| Show R ImI M PET rei Young British Artist Paints in the Dark and Creates Sensation IS PATRONIZED BY ROYALTY lo Iii nJ Iho tim Secret p Of or tHea Correspondence I ONDON May MI Ma In ta t the e L I dark la ii I the In latest intent thing In art artH artH H who ho has kae kaeb b been n dubbed ih lb thi Cellar U is I a I a sensatIon In l art lie li I not nol a mere mer t There Th In is I decided derided method In what bin Artl artists t are ar r pleased to 10 term hU hili n While ninny many nm wielders IId of 01 the 11 brush art arc tb the utmost difficulty in III makIng a 8 even in the strong tron MI Ill daylight Ke la Is getting rich In a dingy y cellar cell opposite St StU U church h Hanover square Tl Tb Cellar Artist Artl t has haa at tract 1 thu attention of or some or of the wealthiest and alar most mOil people In No 0 le I ieee II a perona r ihm Ihan Lord the POI irm 11 u i has hui ha tome coma out outI nr RII Ine a bold boil thuu ion and practical I patron He UI ha hll muire u n uteri Ien ute than he lao laon tIn n execute e ute and tItled d people are io in him hint to their country its ta ant and Mm hint galore ailon ilore Al AI Already Alread ready read through the Influence n of oC It each he b hat has painted the portraits o othe of oC oCth the th Earl of or Buchan Lady lAd Kr Eveln lyn Juhn Sir Neville I Ti K It ItC C n ft Sir III ir Joint John Amott Arnolt and hosts hoat of ot other ethers ALHO ALO IN JK TIlE DARK DAnK The Jh artist dON does not riot seam 1 to He lie is II not even in iti inthe the Ih London Loudon directory lor After some dif hi bl studio was wai found rounel Uy by II thu tho I writer The proper In it UA 1 A AUr Jeor Ur street Hanover square but Jt you oU i ply at lit the th hIm lh 11 number you OU ull wil ulle e eten rn fn then h hwu t difficulty In Ira ln In lug man It II is il only when you toU go 0 round by th Ih tide aile lId of If the th thit it you anu nu noke 1 t modest mod little sign eI n an err ana erra ena a tiu 11 line Ton TOIl reed read the words worda Cellar ellar Descending a steep flight nf ut f very tery 11 narrow and dingy F 1 you conn fIn Into Inlo a till still and anel more mere dings 1 Jr lIMe which b lend lead len Into him an a even fn en dingier d I beyond This bf iH yond ond la ii I In lii a 8 sombre re i that would h iI dune done 1 lt to 10 U th tenth plague of gyp Ol OF or THE ruE Out of the 6 deitha i of ot the a II vol oIe e II you 01 Will you tU lU clop this hi way 1 Into the studio to You rou kumow v hl hie h 1 cay I thit Ihl WAY I bet ht tu list log i u i Pim Pu and I p nd obey o r I K i uli h oi u I II i i HIT tir II H door nail ami amii nailI I I j I i it 11 H i if r I lot i UK I Ih In ti a 1 verj v i v n U fi Th I object 1 I on a ai i 1 lid it t 4 I dul I H Iy lighted hv Ill ti i 4 cli h of r 1 h 1 fully rr e 10 I u 1 f 11 II Ki luI I pa pal pau 1 l I u I if C Kf i ni nio Dt tt if 1 1 j t o I i u the Ih II I fi r v I ter teri i pedestal I and that the light lIht entering t the Ute window I 1111 all the th Illumination he be ter or hi h hi J y Up lip to this time you have hav not hOt hid had an n I P f opportunity to 10 tee IN a the cellar t him himI himself j I self at all 1111 end and have to 10 gather 11 a from hit his voter voice which r crane cn n Tryl II a vague alue notion that thai Its owner Is la I slightly deaf def for or he peaks in the Ihl d monotone of ono one t I l bps Ula own words word ord and me their sound Round Charles harlea Lamb the days day before tor the Ih Invention of light Ight R Y YIa 1 Ig how wretchedly w N Q a m mU u r t 1 Ia inured off torr whir whon you 01 had hd to in fret feel your our neighbor f no c to 10 l karn arii whether he h wat wu U or ur nut not and perhaps the lark lack of while jitters witter rare are having their portraits has ba put the th cellar liar HUt at a M c fu far r a u as hi hit voice wl 1 Is concerned Butu But Butan an u hl his hili a ire l la II all you bate In to go 10 by b at nuch an Interview It naturallY m mII a It greater Importance than It would un on under tier dr circumstance FOR FIR SEVEN VEN YEAM I J have h hll vf been 1 closely studying this Ihl method of Ir painting pallU for tor or more than seven In yean MM eal l K h flame in have come carne to I a ih the conclusion that flat V