Show M Master asCer of Silhouette Stirred by Challenge August Edouart probably the greatest great great- greatest est of all aU silhouette artists was waR tIm this first to apply the term silhouette to human likeness cut from paper Before Before Be ne fore his time the they had been called shades lie lIc took up the art as the tho result of ot ofa a n trivial incident While visiting a n family one day he was shown some shades that had been cut by a ma mn- chine He lie criticized them as unlike and Inartistic and was challenged to todo todo todo do better and find In a fit of ot pique he seized seised a pair pall of scissors tore of oft off the tIle corner of a letter that lay on the th table led the tho father to a n chair and andIn andin In n a short time exhibited a paper r like like- ness The family e expressed approval al and showered Edouart with praises Then he made the thc mothers mother's likeness with the same sauna facility and exactness Edouart embarked on a successful Career carcer career ca ca- reer with scissors sors and paper and ond when he came to America In 1839 1330 lie ho took New York b by storm Kansas storm Kansas City Star |