint being prepared over night1 so as to be in proper state to receive the color4 ,the painter had to work from a scaffold4 ,he was also hampered by awkward positions and1 frequently1 bad lighting facilities4 ,this method was in general use from the early days of ,giotto 7#abff-accg71 to those of ,raphael 7#adhc-aebj74 ,some of the ,italians use it even now4 99 99 99 99 99 ,so mural painting differs materially from a picture painted on an easel4 ,the easel picture has more detail1 is placed in a frame when finished1 and is destined to make a decorative spot on the walls4 ,the modern mural painter now executes his design directly upon canvas in his studio1 and when it is completed it is applied to the wall space by a composition of glue and white lead4 ,when this is thoroughly dry it becomes practically a part of the construction1 though it is possible at any time to remove it1 by peeling it off1 should it be necessary4 ,as a rule1 the painter of a great mural work makes first a small sketch4 ,this is subsequently enlarged by himself1 or his assistants1 by the process of 8squaring up10 and so it is brought to the correct size4 ,these enlargements are known as 8cartoons10 which are traced on the canvas or the plaster1 and when thus drawn in are ready for the painter's brush4 ,almost the first efforts of primitive man in picture making were decorations of the walls of his rude house1 and later his temples and public buildings4 ,there are examples from the civilizations of ,egypt1 ,greece1 and ,rome wherein the work was carried to the greatest perfection4 ,we have splendid specimens of brilliant coloring from the great temples in the land of the ,pharaohs1 on their tombs and palaces1 that have remained fresh and well nigh perfect all these centuries1 while throughout ,italy1 in palaces and churches the work of the ,renaissance artists challenges the greatest admiration4 99 99 99 99 99 ,upon the walls of the buried city of ,pompeii still are frescoes that seem painted yesterday1 so fresh is the color4 ,the work of ,michelangelo and of ,raphael in the ,vatican at ,rome is perhaps the greatest of any known decorative efforts4 ,throughout ,france and ,germany the work has been greatly fostered by commissions from the state for public buildings of all sorts1 for splendid mansions and palaces of royalty4 ,in ,france1 particularly1 great attention is given to mural work4 ,the work of the ,french painter ,puvis de ,chavannes today is a return1 to a certain extent1 to the ideals and methods of expression1 to the simplicity of theme and treatment of the early masters4 ,he remains by general consent the greatest of all modern decorators1 and we are fortunate in ,america in having admirable specimens of his work in the ,boston ,public ,library4 ,our modern men1 in their mural work1 use as a rule oil paints mixed with wax1 in order to secure a flat effect and to do away with any reflection on the surface4 ,complete ,your ,mentor ,library ,subscriptions always begin with the current issue4 ,the following numbers of ,the ,mentor ,course1 already issued1 will be supplied at the rate of fifteen cents each4 ,send your list1 and the numbers will be shipped at once1 charges prepaid4 ,serial ,no4 #a4 ,beautiful ,children in ,art #b4 ,makers of ,american ,poetry #c4 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,the illustrations picture the great personages and important events of the ,revolution4 ,by ,albert ,bushnell ,hart1 ,professor of ,government1 ,harvard ,university4 ,nov4 #af4 ,,rugs ,,and ,,rug ,,making ,mr4 ,mumford is qualified as few are to write on this subject4 ,he has traveled for years in pursuit of the study of rugs1 and he is the author of a standard work on the subject4 ,he writes1 moreover1 in an easy1 entertaining1 and informing way4 ,the pictures1 some of which are in full colors1 contribute great value1 interest1 and beauty to the article4 ,by ,j4 ,k4 ,mumford1 ,author and ,expert on ,oriental ,rugs4 ,dec4 #a4 ,,alaska ,one of the most important and interesting travel articles that ,the ,mentor has offered4 ,the writer1 ,mr4 ,belmore ,browne1 knows ,alaska more thoroughly perhaps than any living writer and artist4 ,he has been for years an explorer and hunter of big game in the far ,northwest1 and he is celebrated especially for having achieved the conquest of ,mount 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