StNicholas [serial] . reetsgay, winter and summer. But in this charm-ing place M. Boutet de Monvel has found thechildren to be his inspiration, and the mostdelightful things of all. Boutet de Monvel was born in Orleans in1850. His family went to Paris to live whenhe was three years old, and there he grew up,surrounded by a houseful of younger brothersand sisters. As soon as he could hold a pen-cil Maurice began to draw, and later coveredschool-books and slates and every availablescrap of paper with his sketches. As a young man he studied painting in thebig studios of Paris under the most celeb
StNicholas [serial] . reetsgay, winter and summer. But in this charm-ing place M. Boutet de Monvel has found thechildren to be his inspiration, and the mostdelightful things of all. Boutet de Monvel was born in Orleans in1850. His family went to Paris to live whenhe was three years old, and there he grew up,surrounded by a houseful of younger brothersand sisters. As soon as he could hold a pen-cil Maurice began to draw, and later coveredschool-books and slates and every availablescrap of paper with his sketches. As a young man he studied painting in thebig studios of Paris under the most celebratedmasters. Like most of the people whosenames are important in science, art, and letters,Boutet de Monvel knew what it was to bepoor, to struggle, and tobe often determination to suc-ceed, love for his work,faith in his inspiration,were stronger than circum-stance. With his port-folio full of illustrations,he started out to earn hisdaily bread. At firstrefusals met him every-where. It would not have. GUIGNOLS BOOTH—THE FRENCH PUNCH AND JUDY. i899-] MAURICE BOUTET DE MONVEL, 97
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