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VLt iiiLf fa nil LI P46 i idi Gy i i di ae ij at ES sees A 4 1 SF rr fed feddsel dsel Jj fltall1ii fj fjt UiJlJii I Jv Jvhrfri5f I 0 0ecame ecams feoi feoirkisk eaurt A mrtj5tbe hrfri5f rkisk kobheulban kobhe tutkeHu1tan tJj 1 1JuJtan ulban ulbanr I HO Hu1tan Hu1tanW has not not heard hta of the won wonderful wonderful I I derful beanie beauty belf of women women who wholike wholike olike like flowers are IIbont born to toblush toblush toblush blush unseen ulIseeu in iJ cn the seclusion of an at Ori Oriental Oriental Oriental ental harem haremp Who has not pitied the 360 360slaves 360smJes 360slaves slaves smJes of otlu the ht Sultan 1I1l4H of Turkey Turlrylew jew of ofwhom ofwhore whom ever see their royal master ster and whop who whopass whoass I pass ass ss the long lox monotonous days watching watchingtheir fDtlk Lit Littheir Jt Jttheir their beauty beauty like that of a flower fade fntl unappreciated un unappreciated UHaP1 appreciated aP1 reC lletl and unadmiredt unadmiredtPoets u1UUlirtJPoets ux4uhniredpPoets Poets have rhapsodized over the thedusky thedusk thedusky dusky dusk deeply kep blushing skin sid of the veiledfaces veiled veiledfaces i faces the flash lath llSh and HJ fare re of tkdc th tJulmXtI large dark darkeyes darkeyes eyes the tte delicious richness rk 4p of pomegranate pomegranateblossom ponegraxatebt OMegr atc atcblOJSQ1fI blossom bt ot ease lips and the sheen of silkspun silkspunraven silkspunell silkspunravex raven ell tresses One hay read rultlof of the soft softness JollIItSS sot sotlieu I ness lieu of the dreamy tired faces the languor linuor the thedemure demure downward glances Imces of the eyes and andthe andthe andthe the sinuous DIU grace zr of the harem ure houris hourisfigures hourufigures figures figuresBut But such descriptions have been re regarded regarded garded Kr aaded ti largely rte1y as poets dreams drea Until UntilFausto UntilFIlJlsto UntilFausto Fausto Zonaro JM Italian painter non ttd the theesteem Ih Ihesteem theesteem esteem and confidence OO1t te of 4bdul Hawid HIl tid II IIno IIno I1no no painter was allowed to portray the th lit Irving JiviRK liting ing butterflies of Yildiz Yil iz I ITiu FThe The mystery rttcry ster which invests JrfJests the Sul Sultans Sultans tans flower garden of girls zir has long lox ex excited excited excited cited curiosity cltT Jsity In a1U all countries cOJUdriesinttfKiHa cOJUdriesinttfKiHalion imagina inuzgixalion imagination lion tried ied to picture that beauty belllt upon which whichno tOnichno whichno no man Iln excepting the imperial i1flperiZmastrJ i1flperiZmastrJmizht waster wastermight ucattermight might gaze gazeBut gasBllt gazeBut But now for the first prs time ti tinc Je the veil has hasbeen hasbeen been bee drawn from from the chambers of the theharem tAehllreln theharem harem and the womenthe women fD cHthe the actual living livingwomen lit1in lit1inWOeHIutVe livingwoaaexhave women WOeHIutVe have been revealed to the world worldin uOrldill worldix in soft lines and warm colors even even more morebeautiful morebeach ore orebetzlttiful beach beautiful ul that imagination iWaz HIZt 011 pictured them themFausto themgusto Fausto Fnwto gusto Zonaro by his wonderful wonderfulstudies wonder WOnderflllstudies ustudies studies of Oriental Oneil tat life became world worldfamous worldfaOIls worldamoui famous amoui He also wo VOlt the admiration of ofthe oftlae fthe the Sultan Sul and uJ was appointed if ftetl official officialu ocitzl ocitzlpaililer officialpainter painter to his is Majesty a the Sultan 1 Illld theOttoax the theo fO Ottoax ttOlll4 toman courk courkOXARO courkZON courtOARO OXARO AnO iadescribed is described as an Italian He Haconsiders Heconaidera Heconsiders ZON considers himself an Italian I tali Yet if ifTOO if70U ifyou TOO you were to visit 1 ait him in the splendid splendidhouse splendidhoUle splendidowe house owe which he received as a gift from fromthe fromth6 fromthe the Sultan you would regard him as a Turk Turkbredinthebone a abredinthebone abredinthebone bredinthebone fulldyed subject of the Sul Sultan Sultan Sultan tan Zonaro acclaimed aec1a ed by the art art critics of Eu Europe Europe Europe rope as the greatest portrayer of Oriental life lifein li lifein ein in a century has become imbued with the spirit spiritwhich spiritwhich spiritwhich which he puts into his work Ho dresses like likean likean likean an Ottoman