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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY; DECEMBER 20, 1922
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PHILADELPHIA
OF THE OLD-TIME ART PAl R ON
VIEWS ON REVIVAL
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Lack of Public Appreciation Net Se Potent
a Reason as Cost of Study and Werk, Is
One -View, While Anether Affirms
Genius Will Manifest Itself
paint; lint tlilH desire seen left lier,
nml lier jetithful nnihltlens crjtullled
into u wish te become a Brent sculp
tress. She Htuilieii at tlie Academy of
the Fine ArtH ami the Scheel of In
dustrial Ait.
Her father, Dr. T. 11. Teuten, who
was at one time president of the Art
Club, had n friend, Themas Ailiins,
who helped the jeiing gill and encour
aged her in her ambition'-.
Miss Teuten has exhibited at the Art
Institute of ('lib age, the Ait Museum
of Kansas City, the Tine Alls Cutlery
In liuffnte, the Academy of the Tine
Arts of Philadelphia, tin- l'laslic Club
anil Women Painters' and Sculpleis'
N'ntienal Association. She has nl-e
contributed te exhibitions urtnnged lij
the Fellowship of the Academy, of
wliicli slip is a member. She also cx
hlbited nt the outdoor sculptor cxhlbi-
tlen in Hittenheuse Square and the Art!
Alliance hist spring, the sueiid cxhilii- I
tien of its hind in the eeuntiy, the
first having been staged b. the same
oiganliitien two years age.
Thinks Philadclphians
Are Unappreciative
Mesides Miss Teuten's most pepul.ir
work, "The Seaweed Fountain," a bust
of Peter Mm an, feniier piesldeut of
the Art Club, which jpurchased the
IS THE day of the old art patron coming back?
Is appreciation of art and artists se lacking in the city of Philadelphia,
which is considered the shrine of culture and learning and the Mcccn of
women artists, that a revival of the old patrons of art is necessary te
enable these artists te pursue their work?
ycg and no say the artists themselves.
It isn't that the public is se unappreciative, explains Miss Beatrice
Fcnten, widely known as a sculptress, who has se firmly established
herself with her own capable hands that she needs no patron. But
"artists must live," she declares. "Study and work are se expensive and
take se much time and effort that I think it would be a geed idea if there
were art patrons today just as thcte were in olden times.
"Of course, she continued, "in a
way, we de have art patrons today,
but it is net the same thing.
"I think that idea of the Associa
tion of Painters, Sculptors nnd Lay
men who have turned the reef of the
Grand Central Station in New Yerk
into a gallery and salesroom is
iplcndid.
"The idea isn't entirely com
mercial, you sec, because artists
must measure up te certain stand
ards before they can exhibit. But
there are many artists whose work
is recognized as geed, and who,
nevertheless, have no great number
of bales, and this plan will be an
Immense help tx them."
Mentality, Net Sex,
Is What Counts in Art
Miss Fcnten sat in her studio at
1523 Chestnut street, where she
works from early morning until late
at night. The sun sti earning down
from a high, small window lit up
her smooth dark hair, melted into
the pale brown geld of her smock,
and sent a slanting ray across her
Elim smooth hands which were
clasped in her lap.
Miss Fcnten's dark eyes were very
rcrieus as she talked, for her work
is a serious thing te her, and noth
ing which concerns it is a matter te
be taken lightly.
"Art should be sexless. It is men
tality that counts and net whether
the artist is a man or woman," she
said.
Te her 1 ight, against the wall, was
a plaster cast of "The Seaweed
Fountain," which stands in bronze
at the . et of Lemen Hill in Fnir-
mount Park und which has probably
met with the greatest popular ap
proval of any of Miss Fenten's weik.
"Ne, 1 don't think being a woman
is a handicap te baing nn artist,"
said Miss Fcnten. "If you have
brain's, what does it matter if you
nic a man or a woman? When I
was a student at the Academy there
was a geed fellowship a cam
araderie, I suppose you might call
itthat was absolutely impersonal.
Jt did net matter who did the work,
just se geed work was produced.
And the men were as willing te give
credit te us as they weie te a man
in the elnss.
"Sometimes, though, I suppose
Women gain fame jtiat because they
are women, but again I think recog
nition of their merits is withheld
for the same reason.
"Aitlslic tinining undoubtedly gives
lirn.nl ic point," continued Miss
renteii. "Of a iieu'siitj wc get down
te the luuilament.ils Avhcn we study art.
Mure tliiin any ether kind of training,
irtillc training means self-develep-meat,
1 think.
