The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-02-18
cLEsINoER, THE SCULPTOR.
stormy Career OF tho son.In.Law OF
George sand.

Gamma" writing from Paris to the Now
orleans picoWme, says;
The archer Is insatiatc. lie continues to Tell shin
ing marks, Cesinger is dead. lie was sculptor Of
more talents than reputation Of moro deserts than
luck; bad luck Is misconduct, ~ was partly true OF
him. lilo began life by q brilliant work-Scrbe's
huSt II was masterpiece. Emile Girardln said Of
MN; lHko tlesingor, because ho throws HE into
matblc' Clesiugor lacked that amber which,
thrown around aics, gives even these insects value
style; but n he lacked gtylo he had power To aniunte
marble aud give life's fromeheau heat ielacked
patience, too which absent eternal masterpiece can
never he made lie threw his al into his work;
abored feversY but he could not labor long. More
over he lacked dignity Of character over head and
ears In debt, almost constantly with Barbodenne, the
bronze manufacturer $50, 900 In advance TO him,
always toverlsh about some woman, his hearts or
rather his senses idol Of the hour his life too
icyerish Tor him to produce great work. Goniusl,-
selI, u0Vo-Ikc, broods on the work which
Is destined to Immortality, Cleslngor had two
bleGes Of good luck Ia his life; his
Sands daughter and all Of George Sands friends
they all had the ear OF the puhc) proclaimed him n
great artist until he broke with her and her daugh.
ter when they covered him with rldicue unmetted
rs their exaggerated praises. His statue OF Francis
l. Tor the court OF the Louvre, drew ON him all their
malgniy. The statue ian equestrian statue) was
overloaded with ornament hut this was the taste
then dominant IN the Iuilerios, as the new Louvre
shows but u was mertorious' u caught Francis Us
iavorite gesture aud expression, and was capital
likeness. But the watchwOrd to rldlcue 1t was sent
around; THAT Francis Why, tits q melo-
dramatic play actor - and statue was ruined.
Clcslngor himself broke the plaster model TO pieces
with slodge hammer, llarassed to death by credi-
tors, feveTed by women, yesterdays Cast-on quar-
rellng with him for her abandonment, tO-day's
tavorlte tormenting him for money. forsaken by all
acquaintance because his requests for loans and In
cessnnt, no loan returned, and because,
grown mlslnthroplc, he made harsh speeches about
everybody, Clesnger's, last years OF life
wrotched. His funeral was attended by nobody.
HIS death Is unmourned, his memory uncherished.
II Is said that II his letters to George Sand and her
replies he published we shall have specl-
asperated by his abuses, exclaimed IN
Closlnger continues to annoy me shall
print him alive In novel and he
win be recognized by cverybody.n OF course her
peuant sally was repeated to Cesnger, 1--WE all have
'good natured friends, " who never let rrltat.
ing speech escape cars and he replled "If she
carry the threat to execution will exhibit her portrait
or her statue stark naked, and She viii be recognized
by everybody Neither delighted the public by
this malignant exhibition In George Sands cor
respondence there Is letter written before mar
riage's aurora, when all was rosy "Our phrenzled
sculptor Is here and 'the great Princess (her
daughter Solange) has so far humani2ed as to say
Yes You were more cear-sghted than 1. She
averse from uttcring 1t sooner--ths Is the whole
secret. They both delighted Therefore |,
too, am joyful Keep our secret absolutely. Sue
cessnow depends on some prudence In ptomptness,
FOR q certain husband 10 whom | am chained might
take deplorable precautions, were he warned by
neighbOrhood tatlers before he heard of II from me-
As he has profound Contempt for artists for that
lot OF vagabonds utterly ignorant OF the art OF
Ing money, IL VIII go hard with him to swallow
stone cutter; but know how to manage him. The
all Important point is secrecy about our schemes.n