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1 VIII| occasion of the riots of May~12th he was appointed an officer
2 IV | fought~for the royal cause in 1799. (Joseph Bridau, the great
3 IV | condemned to execution in 1809.~ ~Though wholly second-rate,
4 I | closes. Before the year 1817 the pictures~admitted never
5 III | his first appearance in 1819. The first~picture he presented
6 II | II~In 1832, Fougeres lived in the rue
7 IV | Pierre), rue de Navarin, 2.~Death-toilet of a Chouan,
8 IV | contained the~following:--~ ~510. Grassou de Fougeres (Pierre),
9 IV | and France will some day abandon it.~ ~Nevertheless the modesty,
10 V | kind that~painters call abatis, rose above the varnished
11 III | soon as he thought himself able to fly on his own wings,
12 VI | neat, pretty, and artistic~abode. Abyssus abyssum, the commonplace
13 VI | whole studio, and returned abruptly to Grassou, pulling his
14 IV | steadiness of sentiment, absolute kindliness, and great~loyalty;
15 VII | kindliness, a frank bourgeois absurdity which confounded him. It
16 I | about some picture. The abuse showered~on Delacroix, on
17 VI | artistic~abode. Abyssus abyssum, the commonplace attracts
18 VI | pretty, and artistic~abode. Abyssus abyssum, the commonplace
19 III | thought a great draughtsman in academic circles. After that he went
20 IV | justness of his remarks acceptable. After the~revolution of
21 III | force of circumstances, he accepted the name of the town in
22 V | family and went away. Grassou~accompanied him to the landing.~ ~"There'
23 | according
24 I | admitted by celebrated~artists accused of jealousy, showed the
25 IV | beauties; he felt~them, he acknowledged them, and his advice was
26 III | Sommervieux' atelier, to acquire that portion of the~art
27 VII | standing in a~park of five acres at the summit of Ville d'
28 Add | Addendum~The following personages
29 III | counsel of Schinner, this time adding Bridau to the~invitation.
30 I | and fanaticism of their adherents. To-day, neither the crowd~
31 VIII| losing the esteem of his admiring bottle-merchant, Monsieur~
32 I | and~exacting the jury of admission ought to be.~ ~The true
33 IV | success, for it~recalled the affair of the "chauffeurs," of
34 VI | Grassou~thought these little affectations charming, Virginie had such
35 I | Periollas,~As a Testimony of the Affectionate Esteem of the Author,~De
36 II | Elie; "so you~can very well afford to paint me three pictures."~ ~"
37 | against
38 VIII| meaning of the misty and aged look imparted to his pictures
39 VIII| are many mediocrities more aggressive and more mischievous than~
40 VIII| Vervelles and the Grassous, who~agree delightfully, keep a carriage,
41 IV | delivered them at the time agreed on, with a~punctuality that
42 VIII| But he still~works on; he aims for the Academy, where,
43 II | so he gave~himself the airs of a fine artist.~ ~"Business
44 Add | Establishment~A Start in Life~Albert Savarus~The Government Clerks~
45 II | of Luxor,~and possess an alley, a dark little stairway
46 V | two thousand francs, to allow himself the otium cum~dignitate
47 IV | to see works of art,~he allowed himself a few little trips
48 | almost
49 | alone
50 | always
51 V | I have not the~means to amuse myself. My notary invests
52 IV | an old charwoman.~For all amusement he visited his friends,
53 VIII| undoubtedly, he will enter.~And--oh! vengeance which dilates
54 IV | counsel of his friends,~with angelic patience.~ ~Possessing,
55 VII | invasion of this ferocious animal, and very~uneasy at his
56 I | pictures, landscapes, flowers, animals, and water-~colors,--these
57 VIII| Grassou, who is, moreover, anonymously benevolent and~truly obliging.~ ~~ ~
58 VII | Vervelle.~ ~"A great artist," answered Grassou.~ ~There was silence
59 V | Do pray hold still, Antenor," said the wife. "If you
60 II | necessary to cast~an eye on the anterior life of Pierre Grassou of
61 | anything
62 VI | shocked by this extraordinary~apparition, passed from its ordinary
63 IV | pallor, same glance, same appeal to God. Instead of the Dutch
64 Add | The following personages appear in other stories of the
65 III | his way. He made his first appearance in 1819. The first~picture
66 I | a book, many names have~appeared in it which still remain
67 VII | Vervelle himself rolled like an apple through his park, the~daughter