"And 1 don't believe In artistic
training enlj for these who intend te
be artists I think it is a geed tiling
fin em one te lime.
Must Cheese Uetween
Werk and Heme Life
"lint if j en (Ikmisc the life of nil
nrtist, I think ou must gcneiiillj
clinijsi. lietweeu th.lt and a home life.
Of iiniise, much depi lids en the Indi-
itlnul. Nunc women seem te lie en
pnliln of being smt-CRsfiil when and
musts at the Mime time. Mill both
occupations make miiIi a demand en
tune and meigj ttiat I think one must
generally lieiunie hulierdiuated te the
nt her, and usually it is the art which
does,
"ini see," explained Mis Tintnn,
"It isn't just the in tun! time ou spend
Weiking that jeii must consider een
when you uicu't aitiiatly weiklag jeu
are thinking and planning und won
dering hew j mi tan improve jour
work.
'"I have known artists who refused
te let any one knew their studio ad
dles, titi.uise te them it was a wnik wnik
sliep ii ml even visits neui their ft lends
dlstui bed I hem. Thej ke.it the locution
M'Clet se the) until Weik III absolute,
peace and quiet.
"Mveu the present e of a model dis
turbs me," Miss Teuten teiitinucd.
"Tluit i vvh.v nrtfer te weik fiem
mcinerj. Of course, that is net alwajs
possible, as it is customary te hne
jour model pose for jeu when jeu me
milking a bend.
"When 1 made the 'Seaweed Foun Feun
lain' I used live models, of course
a child and a teal turtle."
Miss Teuten does all tier work in
cly ; from ihnt It Is east In plaster
nnd then thu breiuu or marble statue
is made,
As a child, Miss Fcnten wanted te
Miss Washington paints from nature
and she lias put down ntiuiv of the scenes
near Darby Creek and Abltigten. Stie
lias done weik te pastel and water col
ors which are tlear te all levers of
nature who are familiar with the beau
tiful haunts te lie found around the city.
And in n small satin-enensed box re
posed about a dozen miniatures of such
etiiisiteliesH nnd delicacy that theejes
sieined almost te twinkle with life
likeness and the lips lendy te speak.
"I liked te paint ejes," said Mls
Washington. "They mean se' much;
don't jeu think?
Patrons Wouldn't De
Today, Artist Believes
"Patrons would haidly de in this
day and nge," she lentinucd. "I think
if there is any art in a person it will
come out, for in m opinion net uenrl)
all the persons who study nrt are ar
tists. Still, many persons seem te be
at a standstill just btcnue of luckef
means, und It does seem that there
should be some way of helping them."
In n long, narrow lnem at -OS Wash
ington stpuue, is the studio of Leah
Kamsny Alexander, who bus a person
ality as colorful as the lnetadeS which
tleteinte her room.
"Philadelphia women artists why,
I knew several whom ou should go I
und Bee," she says graciously ns she
ushers jeu into her workshop, medestlj
nnd siiuerely excluding herself from
that group.
"Just a minute, please, the light is ,
almost gene and there is something I I
must de te this batik, M.itiks are what
I de te earn my living,'' she smiled,
"and these are what I de because 1
love te.'' She went ever te where a'
gieup of pictures weie pint c( face te
the wall and turned up a number of
decorative p''li-iind-inks and water
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Mentality, Net Sex, Is IVhdi
Counts and Choice Must Bt
Made Between the Life of
Painter or Sculptor andt
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Tendency in Art
Is Wholly Modern
Tin' teifdencv m nit Is whellv mod med
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model n nit I de net iinilersi.inii nun
1 then fine de net lltti'lllit t" irltce
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I ,,, ,,i,1It us r sjiid, I have net ki pt up
with iniinv of the iiieilnn muM-ments
net even in nrt. It wasn't till n-le-itl.v
that I knew that women eniM
vote." she smiled.
j As she sat talking eilmlv. uiinssiim
iugl.v nml jet si, wmlj of the tiling she
loves best ill tlie w 01 Id her alt one
I had a feeling that no amount of uffei -ing
or difficult j ieitl, pievent this
slender, pale, ilaik-bilml woman from
milking a gn at stir
1 MNs Ilartief ShMiiIii. dinu of the
Sehoel of Iieslgn for Women, believes
In mlj in the te.nliing of ti.nlitleii In
nit. Ter tie list sivm.iI ve.irs shi
li.is hud no turn let unlividii.il weik of
In r own, bit hi- di voted nil hi r tmi"
te teailmig .nt te itbei.s and te mik
ing Mint teii'lilng a fin'' nnd perfect
thing
Mern in a f.millj in which nrt was
s le'eessjtv ami net n luxury. Miss Har'
tiiln inrlj boa imbued with the
iifcnN of her father, u famous engrnver.
