ISBN: 1150893168

[EAN: 9781150893162], Neubuch, BOOKS GROUP,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free… Plus…

[EAN: 9781150893162], Neubuch, BOOKS GROUP,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: . . . painters in this country--in Chicago, for that matter--as there are abroad, but they cant get commissions. Women will often spend the price of a good picture upon a reception or an afternoon tea. They say they have to do that. Its a necessity; a picture is a luxury. But when they go to Paris they will give an order to an American painter whom they would not go near on this side. I want you to put Paris on my picture, and put it in big letters, said one of them to me when I was doing work over there. I think I have painted as many Americans in Paris as I have in this country, remarked Mrs. Reynolds. They want the Paris brand. The most spacious and attractive studio in this city is that of Ralph Clarkson, the portrait artist, in the Fine Arts building. Rare rugs lie on the polished floor, pictures and tapestries adorn the walls, together with panelings of Japanese carvings of great antiquity, while Benares ware and fine ceramics fill nooks and corners. The furniture is artistic and antique, heavily carved, upholstered in tapestry or Spanish leather. One most conspicuous and attractive piece is a German gothic settle over a hundred years old, treated with quaint carving, its panels inlaid with colored woods, making mosaic pictures. Another extremely rare piece is a Spanish vargueno or cabinet. It is over 400 years old, and is as interesting and attractive as it is venerable; from its fall board rich in ornamental iron work to its interior labyrinth of drawers and secret panels inlaid with ivory and gold. The view shows one of the oriental comers of this fine studio. The very striking posters for the Associated Arts Exhibition were made by J. Ross Bryson, who has resolved the Cheret idea of posters into a brilliant metho. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., [PU: General Books, LLC]<