68 I | reflections that are applicable to many other individuals
69 IV | The principle of election applied indiscriminately is~false,
70 VIII| riots of May~12th he was appointed an officer of the Legion
71 III | talent was~understood and appreciated. The poor fellow of twenty-seven
72 III | Fougeres walked slowly up and~approached the dealer's shop in a lounging
73 Add | Cousin Betty~The Member for Arcis~ ~Cardot (Parisian notary)~
74 III | deeply~reflective, which argue future talent. Everything
75 I | impassioned discussions arose about some picture. The
76 II | cock-crow, and all my life arranged--"~ ~"One hundred thousand
77 VI | When the three Vervelles arrived on the day of the second
78 VII | I can go back now to~d'Arthez' chateau, where I am doing
79 II | secretary; in short, all the articles necessary to a painter,
80 I | the Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery, Periollas,~As a Testimony
81 V | to; whereas an~economical artist--and then you know we love
82 VI | clean, neat, pretty, and artistic~abode. Abyssus abyssum,
83 VI | lowered her eyes,~and turned aside her head to look at the
84 V | vegetable parents was a young asparagus, who presented~a tiny head
85 III | Museum, or~even by threats of assassination. Fougeres quietly fetched
86 I | has~again been taken by assault,--this time by a populace
87 V | likenesses?" said~the father, assuming a jaunty air.~ ~"Yes, monsieur,"
88 V | bottle-vendor off at once, assuring him that he~didn't paint
89 I | that year, to the great astonishment of the~public, they filled
90 III | he went to Sommervieux' atelier, to acquire that portion
91 III | of jesting to the various ateliers where he~sojourned; but
92 III | and by troops of vanities athirst for vengeance.~ ~As soon
93 VII | The honest artist, that atrocious mediocrity, that heart~of
94 I | ten or a dozen pictures attached to them. Among these names~
95 IV | the~help of which he had attained to that satisfying manner,
96 II | himself sufficient faculty to attempt~high-art, and he therefore
97 IV | figure of the sheriff's clerk~attired in black; but he had added
98 VI | abyssum, the commonplace attracts the commonplace.~Toward
99 VI | the painter, who had the audacity to call pere Vervelle witty.~
100 I | Affectionate Esteem of the Author,~De Balzac~Whenever you
101 VII | bourgeois.~ ~The phase of autumn so pleasantly named "Saint
102 III | what he became,--rich and avaricious.~Coming last from Bordeaux,
103 VI | country-house at Ville d'Avray--Rubens,~Gerard Douw, Mieris,
104 V | Fougeres. The painter was awaiting~the fortunate moment when
105 V | following words, which naturally~awakened her curiosity.~ ~"Decorated--
106 I | still~choose: a crown was awarded to the masterpiece by hands
107 II | painted in brick-~color, for a background; the floor was tinted brown
108 VII | were covered with green baize curtains which were not~
109 III | his palette to go to the baker's, bravely ate bread and~
110 III | Fougeres didn't see the ballet, didn't~hear the music;
111 I | Esteem of the Author,~De Balzac~Whenever you have gone to
112 V | tiny head with smoothly banded hair of the yellow-carroty
113 I | Scio" by Delacroix, the~"Baptism of Henri IV." by Eugene
114 VIII| portrait is painted between the barrier du Trone and the rue~du
115 IV | light came in through the bars of a~window near the ceiling.
116 IV | suggestive of mildew along the~base of the walls. "Madame" finally
117 V | Vervelle, "that artists were~baskets with holes in them."~ ~"
118 VIII| it incumbent to~order a battle-piece of so excellent a citizen,
119 V | bunch of~tintinnabulating baubles. The melon puffed like a
120 II | flooded with its cold clear beams~the vast apartment. Fougeres,
121 II | horse.' Now we say, 'Take my bear.'~Well, what do you want,
122 III | twitching of the hairs of his beard, the irony of his~moustache,
123 III | poverty and hunted like wild beasts by the pack of~commonplace
124 Add | Life~Honorine~Cousin Betty~Beatrix~ ~Magus, Elie~The Vendetta~
125 IV | was eminently sensitive to beauties; he felt~them, he acknowledged
126 VI | color of his wife's hair? Beauty~fades,--but ugliness remains!
127 | because
128 | becoming
129 II | was clean as that in the bedroom of some~worthy bourgeoise.
130 VI | Vervelle's portrait was begun that of her husband was~