eats like an Ottoman aDd acts aetslike actslike notelike like an Ottoman OttomanIn OttomanIn In his own country coun try where he studied and andstruggled and6tru andstruggled struggled 6tru 1ed Zonaro was not a success In Turkey Tur Turkey T1Irkey key where he went by chance be has proven provenhimself provenhimtelf provenhimself himself a genius geniusZonaro geniusZouaro geniusZousro Zonaro has done what artists have ha merely merelyattempted mrrey mrreyattempted merelyattempted attempted for years yearshe he has grasped the fleet fleeting fleeting eet eeting ing elusive elu ivc spirit of the Orient that intangible intangiblecharm inungib1echarm intangiblecharm charm which makes a land Ja of enchantment enchantmentinvests eD enchantmentinvests aDtment aDtmentinveau invests it with a xla trlaunmr la ur of romance the gla glamour ciamour glamour mour of eyes rs flashing ft shing invitingly for an instant instantfrom instantfrom instantfrom from folded yashmaksYet yashmaks yashmaksYet yuhmaksY Yet pt in the faces fac of the harem beauties hthe i1the isthe the indefinable touch of the Italian the lingernR linger lingering linger1nlt ing nR fondness i ndness which only the Latin can impart impartto impartto1 to to1 a portrayal of feminine beauty beautyIndeed beautyI beautyIndeed Indeed I nd one has only to gaze upon his hi study studyof studYof studyof of A Circassian girl to be convinced that tho thoIpvelin thu19din thalgve1in Ipvelin of women of that Eastern type was wasnot wa wanot wasnot not overrated prtAted One learns that the heathen heathenTurk beathenTtrk heathenTrk Turk has hft an eye indeed forbeauty for beaut7perfect beaut7perfectiftuh beauty perfect perfectfeuirleas perfect perfectfault fault feuirleas lcs 1 beaut1bfaAutv beauty beauty not of chiseled marble marblebut marblebut marblebut but nf fa a warm smiling Fmi1in face and a lithe grace graceful gr grful granful ful form Not the bea beauty ity cl the English poet poetCold poeiCold poetCold Cold eyelids that hide hid like a jewel jewelHard jelHant wl wlHard Hard tqu jres that Brow aft for an hour hourThe 1IottrThe hourThe The heavy white hlt limbs and the ernl ernlRed en erMlRed lReel Red mouth lik like a venomous flowsr flowsrWhat i1owatllat iWQrWhat What llat is the vague ague charm of those faces 1 Is Isit IsIt IsSt it not the softness the gentleness the calm calmness calmleU ness 3 reposing repos Di in thc eyes 1 Is it not the lan lanJ 1 OL7enllZl Ol7e11 armordeS 1I12ai11 Itr ILw OC III IIIJ Zz2 Od ue lJerY78h lJ7JSh at Pfayec Pfayecuid ra ysuid suid uid smile the air of wect iudol indokn ndokJlc jiu the iUN iUNuf lure lureof lureof of a face see about to bubble with laughter ughtEr eyes eyesrousing eyesrousing eyesrousing rousing from slim slumber ber to kindle with mirth or orkisablo orkicsab1e orkisssabje kisablo lips seeming te pout for a caeeal caeealSitting caress caressSitting I ISitting Sitting with hands folded in her lap list listlessly listlessly lessly 1 her long hair hanging baD ing down her back backcarelessly backcaraleSly backcarelessly carelessly looking at a you so disinterestedly the theCircassian theCir theCiressian Circassian Cir ssinn girl immediately charms the be beholdor beholder beholdor holdor holdorIq holderII holdorI1I Iq II his picture of tho odalisque one sees acesperfectly a aperfectly 11perfectly perfectly formed woman The contour of her herface herfsce herface face is i oval her nose thin and delicately delieatei formed form formed fOnDed ed her lips exquisitely arched archedShe archedSht archedShe She is dressed in the loose graceful gracef oJ robesof robes robesof rob robof of the Turkish women a sort of tunic hmi fastened fastenedby futeDedby fastenedby by a broad brightly colored Olor sash and an em embroidered embroidered embroidered broidered coat She stands before you a lack of ofinterest ofinterest ointerest interest in her bright eyes yet manifestly con conscious con5Mo conscious scious 5Mo of her beauty beautyThert beautyThere There is tranquillity in in the eyes of the Bo Bohemian Bohpmian Bohemian hemian girl yet in the dark depths one can de detect detect detect tect a smoldering smo1 ring Vesuvius CiSUY of passion be it to toor love loveor loveor or hate hat She seems capable of both th Her hair hairis hairis hairis is awry a1I escaping SCftpin tebclliously from a white tur turban turban turban ban She leans forward somewhat expectantly expectantlyOne expeetantlyOnp