Show I Master of Silhouette ette Stirred by Challenge August Edo Edouart probably the time greatest great gren t test est eat of nU all silhouette artists was th the first to apply time the term silhouette to human likeness cut from paper Before Before Before Be Be- fore his time they had hind been called shades He lie took up the art as the tho result of or ofa oro a o trivial incident While vis visiting tIng a R family one da day he lie was shown some shades that bad had been cut by a n ma ma- chine lIe He criticized them as ns unlike and arid inartistic and was challenged todo todo to todo do better and In a n fit of pique ho he seized 11 a pair of at scissors t tore re of off the corner of a let letter er that lay on the table led the father rather to a n chair chall and andIn andIn andin In a short time exhibited a paper likeness like like- ness The Tha family express expressed approval and showered l Edouart with praises praised Then n he made the mothers mother's Ul likeness with the same facility and exactness Edouart embarked on a successful career career ca ca- reer with faith scissors and paper and when he came to America rica In Jn 1839 1530 he ho took New York by storm storm Kansas City Star |