Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-03-21 | Page 22 | James Montgomery Flagg's Advice to Artists

James Montgomery FI Flaggs Flagg's s Advice to Artists In the March American Magazine James Flagg the celet- celet wit and artist does docH an amusing piece in to words and pictures entitled Breaking Into the Art rt Game Following Following Fol Fol- lowing li is I an extract from his advice to young oun artl artists artists' ls hl Illustration is S. S of course a trick J Let t Gibson growl let Raleigh r rave ve let Steele lo shiver er and allow Crosby to curse I dont don't cares care I have said Iland It Il and they can throw mo me bodily out orthe of of or the society of or Illustrators if they like Oh Ohr Oh yes and let Geiger r grunt runt V While it U takes 8 ors jors and jors ers of grinding toll to come lJ a regular painter you paInter you know the sort r I mean with Vand Vandyko ko creep creep- e I era eis on Ills his ll chin and nd a n t tea table f In thu and everything and ladles ladies with buck Luck teeth and dog collars arranging tho the background for tor their powdered rl daughters portraits and oh you beautiful beautiful beau beau- cr I must paint you ou and antl you ou dont don't need to buy It 1 If you dont don't like it All that takes time to arrive at aL aLBut But illustration illustration pouf poof A few tew simple hints as follows Rent a 3 modest studio Just off oft Fifth Firth avenue not a R huge one t h to start with I as at you vou must not forget that you ou are art only a beginner but ono one about five ty-five b by thirty-five thirty with a good north lI light ht A few simple pieces l end and three or four Italian Renaissance chairs and some Bome unostentatious uro Louis tapestry These things while not b absolutely nece necessary are helpful In Impressing yourself as lUJ you sit there You look around and say eav Bol By gum I 1 must b be a something c. c of a n fell feller r. r If It you feel feol like liko it you OU can add a marble goldfish bowL You ou can get one at any Hors palace In Italy Over Ithe In the corner behind your palms and orchids you ou ought to ha have han a n string band band band- band Kahan Nanan atan Franco's Francos preferably bly and bly-and and let them play play- stuff sturt appropriate a ate te to your our moods If you aret doing pictures for a fire story let et them rip off the dope If It you 1 have to illustrate a story of ot the th European war war they can do the Marseillaise or If It you are aie engaged on nn an cartoon what could bo ho more In harmony harmon titan than or I wonder who's kissIng kissin kiss kiss- in Info Ing her now It is real economy having this band because you never can tell tel when vo you vou may get got a story tOI to do that has bas a b band nd In It And th there re are your our models Then when you vou dont don't want music there will probably be bo one ono man mm in th the orchestra stia who understands understand scalp massage mas mas- sage g.