After Jtudjing at the Ai-nilemj nnd 1
Cerniniij nnd Vi nice. Ms Snrtnln
tt.iveled the Celli I In nt with her grand
father, si inlv lug iiullvidiiall.v under his
guidance nnd diiotien und expanding
in everv way. She hns exlnbited ill ull
the iiiiucipal galleiies in this country
and in Tngliind
"Artiis jiie j i I human beings," ihe
aid with her banning smile. "We
nun t en a peilet il 'it all and haven't
the vices nor I lie V utiles which nrfl
often flttllblllel e Us.
"I think Mils mev nt which has
bei n smitel te pi event se-called artists
wlie me ii-nllj bogus fiem renting studio-
wh.ch tliej use as n mask for nny
ibing is line. i m knew, often when
at tists try te rent studies tin find Mint;
the ii-nllj d suable mil s have been
t iketi liv thesi artist- wlie de nothing
hut wt.ir siimiks hi .1 dunk ti . and try
te ( rente lU tie !
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Nliss Mc.itru-e Tenton. sculptor, hnpc for the return of
the old-time ait patron
Mrs. Leah Uamsay Alexander, who believes women artists are "emotionally handicapped"
bend, vven houeiiible mention at the
Panatiia-Paeilic Miesitiiiii, where It
was sent en exhibition lij tlie Ait Club, j
Miss Tli.abelli T. Wnhlligteli, who
wen the Mary Smith piie at tlie Acad
euij of the Fine Aits iM )-; with
her pktmu "Winter," thinks that
Philudclphlans as a whole me ti mi I -preelative
of int.
"In niiiiij i.ises it is igneianie," she
said, "and only time and education will
leinedj that.
"I here me jealousies m nit just ns
there are in music, hut any artist
who yields te such a pitly feeling en
dangers his ait and destie.vs some
thing beautiful which is in him. At
exhibitions jeu hear excuses ami rea
sons for some person's, winning prizes,
und ethers being neglected. Mut that
is net alwajs the case, ns tliete ate
many generous ai lists who de net tillew
jealousy te enter Inte I heir minds.
"I always liked te paint, even when
I was a little gill," she said. "Yeu
knew hew a child will take a box of
paints and niitke and color pictures.
Hut It is only in the last ten years
that I have, really been able te 'study
as I wished,"
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loleis of a haunting beauty and orig erig
inalitv "'I'h. it." she said, pointing te n girl's
golden hair and muiic sliming lenws in
another pliture ami some ollevv spots
lu a woman's gmgieus gown, "is geld
pnpir or out and pasted en. It may
net 1 Iliodex," she milled with hi i
low. ph.is.int laugh, "but I love te de
it."
Mis Alexander lias exhibited nt the
Aciilciiij and fat various water-color
shows.
"I ihuik men nre very geneieus in
their pi uh- und appreciation of women
aitistb," she said, ''In fait, I think
thej ate iiime willing te concede ciedit
te a woman than te a man. Artists
are all line." idie exilalnied lejnllj. "1
don't tliluk jeu liud iienily as much
jealous .inning them iih jeii de milling
gieups In another profession music,
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"Then' 's no mental handicap for a
woman wlie is an artist, a miiHicInn
or n woman in any business or pro pre pro
fesseonbut I think there is tin emo
tional handicap. It comes down te her
from the wacs. It Is the natural thing
for her te marry and have children
and I think she should, j, j,, , ,,,'t ,
reconcile ait ami mariiagi I d u t
nttinipt it - and whichever jeu ehe isi
jeu have te give up the ether.
"Mut I think everj woman si,, ,ld
knew hew te make her living m suae
wa.v, whether she intuids 0 , jt or
net.
"Perseiiallj. 1 think the idea of m
patrons h urn lowing," she s,u, i ,
thing is weith gaming it n vveidi it
feiing for; and whatever jeu haw te
de te emu jour living piiiin 1 tin
tj pew i Iter or scrub tloeis I think ju
will lind tune and oppertuultj te de
what jeu want te if milj ,v(,u i,ei tu
urge stietigl.v enough," ' i
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impersonal ami men jieldlng In despnr.
way, jes, i will show you mv lntiKs
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