, 1870-06-05
WrERTz, 4THE INSANE ART15T,'
Characteristic Anecdotes.


. tie Edt4or Of 11s Chiaa1o 1Ft5uas: o
In your issue Of last Sunday, notice the to- =
reduction of an article from the Boston: Z
entitled, p" Pictorial lnssnit9 t
"A Crazy Genius Pictures BY Wiertz In Bruz- =
on Canvsa-Fascin.ting Hor-
ora."
Gustaye Wiertz rns an intimate friend OF
ny fa4her-ln-1aw, and We Ill hneN him veil
Se knew his Boul in al ita phases, and under
Ia different aspects; VIC knew that soui In
he very depth Of It's every feeling. We
understood it, and have But1ered with
I,s surr,iah: 1s1nented with it's hitter
cries. and also have been intensely hsppy st
its eleyatine utterances, at 1ta noble, oe&uh-
fn, gigantic, upboundod aspirations! IN
30 NJ. Editor, Wie1tz was not a crazy Een1ua!
NJ vas m eccentric genius, In the true sense
a, the word. he h2d no centre in the society
in which be lived; no cantnpetA fotra NJ
TRACKED him these;~ i. We centrifugal fcsce
alone that acted upon him, and his surfonnd-
ing society WISE the promoter Of that 1otoe'
His co1,tre Of attraction WAS somewhere else
Whate7 T know not in the unknoNn-
sonewhe1e 1e-fa., far away from this hubluuAFy
sphere! W;ertz ought to bave been An AmeEl-
can BE was child to which liberty Has -
-necasssarr "a the air ha bresthed- His annsa-
Nre nature wsa 80 powerfully Affected BY Al !
opptcreion, injustice, serrilitn, or coVsfd'ce,
th.t Il acted upon him ~ an electuc hhocx.
and brought unavoidsbly to his lipa etrean
Of violent disspp1pbAtion, to sar the least. All
.ristocrsry VIE bis born enemy; all that Naa
Grand. true, and beautiful, his born friend
md. OF course, any kind OF suffering found
vivid sympathy in his bosom.
r+ E;rr NJ na1.rinu InOn0lG L.. who
! always hatteted every man OF genas, sent htn,
by m NTH eous',s. ,r:Ns,.
| crose. an official act, cfea'hs nus@,o "1st.-
Knight Of tho Order OF Leopo'o 1op aas-
1e-cemp, with many saluthstona ana smnee,
after having read tho act presenteu Inc .1oor
to Wiertz, in the nanne OF Bis Aa1eaty. 1en
your master," answered tne al'lss, utln =.
iug1y, "thAt have crosses enough to heaf OF
my OVID, without him senoaag "e MY lss
oneat" Great amnzemert and ree1smtnaeon
on the part OF the royal e'aeo9e' oa1 "'S' y
pc1sisted in not taking the cross.
"1t4t royal scoundrcl. said be, the mex
dag, to my father-in~law, "da1oo 10 eeuo aa'
the cross OF his order iusteaa Oh keelu's j., .iA
: Lind OF toys for h's political enanuc.ee's
: He dcspised tue King Tor his nAeran' aeeo
) tionaness, which oeea=sonoA 60 tnAns saues ,ss
,, iugs to tho good Queen MatS LOUISE ~.
: angel on earth, whose oeatn was taoo.usa
o much By the Belgian people as Inc ooa.n
6 our martyr President WAS noa1nea ue4'
! Nicrtz loved the Qneen' anu was efoA''' ~
y . spectcd by her. :.
NJ A few years later, when inc snAu oi -
= crcsa waa forgotten, the h'aB eeh. w
polite ss5 note 9sa to .hs enissd a5. sse n
kS& &kA lar a
~ :. wedneeday. at 10 o'clock \. M, to common
- n.iutipr :he portrait of the king. All
=, n.rns,i Of thu noto. turning himself towa
er t,,o s+ofr cficar, he said to him, in his tnu
/, ro;ca. sTeI Els Majesty that the ars
W Wiertz docs not 20 to peoples domici
IL "a nsint their portraits; if His Maize
o. v.nta his pictura, le can come hero to
IA stra;o " Tbe uite de comp replied that
DO 1rnr1a ,,.ver dare rcport euel an answer
q t,,n N,,cnty. '..ypu arc coward, then." 8
~. ~, W;a-+z. - cot ant OF hn1e," md he pnshed
OF ont Of doors. But, pt.ange to say. tho
!ty, c.rnc 10 W:e,tz's studio, When prop'
THO ae,,as ror III, n;etu,e, tho artist said: >" y
Ma,sst, mn reaay to commence. Ftt
i . t.tn. ~ <our w;g," {The King was =
lar euo.,,;na,, h,1a.hcsde5, having not \ al,
nifty - ~ h;s uho,e can,b consequently he ,
etti- m. ~ ~ r..o ~. 4, th.t II Wier
1 a l
snc ,h E;,c h1nubin.,r. uWel1. then, W
-ea1, eno ,aa 49, .rt,ut Tcaf, mt naint your
'osn @ s"efeo eno sias., n,1s .4a Aos n a-a. ~, -.
my t1at- AN 1et'o"nsu ~ ns.e ~ -
ANN natnsalness VI t1s Wo.NA Wa.":s r1,a
with nos f'oco 10 so a. p.4 $3.50 f,rav.
otch LETT uao1sn@n., a.tu u N.. w;a..-
Gvea intercourse wtn Nv -, ~. r,,.an,a .ursr
WI ING af'A' .noasus T.. " ,.;a~ ~ t;1h,lr M
Vhsn no ..st t1ss svho,o n,t;en Va, del
1uics TO hiplssn s.as haforo . ,nTnn of ;mpu,
dine, 1,s enoue ~ % Ja !, at .nvnta.
siik n' tsa4t M lima .ftrr this OCCURRED be VA
d elc- r,,1;ub ru,d Thu couyerz
often ~ .-t;st and an1,,ect became
aat- 11o T~1 wn1 sticking to
si Mgn nes :.;,.ros - ,,istocracy. =
Nnu f':e Gohs. ~ +ho r,ann1e. A
.de Of me so,. T., syt;st tora de h.,s:a,
# re1l sNAf"eo W, .,d a.;d In The
vide, pos1nA' ~ w. i .,,a ,o-s~,;t ~ rour
bssks eaAnos .o11o 11.,i,,a-sn ~ f ~ ,r;n !,
'. ''ucn' iene!' 90 70 'eao esA.a.1n =
,rts of he "a painsel q. s.u a. ,,x,;, =, I,
which After hasng nn'sneu Nv p ~ w.,
wcarf asaesoc1auc ~ eeunsss s.s,r w m xs.u If AZ
more to be onis ~ "nsa -. As .u:;u,;cr s,v;no
.9ae. G tetnsea 70 Ace"p. .uo i' ,.ae ~ H.
=. DID npt looA Aus NNut, W1,. 49, - oo.o,,;y. .
ltcsr Intimate '1,enas ' "oa.' 49,. 15aee II {
}, hah teasuss y, ~. ~" 49, r.n,.,l an,
dFess Mief,z snauea Atn a,a .oas,nductsd r,1t,n,
ssn nnito tue hnssn' .. ~ Tba ns.t noroin
viA . 'adS 70 hes ea.."s J., .,.o 1,.e r. Ia Mo
. that vas es@AN s ."so' ~ 49, 80 ssthczcd ba,
gren.. ms sn5 tho following words te,
'asaq!@ q - naaas f,o,1 e,r .o err. .Ie tho wealthy
i, This This ~ d. IL resllv ia }pil tot ber .
N down N7ert. had exercised q little venSca