lo l I o and ane other great Ial ir tilts of i a hunt hueI worked after my I An Iii d not claim that they oleo al worked corked hll lut lv In the dark duk darkIe II Ie I J do du hut but 1 I do maintain that th they V studied value just jutt II as 1 I am do doe doIr It Ir Inc I r oleo aloo claim to have re the tb principle of the method mel oll of 01 employed b AA aM and t In tn n Venke and a o ily iJ IY method mU any pointer painter rl aji An 00 doeu Ju times timet the amount of 01 o hit her hi work In hall half tit the time Crne half Bi H a l per pr your Jour r our e tH e h hive Iti e the 5 p cullar fullar Rift lilt I of o seeing alu i In tits ft dark I 1 rug t Oot ot it at all all the cellar rellar painter paint Vy Sly W have hate hn h n d dby d ly by 1 known and are an tt the a same me m a as everyone Irone elwA could lull do a II as I nm am hut but It N oliU take lake three yearn u training train In After n that time they the would find fin how extraordinarily ily easy ua it vas va u u W paint In the dark ark It II raves fatigue to 10 the tye by allowing them to III take IlIk In hl proportion n and aM the of com MI It Ion far fir more mare 1 t than when hn painting In lit daylight I 1 point paint fill All ray my portrait J in un the time allotted WHAT THE nl BAIA AIl AJI But nul the Ih 1 1 pealed How M fl i do to inti oi ty ma lk Ik Ike the th Ides Idea of this subterranean n studio ludlo rurY they object to 10 coming here af afi r the luxurious cite of oihi ur rare lists II It ItIn In fart fact r It l Is III Junt jurt the l pt OR II aM call the Ibe lh voice 01 I have he ha a b bt ben n lLor U n nand and again aln that Ihal they Ihl like to 10 nit gut In III IV the Ih dark Nothing flea society II dlf won l more mere After th Ih the garish light of o noon noonday day dl after the Ih blaze of London roots and th they tome utne here and an l lly ly Mu Ea that the Ibe of nt pining In III Inthe inthe the dark l IR Ii an actual a r it to In th their lr nerves I J have ha t painted many matey portrait of society women In the dark and they have ha nil all been t en delighted fled ted the Ih work an se well a All as the IiiI lit ting I 1 might mention the nann namee of I lAdy ady Ul UlIan Ian lioyd IkId and nil her daughter I ady bC l Mm titre rR I wife of the Ihl private of or the king and other In every sago U my rny work ork hn hie mulled in other commie plane which rafter all ate are the Ihl beet bel tell tesa tellof I Of approval I J here hav recently the Ihl entire winter at rat various country wat eraa and castles cuttle in Ireland ii In ha tho Ih dark portrait of or the Ihl Not only Int his the Ih I light o n or the Ih U ss 0 YM M Wight 11 It n a good elect effect on Oil th 01 tho litter but bu It It La al at also ateo I so eo restful ful for fur the painter 1 I am alii able abl by this Ihil method to g let gat t values at al one which h II by l y ordinary daylight would i me rue hour to 10 arrive Irrl at It II I a ir of ur i rn tM of If elimination I r h begin gln b 11 by I Glutting out the then I let In Inu Just u t what hal 1 want and aDd by b letting In light here and und excluding there con I mantly working my mr window Indo hut r hark And forth a es 81 mr I lilt get fail tun I what I went want in on of o the Ihl time of f r other att alit Such men a as 81 ills Ir Al 11 Alma 1 ma ura Ta t 1 Mortimer Men i I 1 A V N 1 Frith an ai I l i r famous art tl hi i t examined my rage III work Mad and lint all have ad admitted 1 I muted that Ihal It I l is III of uncommon I Of course coarie In ID the Ihl world of art j jt I t am meeting with bitter hitter 1 Which however is II i only on I m uy bJ the smaller men In the Ih profession 1 J I mutt must way nay y The really great aril amine t tee ire I in my work wor and are waiting I I development ON BI ACK CANVAS I I All Ali my m portraits are art r Minted en It i black each ell at W Rembrandt em employed j 1 I only UN inns II u color tolore In la ill 1 I I my DIY work mixing mill the ink b powder tr with th lk olli nih a ar al I 1 require the e color colon My 11 and way tesy wa of rolling milting them are lite my m ow t i found that Ihal the th ol 01 olor I rt t but I J have ha or ors orl are Ire practically Indestructible ar I i In a month or two they Ih Improve po I