131 | behind
132 IV | methodical--if Grassou, belated with his~work, had been
133 IV | de Fougeres obtained his benefit of the fatal principle to
134 VIII| is, moreover, anonymously benevolent and~truly obliging.~ ~~ ~
135 | beside
136 | Besides
137 V | an air of happiness which bespoke in them a respectable~enthusiasm
138 III | movement of his shoulders which betrayed the~satisfaction of Walter
139 III | my good Fougeres, you had better leave colors with Brullon,
140 | beyond
141 VI | family. The three~Vervelles bloomed out in this studio, which
142 V | surmounted a~pumpkin, clothed in blue cloth adorned with a bunch
143 IV | the stone-floor,--a huge blunder, by the way, for~Fougeres
144 III | living on the boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle. Fougeres, who~relied on
145 III | avaricious.~Coming last from Bordeaux, he was just starting in
146 III | action. This young man, born~to be a virtuous bourgeois,
147 V | three-thousand-franc diamond in~the bosom of his shirt.~ ~Fougeres
148 V | young person, he thought the bottle-~dealer had a good countenance,
149 V | buttoned his jacket of bottle-green velveteen, and was~not a
150 V | would have~turned the little bottle-vendor off at once, assuring him
151 V | expectations, a house in the rue~Boucherat, and a country-house at
152 VI | enthusiasm of the family knew no bounds. The~notary had spoken in
153 II | their portraits taken. These bourgeois--they are crazy~about art--
154 II | the bedroom of some~worthy bourgeoise. All these things denoted
155 IV | shrugs his shoulders and the~bourgeoisie worships. Fougeres was dear
156 V | bottle-dealer.~ ~Elie Magus here bowed to the Vervelle family and
157 V | adorned with two~honest bows of the same satin, hands
158 III | palette to go to the baker's, bravely ate bread and~nuts, or bread
159 II | implements, a table for breakfast, a sideboard, a~secretary;
160 II | This studio was painted in brick-~color, for a background;
161 Add | of Woman~Letters of Two Brides~Cousin Betty~The Member
162 III | good lad; masters prefer bright~fellows, eccentric spirits,
163 VI | cherry-red, two shades~deeper.~ ~"Brings in, hey?" continued Joseph. "
164 VI | Grassou.~ ~"Ah!"~ ~"The British are after me" (slang term
165 I | simply "Fougeres" among his~brother-artists, who, at the present moment
166 V | white lashes, scarcely any~brows, a leghorn bonnet bound
167 III | better leave colors with Brullon, and~not take the canvas
168 III | that at the tip of your~brush, my good Fougeres, you had
169 VII | trees themselves looked brushed~and combed, and the lawns
170 II | each floor, and, within the building, a~courtyard, or, to speak
171 II | and figures already too bulky in~themselves, Pierre Grassou,
172 VI | hundred. I've got one of those bull-dog dealers after me, and if~
173 V | blue cloth adorned with a bunch of~tintinnabulating baubles.
174 II | thrift of a poor man. A bureau was there, in which to put~
175 II | conceive, periodically, the burlesque~idea of perpetuating their
176 V | Grassou as the daylight had burst~into his garret that morning.~ ~
177 IV | different course of action. But--admire the~good fortune
178 VII | little brown spots;~come, butter it well in. Do you pretend
179 V | Fougeres rubbed~up his hair, buttoned his jacket of bottle-green
180 V | to wear a rosette in his~buttonhole! What a dream! It is only
181 III | and such like, and I'll~buy them of you," said Elie.~ ~
182 VIII| which dilates his heart!--he buys the pictures of~celebrated
183 I | swamped. Decamps' "Turkish Cafe," "Children~at a Fountain," "
184 V | pleased Fougeres. The golden calf threw upon the~family its
185 VIII| the family persisted in calling Pierre Grassou)~advanced
186 | cannot
187 III | day he bought colors, and canvases~of various dimensions; he
188 VI | thousand francs a year and capitalized the interest;~in short,
189 VI | having escaped from its capsule of cloth.~ ~"Wood is dear,"
190 I | artists increases, the more careful and~exacting the jury of
191 II | furnished with a bit of carpet bound round the edges;~the
192 VIII| agree delightfully, keep a carriage, and are the happiest people
193 II | daughter, it is necessary to cast~an eye on the anterior life
194 VI | as he looked about him,~casting everywhere the lightning
195 IV | with his~work, had been caught by the revolution of July
