The evening world., 1911-01-17

Countess poised in a primitive, wild
dance. The other is Iore conventional,
a little figure in a Grecian costume.
with whom did you study l asked.
Studied by Himself.
II studied from life. and / studied
myself answered Prince Troubctzkoy.
"All th't / know | taught myself. OF
course I lived IN Italy for practically
thirty years. That gil $ one a point OF
view. but l do not think It Is necessarily
an influence. I mean, one becomes
familiar with the old masters there,
but. o see. I do not believe the old
masters are persons to be slavishly fol-
Lowell.
AT one time I was appointed professor
OF the Academy of Fine Arts at Mos
cow conflded the Prince. Il started
win n class of sixty pupils. The first
thing I did was to get rid OF all the
antique casts around the place. The
next thing | did was to tell my pupils
to study people. to study nature. and to
rely on themselves. Finally I found
/ had exactly two pupils left in the
class"
The Prince looked at me with ome
thing very like a grin o n his face.
II was delighted with the results OF
my labor he added. but | also gave
up the class"
But all this time I hope you have
remembered that Prince Paul Trou-
betzkoy Is the brother Of Pr!ace Pierre
Trou5etzkoy. portrait painter, who
married Amelia Rives, author. The
Prince and Princess Pierre Troubetakoy
have spent many winters IN New York,
but this Is the first trip to America o.:
Prince Pau Troubct2koy.
You Ike to model American women"
I commented as We paused between a
statuette of Mrs. William X. Wander
bit and one of Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney.
Il like TO mode all things that in
terest me- replied the Prince. Il want
to put into my work life and my inter-
probation of II. l want to show the
real man or woman or child beneath
the silk or cloth that covers them. !
want to suggest their minds and souls
SO strongly hat people may read them
In my work"
Has Attained His Ideal.
And the Prince has been blessed by
the gods and has done what he wants
to do. His work Is very modern ana
very direct. The details of a fold OF
cloth he ignores for the more interest
ing modelling OF n wrist or tho turn OF
a throat. Ills primitive subjects are al
most impress!on!stiC. There Is a Rus
sian sleigh In which Is seated the muf-
fled figure OF n man. TAc horse, stand
ing before Il. is relaxed I'm patient woarl-
ness. The whole Is ineNpressibly drelry
and chill,
Then there are two subjects. both of
which the Prince has called THE Corpse
Eaters one is the figure of a gllt-
onous man devouring a roast, set be-
fore him on the table, and the other is
a lean hyena tearing at the flesh Of a
traveller who has fallen by tAe way
side.
"Of tho two ! prefer the hyena,' re-
marked Prince Trouhetskoy. He Is al
least following d natural and exp,lcabl,
instinct
just then We came to the slim figure
OF a swayel backward on tn,
hips. the cain held high On the slender
throat,
That IS my wife, the Princess Trou.
betzkoy," the Prince explained.
MANY people have said she is very
beautiful / answered.
TIE droll, hair ,milc came back t,
=. Prince Troubct2koy face.
4 like her." he sild with decision
"Yes-she is beautiful. Well, mayh,
there are people who might not tniul
so, but she IA. charm, magnetism. Snt
+. IS a SHelo, and very fair and dell,
cately made
/, Some Of His Other Works.
We passed on TO \ s;atuette OF MIS-
Rutherford. tGc daughter OF Mrs. W, Il
Vanderbilt ST.; a wonderfully strCnI
STUDY OF William *, Vanderbilt; ono q
; Ara;o.c France, George Bernard S4ay
and i small caste Of the statue OF IN,
car Alexander H.. which has bee,
erected IN tho principal square OF 3.
F. Petersburg.
THE horse upon which the Car I
seated" remarked the Prince, wa
: modelled from n particularly fine bal.
4 cob which belonged 70 Count Tols'oy.
A And among tho other studles Is On
y OF Count Tolstoy, the last to be mod
o elled from him before his death. Til
4 has just been exhibited in the Ste.HlcI
Villa In the Impasse itons!n IN Paris
Q And are you going to work an
a study while you are here"' | asked,
{ 81 always work ana study" reptile
Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. "Wher sve
there Is life ! work and study"