Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1919 — ART WORKS IN ANY LENGTH [ARTICLE]

ART WORKS IN ANY LENGTH

Method of Getting Things Don* Quickly le Not by Any Means an Idea to Be Called New. Hurry is not characteristic of the present century alone; onr ancestors were not always immune from the habit. .The Dutch artist Vandei-straa-ten was a master in scheming out short cuts and saving time. Vanderstraaten had little difflcnlty, Itis said, In painting in a day 30 landscapes the size of an ordinary sheet of drawing paper. He would surround himself with pots of paint, each of which had its particular -iraTpose —hne for the'clouds; one for the grass, one for the shadows. When he was ready to begin painting he called his assistant, "Boy. a cloud!” and the lad speedily brought the desired pot. Vanderstraaten, with a. thick brush, quickly transferred the clouds to the canvas. With the finishing strokes he called, “There are the clouds; bring the grass!” And so it went, without a moment's waste of time, until the 80 landscapes were finished. On occasions Vanderstraaten would paint in the manner described a landscape upon a long piece of canvas, fin filling the orders of customers hi would cut the strip Into pieces of various lengths. A purchaser couid buy two, three or four feet of landscape, according to his fancy or according to the size of the space he wished to decorate. V. .