196 IV | their old friend; and they caused to be admitted into the~
197 IV | bars of a~window near the ceiling. It was a picture fit to
198 II | brown and well frotted;~each chair was furnished with a bit
199 III | and which sometimes end in~challenges sent to the director or
200 II | because the pure and~little changing light from the north flooded
201 I | choice selection we have a chaotic mass. What is the~result?
202 IV | managed solely by an old charwoman.~For all amusement he visited
203 VII | go back now to~d'Arthez' chateau, where I am doing a dining-room,
204 IV | recalled the affair of the "chauffeurs," of Mortagne. A crowd~collected
205 III | bread and milk, or bread and cherries, or bread and cheese,~according
206 VI | from its ordinary red to a cherry-red, two shades~deeper.~ ~"Brings
207 IV | spare criticism, but the chevalier~Fougeres digested them as
208 V | picture! chouette, Koxnoff, chocnosoff!~His future, his dreams
209 I | tumultuous bazaar;~instead of a choice selection we have a chaotic
210 I | Salon presented only the choicest works of~art, it conferred
211 I | the public could still~choose: a crown was awarded to
212 VI | in a pleasing manner, and~chosen a very becoming pair of
213 IV | Navarin, 2.~Death-toilet of a Chouan, condemned to execution
214 V | each a finished picture! chouette, Koxnoff, chocnosoff!~His
215 III | Scott's Jew in swindling a Christian.~ ~Fougeres marched along
216 VIII| emerges from the bourgeois circle, in~which he is considered
217 III | draughtsman in academic circles. After that he went to~Schinner'
218 III | teasing; but, by~force of circumstances, he accepted the name of
219 III | after all! In that immense city of Paris there~were some
220 IV | had on his side all of his clan who had succeeded, and all
221 II | participated in this Dutch~cleanliness, which was all the more
222 II | north flooded with its cold clear beams~the vast apartment.
223 IV | price of the picture. The clergy told Madame la Dauphine
224 Add | Albert Savarus~The Government Clerks~Modeste Mignon~The Imaginary
225 IV | group. This plagiarism, very~cleverly disguised, was not discovered.
226 V | This painter looked at his client without a~smile, for Monsieur
227 II | high-art, and he therefore clings to easel painting.~ ~At
228 I | wearied and the exhibition closes. Before the year 1817 the
229 V | fruit surmounted a~pumpkin, clothed in blue cloth adorned with
230 VII | and very~uneasy at his co-operation in her daughter's portrait.~ ~"
231 II | sleeping~alone; and get up at cock-crow, and all my life arranged--"~ ~"
232 IV | chauffeurs," of Mortagne. A crowd~collected every day before the now
233 III | Paris to be clerk with a color-merchant (formerly of Mayenne and
234 VII | VII~Grassou could not help coloring, for Virginie was sitting.~ ~"
235 I | went beyond the first two columns of the long gallery~of the
236 VII | themselves looked brushed~and combed, and the lawns had just
237 Add | other stories of the Human Comedy.~Bridau, Joseph~The Purse~
238 VII | summit of Ville d'Avray, commanding a noble~view of the landscape.
239 VIII| the artist proceeded, in company with the host, to~examine
240 VII | collection of~pictures to compensate an artist like you for the
241 VII | seemed to have the idea of competing with King Louis-~Philippe
242 I | palettes existed, no such~complaint was made. Now, when the
243 III | at that year's Salon was complete. Fougeres asked him to come
244 IV | face of the~executioner completed and dominated the group.
245 III | medium height, he~had a dull complexion, brown eyes, black hair,
246 V | now he did not desire to~complicate his simple life. Incapable
247 V | bourgeois~drew after him another complication of vegetables in the persons
248 VII | little accustomed to such~compliments. The honest artist, that
249 IV | toil Fougeres managed to compose and execute~quite passable
250 II | which the bourgeois of Paris conceive, periodically, the burlesque~
251 I | choicest works of~art, it conferred the highest honor on the
252 VII | bourgeois absurdity which confounded him. It was~indeed a day
253 IV | half in the support~and the congratulations which the painter received.
254 III | of Mayenne and a~distant connection of the Orgemonts) made himself
255 V | behind as they were before; consequently, the~spherical form of the
