. International studio. vari has an eye which winces at false work and loves thetrue; and hand and arm,which play upon the tool,as willingly as any singingbird wakes bun to sing bismorning roundelay becausebe likes to sing, and likesthe song!—Song attri-buted to Stradivarius. I Once upon a timein the Academy therewas a painting byHale of his mother,and Ca risen stoodclose by with someyoung folks gatheredaround, giving a littlelecture on the beautyof color and fine draw-ing, and a prominentartist came up andsaid, Carlsen, youshould leave suchproblems of drawingto the judgment of afigure painter
. International studio. vari has an eye which winces at false work and loves thetrue; and hand and arm,which play upon the tool,as willingly as any singingbird wakes bun to sing bismorning roundelay becausebe likes to sing, and likesthe song!—Song attri-buted to Stradivarius. I Once upon a timein the Academy therewas a painting byHale of his mother,and Ca risen stoodclose by with someyoung folks gatheredaround, giving a littlelecture on the beautyof color and fine draw-ing, and a prominentartist came up andsaid, Carlsen, youshould leave suchproblems of drawingto the judgment of afigure painter. Thisto Emil Carlsen, whohad taught drawingfor close on fortyyears, and had cometo the United Statesof America from Den-mark and the RoyalCopenhagen Academyas an architect! Perhaps the painters who dothe best drawing are the ones whoare least conscious of the work of their own hands—and are, in consequence, the most modest. Carlsen has painted portraits, many of of Dines, his son, will be long MADONNA OF THE MAGNOLIASBY EMIL CARLSEN r, ueacner hates the cold. I recall a studioon a big sled—that of J. AldenWeir, built for painting winter—but Carlsen would not paintin it. Yet I think he wouldhave clone it most I could give to you Carl-sens early life as Carlsen tells it from time totime! He says he was always dog poor but nowis rotten rich. If I could—well, heres a go: He came over in 72,and went to Chicagoto work for an archi-tect. He gave me$20 a week. When Ileft he said I will giveyou $40 a opened a schoolthere for mechanicaldrawing, but it didnot go. I had apartner who ran awaywith the cash. Therewas a large picturethat I painted, and hesold that and tookthe money. Then Iwent back to the archi-tect. He said, I willgive you $10 a I worked for him alittle while. He was aclose old fellow—knewI needed the , a Danishpainter, saw some ofthe marine sketchesthat I had made inDenmark, and offeredme $3 a day to
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