The Waurika News (Waurika, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1911 Page: 2 of 10
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devoted what would naturally be
considered tha heat part of hit
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having attained tha highest honors
in such thoaen field turns in his
later years to another field of
achievement equally arduous and
exacting with every prospect of
success Yet that la precisely
what Haul da Longpre haa done—
that Paul do Longpre who baa
been known for years as tha king
of Dower painters end whose won-
derful water colors of rosea and carnations and
pansies and every other form of petaled beauty
have helped to enable America to vte with Eu-
rope In modern art
Art and music are supposed to be wedded and
It la not surprising therefore that if Paul da
Longpre was to seek additional outlet for his
artistio energy he should turn to the musical
sphere But It is not music from the standpoint
of a performer or singer that haa interested this
ever-young enthusiast He haa been more or less
of a musician all bis life and there Is an abun-
dance of musical talent within hla family circle
It Is musical composition that Paul de Longpre
has been essaying this past year or two — and
operatic composition at that the most difficult
of all the forms of musical expression He has
several operas or operettas under way-one of
them an opera on the subject of flip Van Winkle
which Is expected to help along the growing
movement for grand opera In English— and more
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advantages than by
the opportunities
for obtaining at all
seasons of the year
the greatest wealth
of studies for his
fragmentary compositions of the concert order
are filling in any idle moments that might other-
wise come to this restlessly active man
For so long a period has Paul de Longpre
teen closely Identified with the art life of the
United States end particularly of southern Cali-
fornia where le has long made tis home that
many persons overlook th fact — vhlch might In-
deed he eurpected from Ms name — that he It a
native of our sister republic of Prance Porn In
Parts some fifty-five years ago he was one of ten
children and enjoyed few early advantages of
an educational character However as a young
hoy he manifested talent seemingly amounting
almost to genius for the painting of Coral sub-
jects and be spent a portion of each year In tho
country near Paris In order to study at first band
tha floral subjects he loved so well Indeed ho
twou'd probably have given up bis whole time to
sketching In the luxuriant flower gardens of this
svored region hsd It not been for the fact that
ho had his living to make and did It by tbe most
prosaic but vastly more remunerative occupa-
tion of decorating fans
All lbs while of course his heart was In tho
tower painting and bis efforts attracted atten-
tion from tbe outset In 17 he wos the su-
preme honor of having his pictures hang in tho
Parts salon and similar recognition rrrae on sev-
eral succeeding years A few years later how-
ever the entire course ef hla plans was suddenly
altered by tbe feliure of tbe Parle b&oklng Instl-
tntlon in which all his savings had been deposit-
ad Do Longpro had married at eighteen and
when tbo financial crash came It found this
fount man yet under twenty-five years of age
with the responsibilities of a family consisting
pf a wife and three children— two daughters and
a son
In thla domestic crisis the young artist deter-
mined upsn a bold step— nothing less than a re-
olvo to turn hla back upon Paris and seek hla
fortune la the new world Almost all hla friends
with characteristic pessimism predicted disaster
but ho nevertheless transferred the seat of hla
etlvlilea to New York where he met with a
gradual! t Increasing measura of success Then
upon paying a visit to southern California he ns
was to be expected straightway fell In love with
the lard of Cowers Ha Immediately determined
ituctfrth to make hla host them attracted so
Bower rxintlngs Moat persona of artistic tem-
perament claim that they are greatly Influenced
by environment in their artistic efforts a'nd if
thla be true it la not at ail strange that Paul do
Longpre haa produced masterpieces of their class
for be lives and works in surroundings aa Ideal
as may be found on either side of tbe Atlantic
Tbe de Longpre Tills Is located at Hollywood
Cal a suburb of Los Angelee picturesquely aitu-
sted in tbe foothills of the Sierra Madre moun-
tains The site of the villa la n spacious tract In
the ’frost Ins belt" and here may be found at
all seasons of the year a profusion of the posies
which has proven at once the Inaplratlon and the
stock lu trade aa It were of tbe painter who baa
been so successful In counterfeiting nature
The de Longpre home a combination of stu-
dio and residence— la one of the “show piacee"
of the tourist mecca wherein it la located and the
artist-owner haa been moat generous in opening
it at all times to sightseers who have come to
look upon it at a thing to do" aa much as they
would an art museum or a great picture gallery
