New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
Dreanls of High
FinanceHelped
Part Tartoues
r;fe Says Artist Wanted
II, To Be Captain of Indus:
nv: Asserts Others Urged
Him to Back Schemes
Tells of Litter in Studio
p.;,,er Visits Her Often,
hu, She Doesn't Expect
~ Live With Him Again

of huttons. Quininc bottles
.,s.,,. Of hempen cord in Pierre
-,y,oue's studio, where visitors aoa ,
..;.o s;tters expected to IND
P''sr;s .;..ss of portraiture, were
- the development when ieo 20
s,,..a;a Windsor Tartoue's decision 10
,.ssra,e .,a from her husband, Nine. Tar
sa;d Yesterday. AT the same time
~. -. ra;n,er's wife explained that wh'le
INC .o.onc;,ed TO her husband and
VA received frequent visits from nj"
,a- nresent retreat, that was as iar
she was prepared to permit the
reconciliation to 60 49,.
~ 10 not think shall ever live vita
p;srrs AGAIN" she said "He IS a
1.;ns ord he has all the irresponsi-
s'I;.v of renius. II he will only devote
himself to his art + shall De e'''FeiS
satisfied.
uon.d To Be Captain of Industry
Tho nresence of the merchandise
..unles in the Tartoue studio was the
r.sult Of the painters mistaken amb'-
,;on 70 become an American captain of
industry. his wife said. The deter
n;ration Of her husband to be something
.or which he is entirely untitled by
.s,oeyamen.. she added. was worked
.n,nr hv "Robertson,' the man whom
.is accuses of blackmailing her. and
-, others who used the painter to
smr,ber commercial schemes Of their
own. -,
"pierre has vast estates in South
America" she explained. eve went
there on our honeymoon. A large
variety of products are grown there
and the idea got into his head that, by
marketing these products or using them
qs the raw material for various manu-
,setured articles, he could become a
Great American business man. rms
ambition entirely obsessed him. He
lat interest in his art, which is really
he one great ability he possessed and
s,ouraged by Robertson and others, he
ie.ame involved in all manner OF
schemes for the fotation OF various
companies to manufacture different
articles.
AT one time it was rope; at an
o.be- time it was buttons. Then 1t
was ouinine. People came to the stu
do to inspect his work, and found
there, instead Of the great pictures
which Pierre is capable of painting,
lengths of various rope samples, hun
dreds OF vari-coored buttons. The
place was like junkshop 1t almost
ruined him.
Cites Swindlers' Scheme
zone of these men had a scheme
which was positively fraudulent. He
wanted to bring into the country
number of worthless copies of old mas
ters. which he said he could get in
Holland These pictures he wanted
Pierre to work on painting in the sig
natures and taking them to make them
appear to be genuine originals. Then
he had some scheme for finding these
old masters, and selling them at crazy
prizes. 1t was one of the wildsS
things | ever heard Of, and | protested
10 him many times about this and
SIMILAR silly ideas which were put into
his head by these co-called friends of
his.
Darling, you can't do that I would
tell him, III is illegal. and it's so silly
OF course, he refused.
Pierre is just dear child. He is
really wonderful painter. and I do
hope that ne will 60 back again to his
painting and forget all about these
troublesome two years"
NINE. Iartoue said that her husband
'ad several unfinished pictures in his
possession for which she had posed.
me result of their renewal of friend
MP she said. in all probability would
,e that he would hnish these paint