Whistler as I knew him . nkment, to look at some nocturne, perhaps a fishshop, which Whistler was trying to commit to mem-ory. He would talk aloud as he created the ideafor one of his marvellous pictures. He would say: Look at that golden interior with the two spots oflight, and that old woman with the cherpiered the warm purple tone outside going away up tothe green of the sky, and the shadows from the win-dows thrown on the ground. What an exquisite lace-work they form! He would say all this aloud, andI would walk back with him to his studio, and talkwith him, sometimes, until two
Whistler as I knew him . nkment, to look at some nocturne, perhaps a fishshop, which Whistler was trying to commit to mem-ory. He would talk aloud as he created the ideafor one of his marvellous pictures. He would say: Look at that golden interior with the two spots oflight, and that old woman with the cherpiered the warm purple tone outside going away up tothe green of the sky, and the shadows from the win-dows thrown on the ground. What an exquisite lace-work they form! He would say all this aloud, andI would walk back with him to his studio, and talkwith him, sometimes, until two oclock in the he would say, as I was leaving: Now, Menpes,remember, I want you to be here early in the morn-ing. As for me, I am going to make my mind a blankuntil I paint that fish shop; and you must be hereearly. And I always was there early, — so early that veryoften I breakfasted with Whistler, — but, at whateverhour I arrived, I always found him up, and dressed,sparkling and bright as ever. WHISTLER. * ft %? MASTER AND FOLLOWERS FINETTE
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