Meissonier, his life and his art . 124 MRISSONIRR hardly ever forgiven for talking about our own Inisincss, and yetpeople should consider that \vc have; really learnt it,—in the old daysat least, we did,—and that, to do it well, we must have worked andthought more than a little. Nowadays, when everybody writes, or engraves, or sculptures, it isless easy than you would think to talk to the public in general aboutthe subjects one knows best,—as far, indeed, as anything can beknown. In the studio, among friends, yes ! there it is delight!ul to talk. MEISSONIER S STUDIO AND DRAWING-ROOM IN PARIS.
Meissonier, his life and his art . 124 MRISSONIRR hardly ever forgiven for talking about our own Inisincss, and yetpeople should consider that \vc have; really learnt it,—in the old daysat least, we did,—and that, to do it well, we must have worked andthought more than a little. Nowadays, when everybody writes, or engraves, or sculptures, it isless easy than you would think to talk to the public in general aboutthe subjects one knows best,—as far, indeed, as anything can beknown. In the studio, among friends, yes ! there it is delight!ul to talk. MEISSONIER S STUDIO AND DRAWING-ROOM IN PARIS. freely, to tell them all your thought, concealing nothing, and, whenthey catch your idea, to see it reflected in their eyes, and so let theball roll on. Objections only whet your eagerness. Every nerve isstrained in the friendly effort to contest your opponents views, andcarry conviction to his mind. In the excitement of the moment yougrow almost eloquent. But sitting alone before your inkstand, roundingyour sentences, weighing every word,—that is a very different story ! MAN I hope my pupils will carry on and re-inforce the tradition of thathonesty, conscientiousness, and truthfulness which I have put into myown work, and which I have always taught them. The man who leaves good work behind him, adds his quota to theglorious inheritance of thehuman race. His work isa spiritual bond connect-ing its creator with distantposterity. Let us thenstrive, so that we maynot utterly disappear, sothat those who come afterus may recognise theartists
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