256 VI | they were now accustomed~to consider as one of their residences;
257 VIII| bourgeois circle, in~which he is considered one of the greatest artists
258 III | off to~dinner and tried to console him. The next morning at
259 III | fact of an obstinacy which constitutes the Breton character. What~
260 V | money with our notary. We'll consult Cardot. Hein! Madame de~
261 IV | discovered. The catalogue contained the~following:--~ ~510.
262 VIII| that his name is a term of contempt in the studios; and~that
263 I | galleries.~ ~By some strange contradiction, ever since the doors are
264 I | on Delacroix, on Ingres, contributed no less to their fame than
265 VII | went modestly by public conveyance, and he could~not but admire
266 VII | a most enticing smell of cooking. All things~about the mansion
267 III | wedding rather laboriously copied from Greuze's~picture. It
268 III | the colors; he made the corrections suggested by Schinner, he
269 II | courtyard, or, to speak more correctly, a square pit or well. Above~
270 VIII| great painter; none of them costs~less than five hundred francs.
271 III | home early, put on your cotton~night-cap, and be in bed
272 IV | exclamation of "poor dear man!" counted for half in the support~
273 V | bottle-~dealer had a good countenance, and he admired the face
274 I | years earlier, Ingres' "Courtesan," and that of Sigalon, the~"
275 II | within the building, a~courtyard, or, to speak more correctly,
276 III | you see nature being a crape veil;~your drawing is heavy,
277 II | These bourgeois--they are crazy~about art--have never dared
278 I | the highest honor on the creations there exhibited.~Among the
279 I | redounded far~more to his credit if the four pictures had
280 VIII| notary."~ ~As Grassou took a creditable part on the occasion of
281 VI | after me" (slang term for creditors) "Gracious! do~you paint
282 VI | a bit~of me left. What a crew!"~ ~"I'll write you a line
283 III | Fougeres asked him to come and~criticise the rejected work. The great
284 IV | however, between literary~critics and Fougeres; he was eminently
285 I | public could still~choose: a crown was awarded to the masterpiece
286 IV | one of~Gerard Douw. The cruelly simple and good-humored
287 V | allow himself the otium cum~dignitate of the artist
288 V | which naturally~awakened her curiosity.~ ~"Decorated--thirty-seven
289 VII | the picture gallery, all curious to~hear his opinion of the
290 VII | covered with green baize curtains which were not~undrawn in
291 IV | prison, whose hair was being cut around the nape of the neck.
292 II | upon him by the Sieur and~Dame Vervelle, adorned by their
293 II | business~in your way."~ ~"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes," said
294 VII | a gold ground:~ ~ Rubens~Dance of fauns and nymphs~ ~ Rembrandt~
295 II | dark little stairway with dangerous turnings,~three windows
296 II | crazy~about art--have never dared to enter a studio. The girl
297 II | and possess an alley, a dark little stairway with dangerous
298 I | made. Now, when the veriest dauber of canvas can send in~his
299 IV | The clergy told Madame la Dauphine that the~subject was suggestive
300 V | of Pierre Grassou as the daylight had burst~into his garret
301 VI | got one of those bull-dog dealers after me, and if~the fellow
302 IV | Pierre), rue de Navarin, 2.~Death-toilet of a Chouan, condemned to
303 III | of gold, and I must~not deceive you. Listen; you are fulfilling
304 II | beginning of the month of December of that year, a season at~
305 III | Fougeres heard of the fatal decision,~he did not fall into one
306 V | awakened her curiosity.~ ~"Decorated--thirty-seven years old--
307 I | I~Dedication~To the Lieutenant-Colonel
308 III | saw on Fougeres'~face so deep an expression of sadness
309 VI | a cherry-red, two shades~deeper.~ ~"Brings in, hey?" continued
310 III | fiery, or else gloomy and deeply~reflective, which argue
311 III | Greuze,~who only redeemed his defects by the qualities which you
312 III | tranquil and moral to a degree that~furnished matter of
313 VIII| the Grassous, who~agree delightfully, keep a carriage, and are
314 IV | two~church pictures, and delivered them at the time agreed
315 III | Martyrs, where he began~to delve his way. He made his first
316 IV | stolen~his successes; he has delved for ten years, the poor
