Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-06
psculIAAIrles OF pAIN1ena
anecdotes 81 Men Who Became Far lis
by the RruAl.

W hhs hEhhhs
Turner, the great landscape painter,
was rs fond of money rs he was of art
and did not hesitate 10 resort t1amean
act 10 obtain il. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of eStortlon might be mentioned the
n be practicud upon Lord de Tnbley,
the English uOblcman. who vas an
amateur piutcrOf more than ordinary
ability. On enc occasion he invited a
large company 10 dinner, Turner be.
ing among the numbcr. The host eX-
hihited Il landscape ON canvass, not
YET completed. and invited friendly
criticism upon it. Not Il few Of those
present volunteered remarks, but
Turner took a brush and made a few
slight changes, with scarcely any COM
menL 4 few days afterward the
nobleman, much TO his surprise, re
ceived a bill for a large sum from
Turner for instruction in Painting"
He was indignant, but preferred to
submit TO The eXtortion rather than of
fend the artist, and sent his check for
the amount of the bill.
Protogencs, the Greek painter. was
an impatient man. In painting a pic
.ure of n tired, painting dog, he met
with satisfactory success. except that
he failed in every attempt To initiate
the foam that should have been seen
on the dogs mouth. lie was so much
provoked over it hal he seized the
sponge with which he cleansed his
brushes and threw il against the pie
lurc, with the intention Of spelling It.
1t happened IL strike on the dogs
mouth. and Produced. 10 the aStonish-
mont aud Gni.nli oi the painter. the
very effect he had la0orCl so persist
emily o. initiate.
The suhi0iuvi ancajote 81 B0uton,
tAe French artist. illu TRADES how ab.
sOrUud be So, when ne worked, AZ
sell as the good nature g.. King LOUIS
Philippe, luu'pa Was busy one Gay
Ehcu Il man cutcrcl uu2nu0Unced ami
stood beAu.a linn. lie hud his mouth
hil Oi uala, Ugg-ac,. did uoJ glance
up. but auTa'.ls Look ahgut if You
ike, Uonlnlul me- IL" visitor did
50, ana Then rlu.e back or, his orig
nal potion. EHulou f.ll annoyed.
but pprcss.a las inn ljeu.a Well
bow is everybody ai AoWgt he asked
"Oh nicely, thank you, vas the e
ply. The children are wei. Isup
puset On, perfectly The visitor
thea Lngan tu crll ct-e Ihe picture.
and wAca, aI,rra half hours CONVEX
satiuu, llu artist turned around. lie be.
held tie King Of france. BouLOn
biUsAcu and stamncrId: "Silv, you
sre artist king enough to know that |
would have !ost my tint had ! stopped
- display the atclier 10 your maj.
esty" Yes" replied the king, Il
Ike your reception oI me 50 well tia!
lmcan 10 have that picture"
Pau! NcrouCsc, ike many other
PAINTERS. was given 10 eccentric moods
'nd odd habits Ca one occasion he
accepted the hospitality VI q family 81
ILu!r beautiful country villa. hups
sumUi great liberties during his visit
claiming absolute possession NJ las
room, allowing not even a servant 10
cntcr. lie would not suffer u maid To-
make Lls bed, aud the swccrinG OF
his rhom ,.ars islt,vCry mUguIGg out
side the door for her 10 remove lie
dipped away without biddiuZ tie
family gDyd-by, Ouumtggirg t-sru<m.
lie saNaGt found The sheets Of tie
bed mIss'sg, ana a. "aCe reported iLal
the painter must have Stolen them.
After g. ii search u roll wa found
IN - asr, wh.eI proved 90 be- a
mag ~. picture oi Alexander in
tue tCAL Of Darius" Il WIS plulcd
on the ml sing sheets OF tic lnn, ana
the artist lad chosen this Curious way
Of recommending his hosts for their
generous Hospitality,
When Mc .a0nicr built his house az
PoisI, "a suburb Of Paris, be had il
torn down eight or ten times because,
when completed, Uuc detail dis.
pleased him. lie built another house
at les Jardies. but forgot 10 put IN il a
siaircaAc-Le took lilo EHistat Ike good
~uaturrdly, and placed a ladder against
the outside wall. His house at foissy
was adorned with fountains. conserva.
tories. upholstery. statues, but not a
picture H. h eartiSt hung on its walls.
A lady observing this want said 10
him: II see beautiful things, NJ.
MISUNDERSTANDING gardens, beauti-
full roOm?. books, rich hangings, etc,
but | see none Of your own pictures"
"Ah, madame answered lie, they
are too dear TO allow me to keep
them. Epoch.