Word: artists
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pessimistic tendencies will be found to cultivate the representation of devils imposing their tortures on the faculty, and the friends of the artist. Devils are easily drawn and are found oft repeated in blank spaces. Reminiscences of the ballet and bal masque give pleasing diversity to the books of many idlers. Then, too, there are details of Greek cut, goodies, professors, and many other subjects which employ their pencils, Pictures of pugilistic encounters should not be omitted from the list...
...Herkomer, professor of fine arts at Oxford, lectured on "Notoriety in Art" last evening, before a large and appreciative audience in Sever 11. Popularity, the speaker said, comes to work of a commonplace character too often. There is a course of indolence which hangs over work in art. The artist is compelled to choose between two audiences, the public or his fellow artists. The public are the makers of the artist's notoriety. The great drawback upon an artist's work is the "art-loafer" who talks himself and the artist into notoriety. Too easy publicity prevents the artist...
...soon be filled. The painting will be upon canvas, mounted on a movable stretcher, and will, undoubtedly, be finer than any of those which at present adorn the walls of King Chapel. Mr. Frederic Vinton, of Boston, one of the finest portrait painters in the country, will be the artist. The subject selected is "Adam and Eve," by Flandrin, one of the decorations in the church of Saint Germain des Pres, Paris. The original is regarded as exceptionally fine, and the treatment is said to be so masterly that one may there observe the expression upon their countenances, which everyone...
...originality. Yet such a statement is far from true. For it is no light matter to take a given number of facts about an affair of ordinary interest and so arrange them as to hold the attention of a reader. In one way, such is the task of an artist in making colors into a picture. The writer must see what is to be in the foreground, and what in the background, how his state-statements are to be grouped to show his meaning most forcibly. In short, he must have each part subordinate to the expression of the meaning...
...meeting of the Hasty Pudding Club held last evening, Mr. Sanborn was elected Kr. in place of Mr. Houghton, resigned. Mr. Felton was elected Artist. Mr. Lapeyre was elected a regular member, and Messrs. Droppers and Haywood, honorary members...