317 V | evidently thought him a demigod. This~visible admiration
318 VII | expectations), an elderly Demoiselle Vervelle, and a~number of
319 I | the world, in spite of the denials~of criticism, that young
320 II | bourgeoise. All these things denoted the tidy ways of a small~
321 II | studio fun.~ ~"Well, I don't deny that you are to paint me
322 V | said Elie Magus as he~departed.~ ~That idea entered the
323 Add | notary)~The Muse of the Department~A Man of Business~Jealousies
324 IV | powerful in interest but derived from Vigneron as to sentiment
325 II | Well, yes!"~ ~Old Elie descended the staircase to go in search
326 V | bachelor, until now he did not desire to~complicate his simple
327 III | those eccentric geniuses destined to fame and sorrow. Joseph~
328 III | which you lack."~ ~While detailing these faults of the picture
329 IV | search of inspiration. This detestable artist was~an excellent
330 I | of Henri IV." by Eugene Deveria, admitted by celebrated~
331 V | simple life. Incapable of devising any means of~increasing
332 III | would have noticed the diabolical look on Elie's face~and
333 V | wore a three-thousand-franc diamond in~the bosom of his shirt.~ ~
334 IV | original, invent, and you die by inches; copy,~imitate,
335 IV | wanting. There was this difference, however, between literary~
336 VII | the mother followed with dignified~step. These three beings
337 V | allow himself the otium cum~dignitate of the artist and paint
338 VIII| And--oh! vengeance which dilates his heart!--he buys the
339 III | and canvases~of various dimensions; he piled up bread and cheese
340 VII | like you for the bore of dining with~mere merchants."~ ~
341 VII | chateau, where I am doing a dining-room, and Leon de Lora~the tops
342 III | in~challenges sent to the director or the secretary of the
343 III | end~of a week the picture disappeared; Fougeres walked slowly
344 III | sojourned; but everywhere he disarmed his comrades by his modesty
345 IV | punctuality that was very discomforting to the exchequer of the~
346 IV | of~a man whom nothing had discouraged, talked of Domenichino and
347 IV | you'll live. After this discovery of a gold mine, Grassou~
348 III | Master and scholars were all~discreet; at any rate Pierre discovered
349 I | unseen. Eager,~impassioned discussions arose about some picture.
350 IV | plagiarism, very~cleverly disguised, was not discovered. The
351 III | touched~up his figures. Then, disgusted with such patching, he carried
352 VII | Rembrandt~Interior of a dissecting room. The physician van
353 I | proportions, where each distinct specialty could show its~
354 Add | Bachelor's Establishment~A Distinguished Provincial at Paris~A Start
355 III | magnificent color~which distinguishes that master. Master and
356 III | Another man, one of those distrustful,~surly artists, would have
357 IV | God. Instead of the Dutch doctor,~he had painted the cold,
358 IV | clerk was reading aloud a document. On a wretched~table was
359 | does
360 V | Fougeres! not a bad name--doesn't look like a bad man either!
361 IV | had discouraged, talked of Domenichino and said:--~ ~"Perseverance
362 IV | executioner completed and dominated the group. This plagiarism,
363 II | way."~ ~"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes," said Fougeres. "
364 I | contradiction, ever since the doors are open to every~one there
365 VII | de Lora~the tops of the doors--masterpieces! Come and see
366 V | amazed to see, entering his doorway, a simpleton face~vulgarly
367 VIII| the bottle-dealer, "and I double my daughter's~'dot,' for
368 VI | brought the family on the double-quick to the heart of~the artist;
369 VIII| thousand francs a year in dowry, and~he lives with his father-in-law.
370 I | in spite~of the ten or a dozen pictures attached to them.
371 V | in his~buttonhole! What a dream! It is only commonplace
372 V | chocnosoff!~His future, his dreams of happiness, the superlative
373 III | fellows, eccentric spirits, droll or fiery, or else gloomy
374 IV | turned the group of~the "Dropsical Woman" toward the window,
375 II | The weather was fine and dry. At this moment the artist,
376 IV | as to sentiment and~from Dubufe's first manner as to execution,
377 IV | enthusiastic over him. The Duc d'Orleans asked the~price
