DOI issue:
No. 218 (May, 1911)
DOI article:Taylor, Ernest Archibald: The American colony of artists in Paris, [1]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20972#0292
American Artists in Paris
associations and temperaments of their time and by the State and now finds a permanent home in
their recurrence, as with pigment. the Musee du Petit Palais. I have heard him con-
In following Miller and Frieseke's work through its demned for his artificial colouring, and indeed for
many phases one can undoubtedly trace influences all his work in that class, but only by those who
of the time, but added to that their own personality, forget the artificial lighting of the time and place,
which, as it grew, increased their knowledge and That his work is admired there is ample proof by
receptive faculty; these are the means by which its reception in the Paris Salons and galleries in
the seeker acquires dexterity and capability, two Munich, Venice, Berlin, and the collection ot
qualities which are necessary to the artist, and H.M. the King of Italy, besides the principal
which both men possess to a marked degree. exhibitions in his own country. Within recent
Miller's early work was in quiet greys, and eleven years the study of purer colour has held his atten-
years ago he was awarded for it the third-class tion and traces of its advent are felt in The Chinese
medal at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Coat, the Portrait of Mrs. Miller and The Mir?-or,
Francais. This was followed in 1904 by a second- and to-day we find him advancing in his aim,
class and Hors concours, and shortly after that he solving the problem of light which insists on other
was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and methods and technique for its interpretation. His
an example of his art was purchased for the Musee work in this direction already promises a greater
du Luxembourg. From that date one may note a success artistically than that which placed him in
change in his colour and technique in the beginning the high standing he has in the colony to-day.
of a series of night scenes and incidents on the Miller is not a theorist but works out his own
Boulevards, to which belong Le Cafe and Le salvation with due respect for and an intimate
Marchand de Touets, which latter work was acquired knowledge of all theory and mannerisms. His
'MISTY MORN , BY FREDERICK. CARL FRIESEKE^
270
associations and temperaments of their time and by the State and now finds a permanent home in
their recurrence, as with pigment. the Musee du Petit Palais. I have heard him con-
In following Miller and Frieseke's work through its demned for his artificial colouring, and indeed for
many phases one can undoubtedly trace influences all his work in that class, but only by those who
of the time, but added to that their own personality, forget the artificial lighting of the time and place,
which, as it grew, increased their knowledge and That his work is admired there is ample proof by
receptive faculty; these are the means by which its reception in the Paris Salons and galleries in
the seeker acquires dexterity and capability, two Munich, Venice, Berlin, and the collection ot
qualities which are necessary to the artist, and H.M. the King of Italy, besides the principal
which both men possess to a marked degree. exhibitions in his own country. Within recent
Miller's early work was in quiet greys, and eleven years the study of purer colour has held his atten-
years ago he was awarded for it the third-class tion and traces of its advent are felt in The Chinese
medal at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Coat, the Portrait of Mrs. Miller and The Mir?-or,
Francais. This was followed in 1904 by a second- and to-day we find him advancing in his aim,
class and Hors concours, and shortly after that he solving the problem of light which insists on other
was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and methods and technique for its interpretation. His
an example of his art was purchased for the Musee work in this direction already promises a greater
du Luxembourg. From that date one may note a success artistically than that which placed him in
change in his colour and technique in the beginning the high standing he has in the colony to-day.
of a series of night scenes and incidents on the Miller is not a theorist but works out his own
Boulevards, to which belong Le Cafe and Le salvation with due respect for and an intimate
Marchand de Touets, which latter work was acquired knowledge of all theory and mannerisms. His
'MISTY MORN , BY FREDERICK. CARL FRIESEKE^
270