Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1918 — HONORS AMERICAN ARTIST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HONORS AMERICAN ARTIST

Louis Orr, an American artist, is the first artist of any nationality to have a picture acquired by the Louvre in Paris, during the artist’s lifetime. His etching is of the Font Neuf, the oldest bridge In Paris. The original plate is now in permanent possession of the Louvre and a copy of it is in the Luxembourg museum along with Mr. Orr’s famous etchings of Reims cathedral.