Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1928, Page 19

HUMAN ELEMENT 1S PORTRAIT BASIS Artist Holds Best Likeness of ! Royal Subject Gained by Preserving Personality. | The secret of painting the portraits of kings and queens is to remember that they are human—bearing in mind also that the object of painting is to | preserve the human personality rather than to make a photographic repro- duction of physical details. Thus Bernhard Osterman, painter of | some of whose | European royality, paintings will be on exhibit at the National Art Gallery for two weeks. starting Tuesday, explains his suc- | cess in placing upon canvas so man of the prominent personalities of Eu- Yope, including the King and Queen of Sweden, the Queen of Spain, and the Grand Duchess Marie Paviowna of Russia. Mr. Osterman now is a guest at the Swedish legation here and is engaged upon a portrait of Min- ister Bostrom, an old friend. During his present visit to the United States he plans to fill several American com- missions and is making a close study of what might be termed the Amer- Jcan personality as it can be observed through the features. Preserves Living Presence. The ideal portrait, he said, pre- serves the living presence of the sub- t. It must be faithful to the actual Teatures in so far as they are repro- duced, byt the art is largely one of :selection angd emphasis so that the final result will arouse personal mem- ‘ories of the individual. “Let several portrait painters paint the same person,” Mr. Osterman said. “Then take photographs of the indivi- | | | { | | { “xlual with several cameras. A compar- ison of the results will show the essen- tial difference between the two arts. The photographs all will be the same, ‘except that ¢he better the camera the more details will be reproduced. The portraits all will be different, with different details selected and brought out. Yet each portrait will suggest the man or woman as they appeared to their friends. The personality of the painter has entered the work.” “I never want my subjects to keep still, even the royal personages,” he continued. “I want them to keep talking and moving naturally while I work 0 that I can catch the person- ality, just as it would be to their in- timate acquaintances.” Swedish King Is Good Sitter. King William of Sweden, Mr. Oster- man said, is one of the most desira- ble of sitters for the portrait painter because of his outstanding democracy and his easy manner. The Queen of Spain also he found easy to paint. The painter. he said. must study types of * character and cannot confine his work to persons able to pay large sums for their portraits. He is continually in search of types in Paris where his studio is located. Natiopality frequently expresses it- ®elf in types, he believes. ““There is a marked difference, for instance. be- tmnvuunu types,” he said. “Even during ths| rt time 1 have been in the United | States I think T have been able to note certain characteristics which constitute an American type. but jt is | difficult to put into words just what these are.. Among the women espe- cially thera'is something distinct, even in the lowest classes. ““The American girl bears certain clore resemblances to the English girl who dresses like a French girl. You wuold not mistake her for either one or the other. Out of the combination emerges something which is neither latin mor Anglo-Saxon, nor “yet a European mixture of the two, but which is distinctive in itself.” . Hits Photograph Painting. Painting from a photograph, Mr. Osterman said, defeats the purpose of & portrait. He has recently completed a_portrait of the mother of Mrs. Bos- trom, wife of the Swedish Minister, who has been dead for several years. Much of the personality was repro duced from memory. but Mrs. Bos- trom herself sat for him in order to enable him to catch certain manner- isms of the older lady to whom she bore a fundamental resemblance, al- though it might not have been appar- ent to the superficial obsery: “I have been surprised to flnd he ®aid, “the distinction achieved by Americans in the art of portrait paint- ing. This country holds an enviahle place among the older nations in this art with such_men as Gilbert Stuart, | Copley and Whistler. Washington has a very notable art treasure which would be envied by many Kuropean cities—particularly in the fine collec- tions of the seventeenth century Eng- lish artists in the National Gallery. LOTHES, bed linens-—all cleaner and wears longer when dried in the LAMNECK DRRY This dryer guards the health of the housewife and emibles all her laundry work “som-—~the same day the exposure table cloths, laundry dries and, labor of U} nnvlh Queen of flp:lln. Center: Al- bert Verat, the French poet and librarian of the Senate. I’flrlr:llln by Bernhard_Qstery