The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . PLUME feasor Smith, whose interest in suchthings was not easily aroused, was at-tracted by the progress of this port-rait, anid after each sitting would ex-amine it closely. During one partic-ular sitting the artist forgot himselfand began to whistle merrily as hisbrush moved back and forth acrossthe canvas. The whistling greatlyamused the professor, who had beenaccustomed to studied deference andBeverity of Mj further acquaintance witli and h^s work was when T visit- 560 ed his st
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . PLUME feasor Smith, whose interest in suchthings was not easily aroused, was at-tracted by the progress of this port-rait, anid after each sitting would ex-amine it closely. During one partic-ular sitting the artist forgot himselfand began to whistle merrily as hisbrush moved back and forth acrossthe canvas. The whistling greatlyamused the professor, who had beenaccustomed to studied deference andBeverity of Mj further acquaintance witli and h^s work was when T visit- 560 ed his studio in the rue CainpagnePremiere, just off the Boulevard Mont-parnasse, in the Latin quarter of is at Pans that Mr. Russell haspainted his best pictures, and it isthere that he seems to have the mostimpulse to work. The environmentis conducive to progress, and there isplenty of opportunity for conscientious,wholesome criticism. The associationsare altogether artistic, and in the lit-tle cafes of the Boulevard one is al-most sure to encounter some painteror musician or LADY WITH MUFF (SALON, lillij) It was. wihile luncliing with in one of these cafes that anAmerican painter and his wife and aScotch painter came in and joined had ordered CJiateauhriands, andthey did hkewise. The Scotchman hadjust Bold a picture, and in his exuber-ance he announced the fact, with theresult that he was conistrained to setup a bottle of wine for each of us, anordeal that he underwent with excel-lent humour, notwithstanding his na-tionality. Mr. Eussell is as good an instanceas one could find of the hard-working 5(11 painter. He works hard, or ratherpereistently, because he enjoys hiswork, and is ill at ease when he isnot engaged at something connectedwith his art. When I found him atPars, he had just come in from atrip out to Dieppe, whitiher he hadgone to paint the sea, the shore, andthe accessory figures of bathers andsand-walkers. Then I saw him wait-ing for th
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