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Show MONEY HIS SECOND THOUGHT Artist Accepted Destitution In Preference Prefer-ence to Sate of His Precious Works of Art Destitute In a hou tull of master-pleces, master-pleces, penniless and unknown, an old roan who began life as a chimney sweep and eventually became a sculptor, sculp-tor, has died in a fordid lodging at Ivry, a Parte suburb. "Father Fials-sard," Fials-sard," as he was familiarly known, was Dorn In Savoy and as a boy was employed em-ployed as a sweep. V.ster 5e was apprenticed ap-prenticed to a mason In Paris. HI genius manifested Itaolf and be became be-came a sculptor. If be had consented to sell hie works of art he would have been a rich matt, but he would not part with them and died destitute. Ills two bumble rooms were full of examples exam-ples of exquisite workmanship. One, a table In black marble, has on It a chess board In African ouyx, and half a dozen cups and glusses, all beautifully beauti-fully carved. M. Pralssnrd was eight yeara In executing this piece of work. Hut bis greatest triumph took htm twenty-two yeara to finish. It is a black marble table, Inlaid with squares of lighten colored marble, and Is covered with tile accessories of various vari-ous games. In the center Is a chess-board; chess-board; to the right and left are cards arrsnged In the ehape of a fan. In the corners are dominoes and the cigars and cigarettes of the players, with, several gold and silver coins. Tho materials ma-terials used are porphyry, agate, ouyx, malachite and lapis lazuli, and the combination of rich tones red, black, orange, white and axure blue produces pro-duces a delightful effect Ninety different dif-ferent kinds of marble were employed. |
