ACCORDING TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS,

I AM HAVING MEWSETTE'S PORTRAIT PAINTED

BY THE MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS IN PARIS.

MANY OF THEM ARE NOT YET WELL KNOWN IN AMERICA,

SO PLEASE ALLOW ME

TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH ONE.

MONSIEUR CLAUDE MONET MIGHT WELL BE SAID

TO BE THE FATHER OF THE IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT.

YOU WILL NOTICE HOW MONSIEUR MONET

ACHIEVES A SHIMMERING LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE PICTURE

AND AN IMPRESSION OF AIR AND SPACE.

A MAN OF NOBLE BIRTH

IS MONSIEUR HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC,

WHO IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN

FOR HIS STRIKING POSTERS FOR THE MOULIN ROUGE.

POINTILLISM IS A HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL STYLE

DEVELOPED BY GEORGES SEURAT

IN WHICH HE CREATES HIS ASTONISHING EFFECTS

BY THE CLEVER PLACING OF TINY DOTS OF PAINT

NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

HENRI ROUSSEAU IS AN EX-SOLDIER

WITH NO FORMAL ART TRAINING.

HE IS KNOWN AS A PRIMITIVE PAINTER.

WITH HIS VIVID IMAGINATION,

HE IS CREATING A CHARMING WORLD OF HIS OWN

WHERE ORANGES GROW ON BANANA TREES.

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI IS

A TALENTED YOUNG ITALIAN PAINTER

WHO SHOWS GREAT PROMISE.

SOMETIMES HIS MODELS HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY

HOLDING THE POSE FOR HIM.

A DUTCH PAINTER

WHO HAS FOUND NEW INSPIRATION HERE IN PARIS

IS A MAN OF VIOLENT TEMPERAMENT--

VINCENT VAN GOGH.

TO ACHIEVE A STRONG EMOTIONAL IMPACT,

HE SOMETIMES APPLIES PAINT DIRECTLY FROM THE TUBE.

MONSIEUR EDGAR DEGAS FREQUENTLY USES

BALLET DANCERS AS HIS MODELS.

TO ARRIVE AT HIS DELICATE COLOR HARMONIES,

HE OFTEN USES PASTELS INSTEAD OF OIL PAINTS.

DON'T BE CONCERNED

WHEN YOU SEE AUGUSTE RENOIR'S PORTRAIT.

MEWSETTE HAS NOT GOTTEN FAT. HEH HEH HEH.

MONSIEUR PAUL CEZANNE IS AN INTELLECTUAL ARTIST.

HE IS A MASTERFUL ORGANIZER

OF COLOR, COMPOSITION, AND FORM.

HIS SUBJECTS OFTEN TAKE ON THE ASPECTS

OF A STILL LIFE.

THE DYNAMIC PAUL GAUGUIN

HAS ONLY RECENTLY RETURNED FROM TAHITI,

AND HIS PAINTINGS SHOW THE INFLUENCE

OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

ANOTHER YOUNG PAINTER HERE IN PARIS

IS A VOLATILE SPANIARD WHO SHOWS EVERY INDICATION

OF SOMEDAY SETTING THE ART WORLD AFIRE.

HIS NAME IS PABLO PICASSO.

AND SO, HOPING THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THEM,

I SHIP THESE PAINTINGS ON TO YOU.

AND TONIGHT, I AM SENDING THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE,

MEWSETTE HERSELF.

HA HA HA HA HA.

HERE. MAIL THIS LETTER, ARMOND.

NOW I WANT NO SLIP-UPS.

THE TRAIN LEAVES AT MIDNIGHT.

I'LL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH THE BELLE OF PAREE.

I WANT YOU TO SEE

THAT SHE IS COMFORTABLY SETTLED IN HER--HEH HEH HEH--

COMPARTMENT.