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Show DEVELOPMENT OF FAMOUS ARTIST One of tha great artlata of our time, a painter of whom two nktlona may be proud. Is Sir Hubert van Herkomer. Ha waa born In Bavaria, haa vlalted America, but haa rived most of hi Ufa In England, for nine yeare he waa Blade proft'eeor of fine arte at Oxford. Ha holda a life pro-feaaorahlp pro-feaaorahlp at Munich. Now S3 yeare old and resting en hla laurels, ha pub-llahea pub-llahea an autobiography In which, with admirable candor and alneerity.- ha traoee the story of hla early development, and Incidentally reveals a typical artist's soul. Hla touch. In words ss in paint, la delicate. deli-cate. He conveys hla atrugglea, bis dreams, hta aucceases with restraint. The narrative opens with a vlvltf ad-count ad-count of German village life In tha mld-niTiteenth mld-niTiteenth eenuiry. 8lr Huberfa grandfather grand-father waa a plaatrrer In Weal, Bavaria, and "a real arttet by nature." Ha made plaetlo groups of sacred eubjecte for Catholisrhurchee; he gave-hle boya toola and set them to carve hand a. feet and faces for tha figures. 411s seeond son. the fsther of Blr Hubert, waa apprenticed appren-ticed aa a joiner. "The government. Blr Hubert telle ua. "offered a medal for tha beet drawing dona by an apprentice no matter to what trade he belonged. My father ahowed auch talent for draw- Ing that the master waa anxloua for him to compete for thla moat coveted of all prises, the one silver- model given In the year. But difficulty stood In the way. My. father could not compete for thle medal without some pecuniary help. To hla surprise that help came from hla drawing master, who eupplfed him with the neceaaary materials. The name of that generous man waa Hanfataengl. a lithographer, and father of the Hanf-ataengle. Hanf-ataengle. who are at the present day distinguished dis-tinguished photographera of pictures." The young apprentice' easily won the prise, and all through hla life ha did good artistic work. When ha married and became the father of a eon. ha prophesied prophe-sied that ''this boy ahall become an artlat and my beet fr1nd." To chronicle the fullfllment of theae prophetic words Is the object of 8fr Hubert'e eutoblography. Current Literature fMay. |