. Plucky boys. he was so wild to see where the bust wasplaced, that he was on the spot before the doorswere opened. He next went to modelling some of his pet ani-mals, and made a cats head, a rabbit, a kids head,and a goats, which forms a handsome are all in bronze, and sets of them have beenexhibited and sold in this country during the last sixor eight months. Mr. Fremiet was immensely pleased with the boy,and saw what was in him, and advised him to enterthe Government School of Fine Arts, in Paris. Hedid even more, going with Paul to one of the pro-fessors in the Department of
. Plucky boys. he was so wild to see where the bust wasplaced, that he was on the spot before the doorswere opened. He next went to modelling some of his pet ani-mals, and made a cats head, a rabbit, a kids head,and a goats, which forms a handsome are all in bronze, and sets of them have beenexhibited and sold in this country during the last sixor eight months. Mr. Fremiet was immensely pleased with the boy,and saw what was in him, and advised him to enterthe Government School of Fine Arts, in Paris. Hedid even more, going with Paul to one of the pro-fessors in the Department of Sculpture, and intro-ducing him. This was Professor Cavelier; and hewas the one selected because he had the reputationof taking a special personal interest in his pupils. After a little while Professor Cavelier, who is avery kindly man, said to Paul, I think you oughtto have better opportunities (than the general onesof the school), and he brought him into his ownstudio, for preparatory work under his own A BOY SCULPTOR. I4I All the pupils are required to do a certain piece ofwork, which determines the rank they will take in theschool. The principle seems to be similar to that inordinary schools, where those especially qualified mayenter in advance. Paul had a large figure for hisassignment, under the instruction of Professor Cave-Uer. He will remain in the school, and if he fulfilsthe expectation of his master, of Mr. Fremiet, andmany artists, he has a great future. He is the first American sculptor who has begunto produce a series of small bronzes. This he doeson the same terms, so far as public sale is concerned,with the best sculptors. He understands all of theprocesses connected with the production of exhibited at the Salon of 1881, his dogs head,and has since completed a crow, and a fine group ofrabbits about a cabbage which they are are, perhaps, the first really good bronzes everproduced by an American. He is simply doingwhat the best Fren
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