Studio: international art (26.1902)

American Press Illustrators

is, of course, that all-important element of news ornamentation. Kriegoff shows originality and

value to be considered as well as the shortness of grace in his handling of quaint conceits, and

time for much consideration of such problems, for rightly considers the necessary lettering as an

sometimes it is necessary to radically change the important element of his designs. Charles

whole make-up of a paper at the last moment. Wright has a charming way of introducing pic-

-All this must be taken as part of the limitations torial incidents in his work, drawn with suffi-

under which such work has to be done, and must cient decorative feeling and individuality to keep

be frankly reckoned upon in the method devised them in their place as component parts,

by the editor and artist for dealing with such Emerson's work is both fanciful and suitable to

problems. the requirements of his groupings. His relation of

A redeeming feature of the advent of photo- sizes is well judged, the intervening spaces and

graphy in the daily press is that work of a decora- shapes agreeable, while his style shows a happy

tive character may be encouraged by it. Many method of connecting the scattered parts with

very effective pages have already appeared in graceful, easy lines, and masses of not over-

which the artist's sense of balance and proportion elaborated ornament at most effective places,
has found a new and interesting field. With all Of the " New York Journal " staff Kerr's work is

the charm claimed for these new " effects," even light, free, full of fancy and pleasing effects, but

when combined with clever bits of decoration, they has more of the pictorial than of the decorative

cannot be compared with the admirable portrait feeling. H. B. Eddy is a strong draughtsman, who

drawings in line which they are superseding. For has evidently sought inspiration in the charming

example, such work as the drawings of M. Stein, pictorial burlesques of Continental humorous papers,

with his exquisite feeling for the etching-needle, His work is very sketchy, almost frivolous at times,

the long "slippery," dashing lines of Jeffrys and although strong in drawing.

Fuhr, or the solid painter-like manner of W. H. McAvoy, of the " New York World," shows in his

Upham, Rollo M. Chandler, or George Moulton. decorative work knowledge of subject, thought

In the decorative grouping of photographs, and originality, with style in his lettering. In the

supplemented by drawing, in the pages of the " Boston Herald" for some years have appeared

" New York Herald," L. A. Shafer shows his strong many excellent headings and other designs from the

individuality and much sense of decoration, but clever hand of E. B. Bird. A later arrival in this

his work often suffers from too much pictorial paper is Henry Goehl, whose work shows serious

interest, which necessarily detracts from the tone thought and marked strength of character in

pictures which he is supposed to work up to treatment.

and accentuate. Frank Merritt is sometimes In most of the decorative drawing appearing in

a little heavy but decidedly abstract in his the dailies there is shown a rather shallow know-

Shade of Pirate: " What's this? Another buried treasure?" drawn BY Charles sarka

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