Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-18

is my specially? One cannot change one
speciality like that. 1t would upset the
"Hriony oarnoioau spoke SO esnvinclngly
that cslsstins insisted no longer and ap-
pearsd rssiEnsd,
but. on n. wedding night. during their
nr,t tsts-a-tsts. Cslestlns, burying her
bluahinE face On her crossed arms. said to
Garnotsau:
"'Promis. me. my dear friend, to do as
am going to ask you."
"Garnotssu promised. Indeed, II was ono
Of those moments in which man would
promias anything.
"'Welll' replied Cslestine. In low voice
and broken sentences. 81 am very reason.
able, and consent that other women shall
serve you as models, for the figure, the
arms. and even, " needs be- for tho bust,
But for the rest do not wish you 10
have any other model than me DO not
try 10 so back on your word. you have
sworn to II. and I know that | should
die, II you broke your promlsel The idea
Of you being alone 10 your studio. With .
crsature-Yes. yes. know myself. my
friend, should dieP'
"Garnoteau treasured her. He would no,
foreses the horrible consequences OF this
arrangement, and. as be loved Celestine,
he was blind to her attenuation."
Here ] Interrupted my friend to ask:
But how could you know all thls?"
told his best friend. Petrus Carbonnel, one
day. over a glass Of wine. who told 1t to
Chlchlnette. pretty model, who In turn
told II to me. But. to continue my story"
"Garnoteau was faithful 10 hlE promise.
and, IN fact. he needed 10 be, for Colestino
had her eye on him She only allowed
models to pose. In tho costume Of the
Venus do Milo. and she wachod Garnotaau
al cat watches y mouse. She would en-
ter the studio at most unlocked for mo-
msnIs, and having caught him trying to
fool her oncs or twice, she made such a
row with him that the poor man was only
too glad to keep his wcrd loyalty to her
From that time on we nnd an Inter-
minahlo Eer.os OF nymphs plumb and
rounded above, but atenuated below. q BIZ
zarro and constant dlscord, between vclnp
tuous trunks aud spindle limbs. Garno-
teau's dryads were really bowers, blossom
ing on slender stalks.
while Celestlne was young. It did not
/ make So much difference. Lacking full
! ness. she was S'lll fresh and young. Be-
sd0s, Garnoteau tooR the liberty Of touch
/ ing up the parts furnished By Celestlne.
Then he was most decidedly the fashion.
| and everything waa accepted from his
| brush The slenderness VI one half OF all
mia nymphs passed for elegance. Their
limbs were called Florentine limbs
| young critic discovered the fact. that
| this way OF understanding and painting a
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had something poeteal aud Intellectual
ABOUT thom De Garnoteau had purified
j all that suggested bestlality In the female
form his nudes were chaste. awakening no
desire; they refined the hearts and ele-
yatod the minds OF the masses."
"Ai onS bound De Garnoteau entered the
Academy
But Celestina. as she grew older, grew
thinner and tho nymphs limbs became
more and mora slender By an incOmprG-
hensibo necessity for compensation, as
his wife grew meager, he chose more and
mora lugubrious trunks for models. The
discrepancy finally became 50 great that
the public noticed IT, and then his sales fell
Oh.
He then tried hgnro painting He dc.
pletei young girla in their ordinary dress.
but had no success.
"Hs conceived the idea OF painting
msrmalds in this way Madam's limbs were
not 80 noticeable. But nermalds were
failure.
"Celestlne It was who forced him to re-
turn to his nymphs, She had conceived a
taxa for her task and chaffed at not pos
Ing any longer. IA she had continued TO
ahriNgl up, she had no hips left and the
Florent!ns limbs had become those Of Il
| witch.
However. nymphs were Garnoteau's
specially, and when he recommended to
paint uymphs his pictures commenced to
sell again.
Thanks to me. ceiestlns was won't tic
say to him,
when by chance any one praised her
husb2ndt pictures In her presence, abe
would lower her eyes and murmur bash
fully:
The llnbsl Up to the waist they arc
exqulgltsH
"She WA very good manager, and had
made her husband rich by starving him.
deprlying him Of pleasure even doleing out
his tobacco. With the money made from
the nymphs she had bought one or two
houses In Paris, bringing In a good Income,
and convinced OF the hidden graces Ut bar
person, when Garnoteau handled his rents.
she would say;
ITO whom do you owe all tbat?' With a
smile as full OF meaning a. a nut is full Of
meat.
The unfortunate man, condemned 10
paint his wlfo'g tblas eternally. ended by
conceiving Il perfect horror for them. And
when trying 10 escape them this austere
man went In search Of others. 1t was GER
tAinly not &c paint them.
But more 5n little and Will tell you
the end OF my story US We stroll along.
MY friend took me TO Durand-Ruel and
showed me 'Danso de Nymphes.' They
wero all remarkable for the size OF their
hips. only to DO compared to balloons and
the massiveness Of their limbs, like unto
the pillars VI u church.
who painted all that beef2' asked.
"De Garnoteaui'
And as cried out In my Incredibly he
said; Mime. de Garnoteau has been dead
for over six months. The pictures you saw
! In the salon were painted during her NE.
! think De Garnotoau is good man, ard
that he regretted Clestlne. At any rate. on
the day OF her funeral ne wept piteously
Was It not In reality the llmbs OF all his
nymphs, which he was following TO their
las, homer lie could not forget that Il
was on their foundation, he had built his
reputation. But lust as soon as no was
emanelpa.ed he painted the exuberaut bod
les yuu have Just seen. No model was
voluptuous enough for him He could be
voluptuous enough for him. He could be
seen wandering In the suburbs OF Paris
looking for milkmaids equal to his dreams.
aud when. by force Of eloquence and money,
he bad persuaded one Of them to pose, no
paid them we'll. l can assure you. lie
painted hips and lmbG like a man pos-
ssssod. aud notice this singular and touch
lug trait. While ell that was formerly
sacrificed in his paintings takes prominent
place to-day his trunks have becum, thl.,
and sprituallzed; these are sober and
ehasts. az though In remembrance Of Giles.
tine.
you know Boulllers definition Of Ra.
phaels three styles. First style. no
searches; second style. it IN found: third
style. he surpasses himself. You could
say OF Do GArnotenu that he. too, had
three styles He first painted a erouu on