. International studio. rK KtvEii. UK BY LKON I HKKMmF. Leoji Liter mi tie. I. AMI DKS (Boston Mitsetini oj Fine Arts) 1!V LEON LHEKMITTE work which he had carried to the highest perfection,and which began to afford him very appreciableresults. From England —it is only fair to rememberit — came his first j)ecuniary encouragement. Aformer student of the Atelier Lecoq, AlphonseLegros, who for some considerable time had madeLondon his abode, became a warm supporter ofthe young artist, and when, after the war in 1870,Lhermitte, fearful for the future, deemed it prudentto try his
. International studio. rK KtvEii. UK BY LKON I HKKMmF. Leoji Liter mi tie. I. AMI DKS (Boston Mitsetini oj Fine Arts) 1!V LEON LHEKMITTE work which he had carried to the highest perfection,and which began to afford him very appreciableresults. From England —it is only fair to rememberit — came his first j)ecuniary encouragement. Aformer student of the Atelier Lecoq, AlphonseLegros, who for some considerable time had madeLondon his abode, became a warm supporter ofthe young artist, and when, after the war in 1870,Lhermitte, fearful for the future, deemed it prudentto try his fortune in London, Legros made himacquainted with Edwards, Heseltine, Seymour-Haden, and introduced him to Ed. Sibvre, whowas engaged at the moment on a publication ofconsiderable magnitude on the works of art in thecollections of England. Struck by the qualitiesof precision and delicacy in the work of the youngdraughtsman, Sievre did not hesitate to enrol himamong his collaborators. Legros went further, andadmitted some of his proteges charcoal drawingsto the Black and White
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