Scribner's magazine . ^ and amuseum of objects useful to a j^ainterof past ages, and all these rooms, eitherby their architectural construction ortheir rich and picturesque furniture,are full of artistic interest, so that thepainter may find good backgrounds forhis figures without stirring from hisown house. M. Flameng has also acountry house at Septeuil, near Le Mans,where he spends part of the year. Cer-tainly, he is one of the most happilyconstituted and most favorably circum-stanced men of genius I have everknown. What seems to me the most desirable of liis gifts is the strength ofnatural
Scribner's magazine . ^ and amuseum of objects useful to a j^ainterof past ages, and all these rooms, eitherby their architectural construction ortheir rich and picturesque furniture,are full of artistic interest, so that thepainter may find good backgrounds forhis figures without stirring from hisown house. M. Flameng has also acountry house at Septeuil, near Le Mans,where he spends part of the year. Cer-tainly, he is one of the most happilyconstituted and most favorably circum-stanced men of genius I have everknown. What seems to me the most desirable of liis gifts is the strength ofnatural fa(Mdty witli which he assinii-lates all tliat is likelv to be necessarv or. Flameng.(From a photograph ) useful for his work, while at the sametime, by an easy process of rejection,he casts aside all the varieties of laborand of knowledge that would burdenhis spirit uselessly. Too honest andstraightforward for the affectations ofthe hour, he belongs to no clique orsect, and has no object but to do soundwork; and never did hard worker bearincessant industry with a lighter ormore cheerful tem^^er, or look forwardto new undertakings ^^ith more coura-geous anticipation.
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