Show A Abbey erica i Artist Will Kir i 1 r Edward VHs ore io 0 M 11 no denying tho tact fact that In selecting Austin Abbey to tho ho picture of ot his coro coroi T o combat King Edward VII of at f England ll did d honor lonor to tho Urn artists 8 tan land No one w will I havo tho the temerity to any this i bo be 1 ho he An or for tor It h lu Is universally recognized 11 that nn an honor to Lot LotU alUen 1110 o ot of n a 1 country T upon nil all other othor citizens o ot of flint Iy No matt Inan can Ilvo for tor or 01 by IJ Individuality and a tho heritage of It Iho tana which gave guvo him birth U UIO tho i fulfill o Interest i an In J the TV recent 1 Of ot lt tho M n from froin tand wh whence ho ling hUH con como camo to 10 ft n i co contract entered Into n with 1 bee been the l Boston Has Ion Library for tor or the thu completion of ot a n work upon which he hUll hug SI the UI engaged during tho greater portion n of lh the past mW ten tell years years yelus u lito lc ho Caine over on an 1 n atin lar I the tho o to ta thu library ot of Mi the tho y Which ll ho hI hail Vl tip III to 10 tint l tine l of ot a II only of ot o number he IB d i had to paint N Now M Y ft It IM his since the orl conception of ot tho thou grout great vork ho n with th tho he fruits ot of big hili In labor Lor unit 1 wearing the tho vl I WT laurels by b Ills proficiency In III net art artT ion It la only on v eleven m v vion years Mr Abbey AbLey OJ exhibited hili bin first rat picture ht oils 9 A 4 aw Mayday Morning which wall wag hung hUM on tho the walls of ot hi it U Jt It obtained lib cco of at his Went Until then ho he had hod beau known ns as n an till til In black lack am and w white Hn un and i water venter colors only lly hut el eight yearn Inter lalor In ln 1888 1898 ho he won the tile coveted of at being elected to the full tull of f tt II n A Ito lim l Ms hla domicile In bu J 1 Just twenty yean ago ugo and ana Aon I that hat tin time o to I the tho present ho may IMY be lilt nand hi to made n 1 triumphal advance dv ce drat t upon tho outworks of ot rl Ush p cju dice dec then than Into Inlo the h very n of ot l It t not fah to the lot lut ot of man many lien to In III such full measure a lH as 1111 lr Alb Abhor Abbey y has lins and It U Is la Ista well w ll i worth wurth t thu while l to Q Into V tho anti and s that have hIm to tho thu of hl hili In ta III sa short IL a Woe r for tor nil 1 b by the tho advance he Ims hns made modi twenty aVon ovon In III the till span of ot an ordinary i Is Ia i nn not reckoned i n a lung f period ot of Potion probation Arll Ara Tonga vita Indeed nud null no Ita one oio butter holter than the tho i that att Is long and lifo In for tor the tho I higher th the and und the Ule greater Grenter tho attainment BO co much tho the thoi morn mora precIoUs will thin life horn norn on the tho lilt 1st ot of Mr Ma lr Abbey wl will only have attained his hla birthday shortly f ly tho the event eventt which ho i Is b to i Jf tho to take place piece no on It Is la scheduled for tor June Jun IDOS lUrn Like Lillo hl his celebrated bred Iud t Wesl f W who was wan such u tt 1 ot of f K B Georgo 1 lU anti nd who succeeded Sit Sir Joshua ll Reynolds drat t tn i ot of f the tho ti academy Ab Abbey is h ft n and like him also ho he achieved his hia and Mul most distinct n t triumphs In England Moro More than limn this ho he hall i o received tho lino and of at British h art It oa and connol In tho the Interval between West and Abbey many American artists have bran been 1 1611 well ell received In England but two Bland forth most moat conspicuously as 1111 royal r yul Attar a 1 Hll Ahart rt sojourn J In Now West went to England III bt I 1768 1708 83 where ho married an American lady and not net et tied down to painting with George for tor forty Abbey also In III Now New York a after altel ei le hla hili n city of ot Philadelphia then thon 1 to London and Jt so R securely B lIrely In the tho of ot o III 1 a n Edward W VU as ns to receive the royal command to perpetuate on an canvas camas till the th glories of or Ills Isla com MB or not lIot the parallel may mil bo be further put pursued mud and Abbey will have We tn to tho the honor of knighthood which will probably bo he thrust ii upon ullon on him as a of at hU Isle reward to bo be boBeen Been soen As AH however ho lately announced d himself as atilt an American citizen when denial Ing his paintings for tur entry at nt the tho port of ot Now York he will to about face rather rathor sharply to quality for tor that honor hOllor which it Is sold said more monr thou than anything else also 1 urged Sir henry Hem Stanley on 01 0 For tho the past fifty years ears or more Inor the tho have been In the tho th habit ot of ashing Who rends londa an nil American book bonk They The ask aek It r no o 0 longer for tor American literature linn hUll very er much the vogue In la England Englund The Thelama lama satirical question has often otten been asked with reference to American art Who patronizes It Hut nut by the tho same mama token that our writers havo valued cd this thle country In the tho esteem ste m of ot the tho literary world so ac also Ilso our painters pointers with Abbey and Sargent In tho the van are uro about to correct n a 1 lout long lived misapprehension American art UIt All of at which shows that whatever ono one sloes docs to elevate himself In public esteem a relied luster upon his bin native land