S There are excellent opportunities for study here.” Mr. Osterman has painted many duplicates, including ones of all his CADETS OF MORTON COMPANY AT FEAST Forty-Three M=mbers of Fa- mous Drill Qutfit Hold Reunion Meeting. Thirty-seven years ago, in 1801, a group of boys, puplls in the grade [ public schools in the Dennison Build- ing, 8 street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, formed a military company. Its weapons of combat were wooden guns. After a few months the company waned and ex- isted only in memory. In the Spring of the following year, 1892, it was ro. organized as “the Morton Cadets,” med in_honor of Levi P. Morton, en the Vice President of the United ates, with C. Fred Cook as captain, Clarence Redman as first lisutenant and H. Schuyler Shepard as second 3 lieutenant. “The champion military drill company of the United States. The officers named were among|yionship drill at Savannah, Ga., in May. 1896. Those in th~ group are: Color Sergt. Willlam Wagner, those who attended a reunion and din: | Ryl er of the company after 37 years last | Carr, K4 K. Muth, ening at the New Willard Hotel. | Browy ). Paul Chauncey, James Brewer, Charles apt.” Cook, as the senior officer in | oy W' Fierron, Samuel C. Jones, Richard W. Thomas, Josiah Carr, J. D. t of service, presided. He had|pnge Ferdinand Molkow, Stanley T. Houchen, Christian Forney, Luther C. ed as chairman of the committee on-cone R Charios: B rrangements. wd, from front to rear in column of t. 1 The Morton Cadets became a “real” military company when It was mugs. | Md_Capt.’C. Fred Cook. tered in the National Guard of the teward, Cha y 27, 1892, as Company B, |form of 30 2d Battalion. The officers named were crossed rifles and designation 2-B on | Shilling, widow of Capt. Shilling, who rnulm)l‘ :‘uned by the President of the|the front of his fora; cap, and |resides in this city. United States. Won Competitive Drill. Four years later, in May, 1896, the company justified its existence by win- ning first prize at the interstate com- petitive drill in Savannah, with it the Galveston, Semi Centennial :‘:‘m?‘n;kmr ship cup, 00 in cash an e title of = : " A Champlon Military Company of to the ‘memory of Capt. Edgar A.| Platte. Ne?r,‘ Second Lieut. C. M. the United States.” In the meantime, | Shilling, who had = commanded the| Robinson, from St. Marys City, Md. however, the Morton Cadets, in the | several drill teams of the company, Francis Grnnnn.' rom St. Loui: first competition in which the com.|and who dled soon after the final|Samuel C. Jones, from Philadelphi war with Spain. The proper coun the reunion. sign being furnished, the “troop: were permitted to proceed with the|ent were First Lieut., consumption. of what the, mess ser- | Trallw, who made the trip from Den- geant had’provided. ; Sergt. A. 'W. Shilling, brother of carly 90s. T o contest at Alexander Isiand, Va., | pany participated n 1867, Similay | Harey Siason, from New York City. September 21, 1894, and at Memphs | tribute was paid to.the memory o ; May 31, 1895, won Gutstanding honors, | William Clabaugh, who had attendea| - FOrm Permanent Organization finishing. in_second place in.class A.|the thirtieth anniversary reunion of the big drill for the champlonship of |the Savannah drill team, held in De- | competitive drill was held, the partic- |C. Fred Cook, C. G. tho United States; first place in class | combor, 1926, and who died a few |ipants using the rifles of the type | Franzoni, B and sécond place in class C. months later. The only other known|that were in vogue in 1896. s a bugler sounded “attention”.at | dead of the company, James E. Love.| vrizes were awarded. 7 ‘o'clock lnst evening, 43 former |leus, CGeore P “McKee| A permanent Morton Cadets answere dto roll call. |and Ferd E. Molkow, were similarly | formed with C. Fred Cook as presi- Responding to “mess call,” they were | remembered. stopped at the entrance to the dining A messa J. Brandt, James F. of greeting and good us as treasurer. Mr. Peerless Furniture Co., 827-829 7th St. N.W. ‘The Valve - FURN L L8 Photograph taken immediately prior to the cham- | Sergt. Harry R. Sisson, Frank l,mr!n!. George Plugge, George Harris, F. Oscar Grayson, ' | mbia by Gen. Albert|room by a sentinel, wearing the uni- | will, signed by every member present | Nevius was primarily responsible for years ago, with the |last evening, was sent to Mrs. M. B.|the holding of the reunfon. | The table decorations of blue and Messages also | gray, the company colors, were in| oncerning construetion and repar armed with a hammer-and-trigger | were sent to absent members who | keeping with the spirit of the reunion. | work were carried out. promptly and flo of the type in use prior to the |were unable to reach Washington for [ Music was supplied by Meyer- Gold- | property. Those who_did travel | man and his orchestra. from a distance especially to be pres. | ment features were furnished by |being delzyed fn' that ¥ did not per- George E.