378 III | a studio expression, he dug at his pictures. He~hired
379 III | medium height, he~had a dull complexion, brown eyes,
380 IV | citizen; he mounted guard duly, went to reviews, and paid~
381 IV | the Dauphin~admired the dust on the stone-floor,--a huge
382 VII | pictures, varnished and~dusted. Some were covered with
383 III | Magus. Elie Magus, a sort of Dutch-Flemish-Belgian,~had three reasons for being
384 III | ended his education with Duval-Lecamus.~During these studied and
385 IV | was substituted for the dying woman--same~pallor, same
386 I | masterpiece by hands unseen. Eager,~impassioned discussions
387 I | genius. When,~twelve years earlier, Ingres' "Courtesan," and
388 V | reflections.~ ~"You must earn lots of money; but of course
389 V | notary, Cardot, his quarterly earnings and economies. When the
390 VIII| fine portrait-painter. He~earns some twenty thousand francs
391 III | rather wide mouth, and long ears. His gentle, passive, and
392 V | may come to; whereas an~economical artist--and then you know
393 V | his quarterly earnings and economies. When the notary~had received
394 IV | lived with the most~rigid economy, his household being managed
395 II | of carpet bound round the edges;~the sofa, simple enough,
396 III | Finally Fougeres ended his education with Duval-Lecamus.~During
397 VII | daughter meandered like an eel, the mother followed with
398 III | mystery of their interior effects. The two masters were not~
399 III | painter in~the play of "The Eglantine") was the source of much
400 I | and water-~colors,--these eight specialties could surely
401 | either
402 VII | whom were expectations), an elderly Demoiselle Vervelle, and
403 IV | who proceed,~naturally, to elect themselves and who wage
404 II | golden tones, as you call 'em, like a Titian."~ ~"What
405 VIII| earth. Pierre Grassou never emerges from the bourgeois circle,
406 IV | critics and Fougeres; he was eminently sensitive to beauties; he
407 VII | artists," he continued, "want emotions, great scenes, and witty~
408 II | wit with which~Fougeres employed what painters call studio
409 VIII| bourgeois~families have for employing him is this:--~ ~"Say what
410 VI | the gastric region, and endeavouring, but in vain, to~button
411 III | robbed. Finally Fougeres ended his education with Duval-Lecamus.~
412 IV | touched by the persistent energy of~a man whom nothing had
413 VII | out to Ville d'Avray and enjoy the last fine days of~the
414 VI | unhappy. This last remark~had enormous weight in the scales. Vervelle'
415 V | a little amazed to see, entering his doorway, a simpleton
416 IV | the~poor Breton, became enthusiastic over him. The Duc d'Orleans
417 VII | wafted to the nostrils a most enticing smell of cooking. All things~
418 III | into one of those fits of epileptic self-love to which~strong
419 IV | down great talents, and in equal numbers.~The newspapers,
420 VII | dinner, the length of which equalled its~magnificence, Monsieur
421 VIII| good husband, is unable to~eradicate from his heart a fatal thought,
422 VI | the button mould having escaped from its capsule of cloth.~ ~"
423 II | your way."~ ~"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes," said Fougeres. "
424 I | Baptism of Henri IV." by Eugene Deveria, admitted by celebrated~
425 VIII| reached~the last, "but I tell everybody forty thousand."~ ~"Forty
426 V | all his preparations; they evidently thought him a demigod. This~
427 I | increases, the more careful and~exacting the jury of admission ought
428 I | come back in time to the~examination and selection which presents
429 VIII| company with the host, to~examine each picture.~ ~"Three thousand
430 I | which in former days the~examining jury made for it, the attention
431 I | ten years has shown the excellence~of the former institution.
432 IV | very discomforting to the exchequer of the~ministry, accustomed
433 V | if that isn't a joke!" exclaimed Vervelle. "Cardot is our~
434 IV | the poor dear man!"~ ~That exclamation of "poor dear man!" counted
435 IV | sober living. He made a few excursions to the boulevard~to see
436 IV | Fougeres managed to compose and execute~quite passable work. He
437 IV | good-humored face of the~executioner completed and dominated
438 VIII| Grassou, who never misses exhibiting at the~Salon, passes in
439 I | young and vigorous palettes existed, no such~complaint was made.
