. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. I\^ #. LE RETOUR DU SALUT BY FRANZ COURTENS Franz Coiirtens, Flemish Painter started for Brussels, wherein he had never set began the hard, almost desperate, strugglefor existence. A garret in some sort of house at the end of anavenue in the outskirts was his first abode, wherehe cooked his own humble meals. But he set towork bravely, and, by a lucky chance, made theacquaintance of Stacquet, the water-colourist, whobought his first picture. Soon after another wassold at the Cercle Artistique for twelve hundredfra
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. I\^ #. LE RETOUR DU SALUT BY FRANZ COURTENS Franz Coiirtens, Flemish Painter started for Brussels, wherein he had never set began the hard, almost desperate, strugglefor existence. A garret in some sort of house at the end of anavenue in the outskirts was his first abode, wherehe cooked his own humble meals. But he set towork bravely, and, by a lucky chance, made theacquaintance of Stacquet, the water-colourist, whobought his first picture. Soon after another wassold at the Cercle Artistique for twelve hundredfrancs, which meant a fortune I ThereuponCourtens left his hovel, and set up in a real atelierin Brussels. This was a rather bold step for ayoung painter with no resources beyond the pro-ducts of his brush, plus a fixed determination tostrike an independent line of art for himself. Buthe was not long in making himself known. At theGhent Salon of 1874 he exhibited a canvas,described in the catalogue as Bords de Canal,which gave him some encouragement. His finevirtuosity and his
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