Portraits of great men and women of our time; with interesting testimonials by the most prominent art critics and leading men of intellect of France, England, Switzerland and America; . Pierpont Morgan you feel allof the keen penetration of the financiers wonder-ful eyes, and the decision of the jaw, with thepowerful intellect behind it all. In the remarkable portrait of Charles you see the calm, comprehensive look such peoplethem. -they feel that he understands Becomes an Artist If August Benziger had not been swept intoart by his own early inclinations he would un-doubtedly have bec
Portraits of great men and women of our time; with interesting testimonials by the most prominent art critics and leading men of intellect of France, England, Switzerland and America; . Pierpont Morgan you feel allof the keen penetration of the financiers wonder-ful eyes, and the decision of the jaw, with thepowerful intellect behind it all. In the remarkable portrait of Charles you see the calm, comprehensive look such peoplethem. -they feel that he understands Becomes an Artist If August Benziger had not been swept intoart by his own early inclinations he would un-doubtedly have become a successful businessman—for he knows human nature in the broadand the long. His father was one of the biggestbook publishers in Switzerland, and the fatherdid not desire that his son should become apainter; but the fates and August Benziger him-self decided otherwise, and he ran away from hishome in Brunnen early in life to study art in he studied at the Juhen and Beaux Arts,exhibited at the Salon and—what was more im-portant than schools or teachers—got into theatmosphere and caught the fine enthusiasm ofthe Parisian art world. Paris welcomes those ^6789. Portrait by A. Benziger COLONEL D. C. POOLEMadison, Wis. who can do or those who are strugghng to do,regardless of creed, color, race or is the one real cosmopolis of the Benziger there was a desire to see and knowand paint the portraits of the really great peoplein the world. He found the world in the facesof men and women—found what the world haddone to those faces and somewhat of what thefaces had done to and for the world. Thesehuman documents were the realities of life andhistory for him. These were the men who hadforced themselves from obscurity to places ofdistinction in the world. And there were theothers on whom fortune had always smiled;those who had been born in the purple. Bothwere interesting, but somehow you feel that thisman has a keener sympathy with those who h
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