440 IV | had succeeded, and all who~expected to succeed. Some persons,
441 III | and a thousand francs for~expenses," said Fougeres, smiling, "
442 I | its~masterpieces only. An experience of ten years has shown the
443 VI | notary?"~ ~"Yes."~ ~"That explains to me why you still make
444 II | family. To know to what extend this proposition would act
445 VI | extremely shocked by this extraordinary~apparition, passed from
446 VI | Monsieur Vervelle has been very extravagant," said Madame Vervelle,~
447 VI | The Vervelle family, extremely shocked by this extraordinary~
448 III | offered his first~picture, eyed it for some time and then
449 VII | oppressing them with the fabulous value of his paintings.
450 V | feet of~her mother. The faces of these three beings wore,
451 II | within himself sufficient faculty to attempt~high-art, and
452 VI | his wife's hair? Beauty~fades,--but ugliness remains!
453 III | said Elie.~ ~Fougeres would fain have taken old Magus in
454 II | Trojans without getting their fair share of it. In the olden~
455 V | adores, long, stringy arms, a fairly white skin with reddish~
456 III | fatal decision,~he did not fall into one of those fits of
457 IV | applied indiscriminately is~false, and France will some day
458 VIII| reason which the bourgeois~families have for employing him is
459 I | fame than the~praises and fanaticism of their adherents. To-day,
460 III | show it to some one~who fancies he knows about painting."~ ~
461 V | threw upon the~family its fantastic reflections.~ ~"You must
462 IV | every day before the now fashionable canvas; even Charles X.~
463 III | smiling, "a man will go fast and far."~ ~Elie Magus made
464 V | Magus and said: "There's fat in it!" using a slang~term
465 III | boulevard, his feet leading him fatefully~to the dealer's shop. His
466 III | While detailing these faults of the picture Schinner
467 VII | ground:~ ~ Rubens~Dance of fauns and nymphs~ ~ Rembrandt~
468 III | relief to these leading features of a physiognomy~that was
469 II | Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes," said Fougeres. "Do you
470 VII | by the invasion of this ferocious animal, and very~uneasy
471 III | assassination. Fougeres quietly fetched his canvas,~wrapped it in
472 IV | excellent counsel, like those~feuilletonists incapable of writing a book
473 VIII| the studios; and~that the feuilletons take no notice of his pictures.
474 III | eccentric spirits, droll or fiery, or else gloomy and deeply~
475 VII | there were one hundred and fifty pictures, varnished and~
476 V | of hands; the plumes of~a first-class funeral floated on an over-flowing
477 V | no one but you who would fish up such whales."~ ~"One
478 IV | ceiling. It was a picture fit to make the bourgeois~shudder,
479 III | not fall into one of those fits of epileptic self-love to
480 I | should have remained within fixed limits of~inflexible proportions,
481 VI | family replied with smiles as flattering as those of~the artist.
482 VI | pere Vervelle witty.~This flattery brought the family on the
483 III | small interest. Make me some Flemish~interiors, a lesson of anatomy,
484 III | What?" asked Fougeres.~ ~"Fling yourself into literature."~~
485 V | of~a first-class funeral floated on an over-flowing bonnet;
486 II | changing light from the north flooded with its cold clear beams~
487 I | easel pictures, landscapes, flowers, animals, and water-~colors,--
488 III | thought himself able to fly on his own wings, Fougeres~
489 VI | like a whirlwind, his~hair flying. He showed his grand haggard
490 VII | daughter's portrait.~ ~"Here, follow these indications," said
491 III | of much teasing; but, by~force of circumstances, he accepted
492 I | products of that bazaar.~Forced to make the selection for
493 II | marry the girl, you won't forget me."~ ~"Marry! I?" cried
494 | formerly
495 II | idea of perpetuating their forms and figures already too
496 V | painter was awaiting~the fortunate moment when his property
497 IV | son of a peasant who had fought~for the royal cause in 1799. (
498 I | Turkish Cafe," "Children~at a Fountain," "Joseph," and "The Torture,"
499 VII | a joy, a~kindliness, a frank bourgeois absurdity which
500 II | milk, and waiting~till the frost on his windows had melted
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