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*^The Chinese Statuette”, by Richard 
Miller, who paints in gay colors 
suitable for a Colonial room 
The Proper Portraits for Rooms 
{Continued from page 30) 
this picture. Fact is, I wouldn't feel 
just right having the faces of other 
people’s ancestors on the walls of my 
home. Do you know what I mean?’’ 
The multi-millionaire glanced appeal¬ 
ingly at the art dealer, and was an¬ 
swered by a nod and a look of com¬ 
prehension. He warmed up to his 
theme. Even captains of industry grow 
confidential when they are not urged. 
“I was born on a farm out in Ohio,” 
he said. “My father worked early and 
late, and so did my mother. What 
schooling I had was paid for by the 
sweat of their brows. They were just 
common folks, of good old American 
stock, as fine as there is, and I am 
proud of it. I have made a lot of 
money by taking advantage of the op¬ 
portunity which every American has. 
I am proud of that fact, too. But the 
money I have made has not turned my 
head, and it hasn’t turned the head of 
my wife, either. We are not posers, my 
wife and I, and I am afraid that we 
wouldn’t feel exactly comfortable if we 
put the portrait of this high-toned 
young woman on our walls. It's a 
beautiful picture, a splendid picture, but 
it doesn't exactly suit my idea of the 
fitness of things.” 
Again he looked appealingly at the 
art dealer. 
“The mission of art,” said the latter, 
“is to bring happiness to people. What 
is most enjoyable for one man, is not 
relished by another. If this were not 
true, then everybody would desire the 
same sort of picture. Old portraits 
bring a certain atmosphere to period 
rooms, and some people like them very 
much. But the same atmosphere can 
be obtained by means of figure sub¬ 
jects and landscapes. I shall be de¬ 
lighted to show you some of them. And 
as for portraits, you have a lovely fam¬ 
ily, and some of our American artists 
are producing decorative portraits that . 
are most attractive.” 
Then American Portraits 
A day or so later this wealthy in¬ 
dustrialist, who was turning his mind 
so unmistakably toward connoisseur- 
ship, was a visitor in another gallery, 
where everything was not staged quite 
so carefully but where there was a free 
and easy air that led to good fellow- . 
ship. 
“Yes-sir-ee,” said the art dealer, “our 
American artists can paint portraits. 
The best portraits that are being painted 
anywhere in the world. Men, women 
and children. Portraits that are suit¬ 
able for decorations and portraits that 
are just portraits. Yes-sir-ee!” 
The dealer was a man of enthusiasm. 
He may not have been up to the fine 
points of stalking a picture lover and 
“putting over'’ a sale, but his faith in 
American art supplied any such de¬ 
ficiency. He knew more about Ameri¬ 
can pictures than six so-called “experts” 
{Continued on page 74) 
“The Palmleaf Fan”, by Thomas W. 
Dewing, typical of modern Ameri¬ 
can portraiture. Macbeth Gallery 
