The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-04-07

trfEins success and set herself lndue
triously 10 work rGinting ssT fathers
domestic animals. consisting OF large
dog. a cat and an owl. These pictures
were so well done that she found pur-
chaser for the three. who gave her
hundred srHncs for them-a small for
tune % her youthful imagination. These
pet animals we're reproduced, each time
being better and better represented. un-
an she got a hundred francs for each.
Then she combined the three pets In one
picture. showing a taste for grouping
that would have done credit 10 much
Older artist and these pictures sold as
fast as she finished them. Miss Mischief
was improving daily. and no one real
lied the fact more clearly than he.
father who offered her all the instruc.
ton he was able 20 give her. and aided
her in seeking further opportunity for
developing the genius which was In her
He took her often 10 the Louvre. where
she could see the grandest works OF the
old masters and historical paintings
which fired her imagination and fasci-
mated her eye. But her taste and genius
had been erratic from the outset. II was
not in the splendid halls Of the Louvre
that she sought 70 study her art, but out
OF doors She was always al home with
nature. and loved 10 sketch among the
fields. the flowers and the domestic ami.
mails. She watched the farmers in the
fields, and the oxen al work. the HOSES
on the bouleyards and purchased a lsuit
which ran about with her from morning
until night, and which she painted a-d
sold. on canvas. 50 times.
All this while the yong schoolgirl
was developing into the young woman
and in every picture she painted, always
from life. some decided improvement
was manifest over her previous efforts
She loved her self-impOsed task, and fol
lowed it so closely first in the minutes,
observation OF her subjects, and then in
the patient detail Of reproducing il, that
she could not fail Of success.
And thus the mischieyous little cir
who had been locked up in the schoo
cellar TO punish her for her roguery anC
disregard Of all rules OF propriety, had
so improved in her chosen profession
that in lS4S Horace Vernet, then presi
dent Of the Society Of Fine Arts in Paris
pronounced her 10 be the first female ar
fist in France-he might have truthful
. ly added in the world
This was Rosa BoDheur
Her pictures to-day grace the first gal
I leries Of the world. and command th'
highest prices They are more simple
and grand than elaborate, while he
I touch is --asterly. there being no trace
I of a womans hand in anything SIT
( paints She aspired to photograph IA
I ture in colors. and her success was per
feet.
Rosa did not srOwup TO be handsome
woman. though she had fine brow ant
very expressive and beautiful eyes: bu
the face as a whole was rather harsh
The hands and feet were OF the mos
petite character She always wore Se
hair short. and in many respects fol
lowed the dress Of the sterner sex. but II
her manners she was refined and LADY
like.
In her frequent visits to the cattl
fairs and stockyards. where she selecte;
her animal models. she always put oil
male attire. and was invariably al
tended by two huge mastifs. who coull
make her respected. II necessary. by
sign from their mistress
one day when she was on her way 4
visit the cattle market TO make som
studies. and dressed as man. when he
maid came suddenly 10 her and an
uounced the illness Of a dear lady frienl
who lived hard by Rosa FASTENED up u
see her. and. throwing herself on tn
bed. caressed the invalid Just al thi
momest the doctor entered and. horri
fed at what he saw. made hasty re
treat
For PHYS sake. Rosa" cried be
friend hasten after him and explain!
"Oh. it's no matter. she replied.
"Ah. but he's the greatest gossip lis
ing and will spread the report that re
ceive visits from lovers. and all sort
Of horrors"
SO Rosa FASTENED after the doctor. bu
found it not so easy to convince him vh
she was
Such is a glance at the romantic hi
tory OF the most famous female artls
OF the world-N Y. Weekly.