wonderfully that you OU could not tell t I th tit color tolon from those by the ri h r I moua old matter resters 1 I hale hac ha learned the tho I III II tI after aft r year arl of o diligent 11 I In I along n line Were you OU a oay ay Interested t l In cut art at air Yr RaIne was a I J began life lit a II as a twit dyll engineer he III replied but on reaching the t he age III ulna of 1 II 1 1 decided to to give It II u up for or art I had hat never n learned to draw 4 but I 1 began to study HUly under Mr Fritch end and HI Mt the Hie Elm Tree Te studio of E B 0 Ward r ay By comparing modern paintings painting with the Ihl theold theold old uld masters matera I berame convinced thai that the tatter latter works work were tnt produced by methods method unknown tod today PIGMENT SECRET ue ET By D II the Ih orle of Rembrandt and mod Vela 1 J learned I the ecret of If their pigment the ba bull bash li nf at r their principle sad and the Ibe methods of ot their application These The Th famous paint erg T r Mulled the same ame m laws which 1 I took ui up An As von avlon i 01 as I discovered ered the prin nn on which hiMI the old matter masters malt rl worked ea eaI I found fuM I 1 could paint Palo with ea ue cue e Any Anyone An one who adopted my m methods would find nn hf h would make mlee wonderful pron re an as compared to 10 prevent present method ven Itu In II a year ar time lime My I three colors Olor are Hi I the ht three Hirer tiled by the Ibe old master for you will ill find And that they employed no nu fit mur morr in all their works nod thin this M account for their great U harmony armon The color I I UM ue give elve If the paintings i I pro pra duct duce dil the II c look kook of great rai antiquity Hy By Hymy Jl my m methods method I can ran turn out not nol leM than Ihan lv 1 In a year Mr The i produced by the Cellar Art 1 have hll received very tr high front from some ome v very ry r artists artlas tR Of tar portrait of or an old woman I 1 P W 11 Frith of the Derby Day Lary Da picture recently wrote The Th picture showed almost all nil the bent beat art II qualities It It la full ull of shoran charac character I Let ter well draw drawn lIra n really rull life like I role one I f r the Ih foremost mot I art critics critic declared The Th pictures picture are full of or pow power er pr and character are well drawn and anti t I have a wonderful delicacy of texture a strange look of r old age and are lire vividly II How Itow Ho they Ih are arc painted la he the Ill of r the Ind Inder r i such nece 18 11 Ir Key Keyworth le Keyworth worth Maine Halne mn may trul be called one of ot I r th the OIt Urt Att plo PIA nw i is of ot the Ih day ilay The youth of the painter U Is I also a In tag Ole feature He lie la is only In his hili thirty year i Is II v vary tr ry boyish boI In III appear morn anet an and yet 1 ha 11 hu alt all the of or the th pioneer who oho has haf hit on one of ot Ihu discoveries of ot the century K Maine Halne due doe A not hot lick lack In hint him a self lf he needs need It Il In III hit hl lui tu III U It la I a f fearsome thing to III tingle handed and alone lh Ih the theIu 3 Iu foment of r nearly all the inlets In to th Ih the world I f dont do lur t ar much whether fellow Mr approve 1 u uL or f my illY or not nit KI L Kalne Halne T i tt Minify It If ItI I t urd ur MR la from rom the I lit lx t people In tn the Ih aunty what hat hal more could I 1 ex u exOn 1 On Ott irking It lon to 10 take It a photo photograph I graph raph pf of f th i liar Antl he ht Informed me ti that I 1 might take lalle him Just juet as 81 s he hit kb hi I r that Ihal I r had not yet 11 trained d my m camera amra Into Inu I photon rhouN in the dark though 1 l might do no so In time It wi Willi somewhat unfair to expect tau of a young roun and ami lIt I Inexperienced After a little the I ht agrees li to I tep step Into lul the II next room where by I dial of a long hlll exposure l the Ih Ion pant ng i J i tan ph wa was II obtained It ItI I Ii s sla i I la the only ue rats he ha hu ever had taker by b daylight it II Rho shows 1110 the work ork which h hah he h received tel mow moat from hi his hll fellow tello artl ml iy the th old I woman oman who ho hn hy by 11 tte t I way 11 In Ii a Ix mat mal filer BOYD nOrD I |