|George H. O'Connor and Ed Muth, | gonally check-up and see that plans members of the company. Matt Horne |and preparations for the construction was accompanist torl);r, Or'ICnnnor. of repairs were ready.” it w: Capt. Shilling, who came from North | The company sang, with enthusiasm, A silent tribute of respect was paid | Cap 8, T e Entertain- Those present last evening, some of them being together for the first | cently completed George H. Beuchert, Thernton B. Blandy, Paul | prairies of Saskatchewan. Brewer,’ Joshua | se—————— W. Carr, Josiah Carr, Paul Chauncey, > During the evening an individual | John A. Chisholm, Arthur B. CI ny ever engaged, won second prize | competitive drill In which the com-|Milton O'Connell, from Scranton, and | time in 37 years, were: ton, | Moran, E4d E. Muth, A. M. Theodore . L. Gatchel, Suitable | Francis O. Grayson, George J. Harris, | berg, S. C. Redman, C. M. Robinson. F. H. Heidenreioh, Leroy W. Herron, organization was | Stanley T. Houchen, Sam C. Jenes, T. I. Luckett, Willlam E. McReynolds. | George dent, Luther C. Steward as secretary | C. P. McCurdy, M. Leroy Mark, C. C. | George E. Tralle: d A. M. Mayer, Watson B. Mille: | AGRUDER ADMITS ‘DOCK WORK DELAY }ACmiral Tells Inquiry Board | He Had Part in Tardy Constriiction. By the Awsociated Press. . PHILADELPHIA, Janvary T.— Rear Admiral T. P. Magruder, recent- ly relleved from command of the Philadelphia navy ‘yard, today as- sumed partial responsibility for fhe delay in beginning construction repair work on dry dock No. 1 at the navy | yard while he was commandant. ‘The admiral testifled before a spe- cial naval court of inquiry, sitting to determine responsibility for the deln in beginning the work for which $37. 000 had been appropriated last vear In his testimofy the admiral al«o Capt. Edgar A. | piaced responsibfiity on the Navy ix- W. | partment’s Bureau of Docks am! Harry Moran, A. M. Nevius, “lllllm McKee, Edward Taylor, Charles P. McCurdy, Hnrry'y;m, M. Yeatman, Frank K Lacey, Fred W Albert, John Chisholm, Le- declaring that a competent draftsman had not been furnished tu William_Clabaugh, John 0°Con- | prepare the plans for the work, de- H. Lyman and C. C. Meyer, | spite requests. 9, Robinson, Charles P. Ravenburgh, Paul Brandt, Milton C. 0'Connell, First Lieut. G. E. Tralles, Sergt. Arthur B. Ciaxton, First Lieut. C. A. Weaver (surgeon) | (shed interrogating him th: admirsl After the court of Inquiry had fin voluntarily made a statement in whieh he said he as partially responsible for delay in starting the work. “My f!llwmlkbflll ," waid the ad- mirgl, “was to see that instructions and orders from the varfous bureaus “T am partially responsible for work Boy Travels 16,000 Miles. Richard Angelo, 13 years old. re- travel of 166000 miles from the piains of India to lh- eviue, Milton O'Connell, George H. O'Connor, Harry F. Patterson, Charles P. Raven- H. Schuyler Shepard; A. W. Shilling. Harry Sisson, Luther C. Steward, L. Tait. George Thorne. William M. Wagner D. Harry ' and Dr. Clarence A, Weaser, ving Dvent! Llanvary E JALK OF 100 HIGH-GRADE SUITES AT NEARLY ONE-HALF OFF The January Furniture Event is one of our most important home-furnishing sales of the year. The extensive assortments, together with the remarkable values offered, will appeal ~(rongl)’ to all who are interested in hyyi ing furniture of desirable character at savings of nearly ONE-HALF OF of payment on purchases of these special attractions. royal sitters and of distingulshed per- | sonalities, such as Gen.-\Vegand, aide to Marshal Focli Albert Me: the | French Academican and poet, and Johanes Lea, the Norwegian dramatist and literary critic. These will be placed on_exhibition at the National Gallery of Art beginning Tuesday, under the patronage of the Swedish Minister. The exhibition will continue through January 24. Mr. Osterman then will go to Minneapolis, where he has several commissions, WHOLESALERS TO CQNFER To dclennln« the part played by wholesaling in. the changing eeonomy of distribution, the Chamber of Com-| | merce of the United Siates has cnllu! for Februiry 15 and 15.a natlonal | wholesalers' conference, to be heid at chamber headquarters, Connecticut avenue and H street. The meeting will bring together a group of business men in the whole- male field, representatives of the im portant trades and economists to dix uss problems affecting wholesal and to outline a general program I’m the improvement of conditions in this branch of isteibution. W, chafrman of the d le dirtribution of the chamber, will preside at the meet- Ings. 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