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De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period
IsaidtheonlyreasonthatIwasaskingwasthattheinformationwouldhelpmetoinstructhermoreefficiently.Virtuallyinthesamebreath,Iaskedifshewereallowedtohavevisitorsatherconvent.
Thelastfewlines(orcubicfeet)ofmylettershould,Ithink,bereproducedhere—syntax,punctuation,andall.
...Incidentally,ifyouhaveacommandoftheFrenchlanguage,IhopeyouwillletmeknowasIamabletoexpressmyselfverypreciselyinthatlanguage,havingspentthegreaterpartofmyyouthchieflyinParis,France.
Sinceyouarequiteobviouslyconcernedaboutdrawingrunningfigures,inordertoconveythetechniquetoyourpupilsattheConvent,IamenclosingafewsketchesIhavedrawnmyselfthatmaybeofuse.YouwillseethatIhavedrawnthemratherrapidlyandtheyarebynomeansperfectorevenquitecommendable,butIbelievetheywillshowyoutherudimentsaboutwhichyouhaveexpressedinterest.Unfortunatelythedirectoroftheschooldoesnothaveanysysteminthemethodofteachinghere,Iamverymuchafraid.Iamdelightedthatyouarealreadysowelladvanced,butIhavenoideawhatheexpectsmetodowithmyotherstudentswhoareveryretardedandchieflystupid,inmyopinion.
Unfortunately,Iamanagnostic;however,IamquiteanadmirerofSt.FrancisofAssisifromadistance,itgoeswithoutsaying.
