Life, 1897-04-22 · page 8 of 20
Life — April 22, 1897 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 336 This page presents humorous satirical sketches titled "Some Impressions of a Visit to the Society of American Artists," credited to Oliver Herford. The sketches mock various artistic personalities and pretensions: 1. **"The Continuous Performance"** (E.A. Abbey) shows a theatrical figure juggling while dramatically posing—satirizing affected artistic behavior. 2. **"A Very Risky Story"** (Julian Story) depicts a fashionably dressed woman in an exaggerated pose, likely mocking sensationalist or risqué artistic subjects. 3. **"Three children playing with some rings"** (Wm. M. Chase) shows children in water, with accompanying sardonic verse questioning their safety. 4. **"The Rival Dianas"** (Cox and Barre) depicts Cupid and figures in a landscape, satirizing romantic or mythological subject matter. The overall tone ridicules contemporary American artists as pretentious, overly dramatic, and concerned with theatrical effect over substance.
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*LIFE: SOME IMPRESSIONS OF A VISIT TO THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS. (By Oliver Hereford.) E. A, Abbey. Julian Story. THE CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE. A VERY RISKY STORY. The little maid looks sad, poor dear, What can the matter be 2. The times are out of joint, I fear, And so, alas, is she. No. 337. Wm. M. Chase. ox ‘Three children playing with some rings Nos. 308 AND 326. By Messrs. Cox and Barse. Upon a waxy floor ; Did they fall and hurt themselves, poor things— THES RIVAL DISHAS Or were they so before ? “DON'T SHOOT! I'VE ORDERED MY CARRIAGE.”