Ho So long ago ngo as nil Mr Ir Abbey was teas wn recognized as ae a II muster master of at technIque and In lathe tho front rank nu a n black anti and white while artist and tind water wIlter colorist in exquisite von pen drawings ho had few tew rivals rivets as lU exemplified In III his Isla Illustrations of ot Shake and and poems Ills handling of ot old alit J subjects with pastoral set settings tings tinge was Inimitable for tor he lit combined the tho result of at faithful with an nn Idealism to 10 invest his people and scenes with tho the artistic glamour which la Is as ns much tho the painters prerogative ns us tho the pools poets license Mr Abbey lure been bean a Il close clono student of or history his lory Is IR well vowed versed In traditions und and al o Informed ns n to 10 nr ancient armor etc elc all nil of at which Willoh together with his hla skill at lit handling large subjects tho the group In Ing of figures on broad brand canvases caused him 1110 hi III to bo be selected elected by the library committee to paint the great grent mu Inu mural murat rat ral panels which he ho has hns Just brought to country The space allotted him covers ISO feet teet by 8 divided Into live ilvo panels These pictures ho he has hils patiently painted one Doctor of tor the tho other and nt at last they aio no ready to bo be placed d on the tho library walla walls where they will constitute ns as a whole olio cite of ot the grandest artistic conceptions of o modern nay lIay flay of ot any age DIrO The subject selected by Mr Abbey The Tho Quest QueNt of ot the tho Holy Grail Orall and II III as us elaborated It com corn comprises Sir Galahad as OR nn nil Infant The Tho Knighting of o Sir Galahad by Lancelot Sir Galahad Brought to tho the Court Courtot of ot ICing King Arthur by Joseph of ot Tho The ot of the Knights Who Go Forth on the tho Sacred Quest and ane 4 Sir laIr Galahad at nt the Castle The Tho two sots sets of panel pictures that which was finished five years yeara ago and tho ono one Just brought over have been bern bernon on exhibition In London where they tho won tho the unqualified commendation of ot art critics They The are aro on n a lame large scale Ben Ie and their breadth and power of ot treatment fino colors and poetics sentiment show Bho their painter to bo ho a n moan man of alto altogether gether exceptional powers says nays Ha II ono one of at tho the leading London papers Mr MI Abbey has ham exhibited nt at house owned by the tho Royal lloyal academy his III and the Lady Anne nn an Immense canvas depleting The of ot Queen and The Tho Penance of Duchess of or In these paintings tt as ns well 1011 us nn In his treatment of ot the tho Holy Grail Grull panels and his tile Crusader Catching the First 1 Glimpse of ot tho the Holy City he ne showed shoed such Ruch singular skill In and arranging on canvas largo large numbers of ot fig tig figures figures ures as us to first attract attention then to fix lx the opinion and ultimate conclusion that ho he of ot all nil others would be the tho right man mon to depict the coming coronation In this scene there thero will be introduced an nit central figures Ring King Edward I 4 Jr b I 1 a w I Irv rv t r i ii iI ij j till h t r ri i V i l w y R Rr RI j I L r I r i e j 1 s sEDWIN 1 EDWIN EDWINA A I nU 0 RA 1 I t being befog b I tho lima Prince nail and s ot of sables All the limo gnu and Won Alexandra their finals children particularly lr I y prominent well as nl lords lards 0 and nd ladles In prime ministers oto oio foreign royalties present will be bo shown as nn m ig WI aril anO rho Iho magnitude of oC of coure mn In nth all will be II a swelling the number numbs r to iu uw n n I IOV B LJ t ni T a 11 to be carried out upon ullon a n canvas probably pro b J 0 1 of nn 40 feet by Uy b 90 00 or ar tan can only hi be It will nt ob have I been mods sketches and nU sen six to la complete lI its hlA work utter after all preliminary I Inar ably flea bly lake tako the artist or years r ul where he has ha ro re old house In lu Mr Isis English home Is at nt Morgan hall 1111 Ii 1 an manor n of the tIP middle lIo so se costumes etc tk o tided sited sinus since In 1830 mo The house Itself Is IR a 11 perfect museum of a t am arms j h Isle s Abbey a a ape a studio 78 76 by b 42 Mr Ma useful m In building up pictures of ot that period At this country seat sat r abbey n feet teet specialty for roi the Uw Holy Grail canvases There lore In n all a If probability b he Ie will lil put liUI on an n canvas canu the great sea coronation o scene c to n after al t r a much needed vacation return his upon unon V which he lIe Is IK expected to begin work ork on R for his geniality e amt Ill his iteration devotion d to 10 outdoor athletes Mr AIr Abbey AbbE Is III noted or 9 daby At homo home ail U socially ly artist ti also ton by Jy y the IIA II another noted noM I 1 American friend argent Sargent He Ile nail end his hta rg theiry witch which he excels cricket at eal Oyt ol their h beautiful country adjacent t to English brat committee Interchange hange visits and cycle eye 0 In n company com about the lie I he to this country will be he on exhibition for a 11 short time In n The me a paintings which Mr AIr Abbey has h nR brought b roue I I t with Ith him New Nett York pc before being taken to Boston Doston to ba bo set lIet up as 1111 mural panels In the t I Ie public p library THUMAN Ti MN L ELTON AAA AAA A AA a e 6 oa 0 0 0 |