American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . ects. After making a large number of sketches Shirlaw returned to Chicago, procured a person totake his place as superintendent of the company, in which he had become a stockholder, tooka studio, and a third time began to study and paint with increased ardor. The more he worked,the more he felt that, if he was ever to be a painter, he must go somewhere where he couldget something from others, and that he could not dig it out by himself; so he picked up histhings, after a residence in Chicago of five years, and started for
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . ects. After making a large number of sketches Shirlaw returned to Chicago, procured a person totake his place as superintendent of the company, in which he had become a stockholder, tooka studio, and a third time began to study and paint with increased ardor. The more he worked,the more he felt that, if he was ever to be a painter, he must go somewhere where he couldget something from others, and that he could not dig it out by himself; so he picked up histhings, after a residence in Chicago of five years, and started for Paris in September, to get into that city because of the siege, he went to Munich to remain until the siegewas over. While in London he met a New York artist, who advised him not to go to Paris,because, as he asserted, I ve been there; I cant learn anything from them; I can paint asthey do, and I dont want to lose my originality. This man represented what is understoodas home art, and a class who can get nothing either from the dead or the living. Shirlaw. THE TONING OF THE BELL. FROM A PAINTING BY WALTER SHIRLAW. AMERICAN ART 57
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