for It la this latter above all else The building
the far-flung froutage of which rendera It moat
conspicuous la of the concrete or etucco on
metal lath construction which la so extenalveiy
employed In this section of the country Archi-
tecturally the structure Is Moorish In motif hut
with some of the cbaracteriatlcs cjf the later
Spanish mission style of architecture which
originated on the Pacific coast a coupla of centu-
ries ago and haa given the Impress of Its Influ-
ence to so many of the modern buildings of the
region
Tbe studio art gallery and other rooms la
the villa are of the unusually spacious propor-
tions of which the exterior givee promise and
there are corrldora balconies and towers which
afford seclusion whtn it Is desired In addition
to tbe imposing residence thla flowery estate
situated between the ocean and tbo mountalrs
haa five garden bouara which harmonise with
the mala building In architectural design Ona
of these detached structures Is the retreat to
which the artist-composer retires when be de-
sires to pursue his labors secure from the In-
trusion of visitors and another la the appropri-
ately named “guest house" where Mr de Long-
pre haa from time to time entertained no many
of hla friends at Bohemian eoppere which have
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lingered long In the memory of all
who attended them
Paul de Longpre the creator and
the master of thla fanciful abode for
all bis talent and temperament baa
none of the Bohemian tendencies
present in eo many of the big men of
the artistic world His home life is
ideal and no person who bas ever
had a glimpse of his companionship
with hla wife or daughter can fail of
a conception of what really cornea
first in hit busy lire Paul de Long-
pre baa a rare combination of the po-
etic and the practical In hla make-
up — a truly Ideal welding of the keen
Insight of the bard headed business
man with the vauBlng ambition of
the creative worker eager to devote
hla all to" toil for sheer love of
achievement The life motto of the
painter-composer has been "Bear al-
ways la mind that tbe highest type
of beauty Is the highest art” Simi-
larly as Indicating that be haa Ideas
as well as Ideals is tbe advice which
be haa so orten extended to strug-
gling new aspirants In the difficult
field of art — "Consider money as a
help In art never iri guide" And it can truth-
fully be said that de Longpre bas ever taken his
own medicine In this respect for all that he bas
won financial as well as artistic success
It might be supposed that a man who after hav-
ing passed the bsif-century mark was plunging
Into a new fitld of artistic endeavor would have
hla hands full hut not so the resourceful Paul de
Longpre With a couple of operas tinder way and
Sousa's band and other concert organizations play-
ing bis lighter compositions and clamoring for
more the artist composer la even now finding time
to act aa tbe chief promoter of a new movement of
which be la also the orlgtnstor and which is known
as a crusade for national art This la purely a
labor of love on tbe part of the king of flower
painters — an effort to further a public-spirited
movement having for Its object the education of
the whole American people In art and the better
appreciation of art works whether executed by
Americana or foreigners
Tho chief aim of the movement aside from
the educational benefit which must Inevitably ac-
crue to the whole people who are thus enabled to
understand and appreciate art la to engineer the
public sentiment that will result In tbe extending
of governmental aid to the cause of art Mr de
Longpre feels that It la ithe lack of this govern-
mental aid and endorsement of tbs cause of art
In any of Ita branches that la mainly responsible
for the fact that the United States la ao far be-
hind many of the European countries in the mat-
ter of art He would like to eee the people
through their federal government extend and de-
velop the national art gallery In 'which project n
beginning haa lately been made and he would like
to see through the same means tbe 'establishment
of a national school of painting n national conaer-
vatory of music and a national school of sculpture
Owns Scott’s Phaeton
A phaeton which once belonged to Sir Waite
Scott la now the property of W i Sage Britton
England It was In thla 'coach that Sir Walter
rode when he received King George IV In Ed'n-
burgh In ISIS and used when riding la the dia-
trtet of Abbot slord The carriage hears brass
plate on which la engraved:
"Thle pony phaeton formerly belonged to Sir
Walter Scott Bart of Abbotsford" The owner
of I hla Intereetlng rello also haa la hla pooca
Ion aa old flint lock gun oneo tho property of
Robert Burn
"He always was a bad egg but
nobody aeemed to notlco It while ho
was rich"
"Yes ha was kll right until ha waa
broke"
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Anderson, F. W. The Waurika News (Waurika, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1911, newspaper, March 31, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1917520/m1/2/: accessed June 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.