expectantlyOne One can ntell tell looking at the pictures that thatlife thatEfe the thelifo life in the harem must not be so monotonous monotonouafter monotonousafter monotonnusiter after iter allamong all among so many beautiful women womenthere women womenthere womenthere there must m115 be keen jealousy outbursts ou tbursts of dis dislike dis1ik0 dislike like one can eari ID see the different natures of the thefair thefair th thfair fair slaves some listless and languid others othersspirited otheSpirite otherspirited Ms spirited pirite and fiery fieryThe fieryThe fieryThe The women have dollbabies little dishe dishesand dishemd disheand and toys and amuse themselves like so many manychildren maDYchildre manychildren a children Vlany spend their time in dressing in inadorning inadorning i iadorning adorning themselves and dressing dr i1Jg their hair with withthe withthe wi withe the hope the lord of the palace may wander band by byand byand and look with favor on them themFausto themFausto themFausto Fausto Zonaro who vh was privileged pririk privilgcdtransfer Cd to totransfer totrKDsft transfer the beauties nti of the harem tc canvas canvaswas cansuwas DT8S DT8SWftS was born in unpicturesque surroundings at Masi Masia aa a little commune in Padua Italy in in 1854 1854parents His Hisparents Hparen Hisd parents paren were poor In his childhood he suffered aufiercdI suffero I JOJeC1l0L zJellcrty 8ea from want and in his early earl earl manhood aspent a lb Lspent bspeII1t spent his time at painting he endured many pri privations poriyatioDa privatiom vationsWith vations With high hopes hope ct winning win1 Dg icnowr I Iwent bweat hwent went to Paris Pan in 188and 188 and returned Viafter Ynio Ynioafter after fter a futile at struggle tt win in bar bar1 ha co oTlit ouito itorv on He earned his Eving ving by making ng plates pis places dealer of fashions That seemed the tier 1 use usewhich ewhich which hi he could cld pat Iris talents He was utter unerHe dtswouxwffeU He was losing Iosi ail ambition he bothat ui uithat ttbat that he was to be a hack nothing more mor OB Oeedar One day he salt a picture of a Tnrkis beauty the face partly concealed by a white whit til ii He patted drawing drawin the fashion plate plateshe ah heand he hei hthoaaIrt thoaaIrt aDd paused paused1Ia pa pawas 1Ia was a i quality in the picture that hat ap appealed a appealed ppeaJeti pealed to him there was a charm in those mad haunting la1m Dg eyes He felt an inspiration inspirationthrough inspirationiIuoaP inspirationcIb cIb through himkow Jam mkow kow he woul like to topltint toJWnt tot pltint ifae unveiled wiled faces face of the women of the Orient I 1With OrientWith Irltla With 900 fraaes in his pocket pocl Zonaro Zonar7started Zonarostarted ZonartJUteci started for Constantinople He took thirdclass thirdclasspassage thirdelasIpcLcsa8 thirdclasspassage passage But he was not compelled to sleet sleepwith sleetwith 9lefDwith with other emigrants em emigrantshe antahe he painted a portrait ofthe of ofthe ofthe the captain capt8 and was assign usi assigned 1 a better berth berthA berthA berthAs A As the great city of Constantinople rose be before before before fore him he felt warmth at his heart his hi en enthusiasm enthusiasm enthosium thusiasm kindled and the wonder and awe he hefeh hf1t hfelt felt during tho th those first moments were later ex expressed epres expressed pressed pres Pd in his splendid picture of the Hoaqtte Mosgneof Hoaqtteof 1ioIq1leof of tb tM Sultana ValideHere Valide ValideHere ValideBe Here Be you see Pe a mountain of bailma bailmahonses bt beilinRs nJn honses bo of wood and stone tossed tos pellmeli int intan into intoan nh nhan an indistinguishable heap he3JrsurmoWltpd surmounted by the theswelling th thS1Vellin theswelling swelling S1Vellin dome of the mosque the house of pray prayer pra prariin prayer er rising riin serene renf and beautiful above the hauntsof haunts hauntof hauntsof of struggling liDg men And nd below the majestic pil pilof pi piof pilof of masonry IIUt on with its splendid tomes and flute fluteminarets fllltpd fllltpdminaretfl 1 1minarets minarets there is th the poirilacc PO act veiled womennev women womenrmsy vrQetl rmsy 11 nev merchants h3nts bearded der derrishes rishes It is Turk Turkrthe Turkthe Turkey Turkeythe the the Turkey of every day dayZOlUtro dayZonaros Zonaros ZOlUtro success was sudden it was unex unexpected a I max maxpected nexHe pected pectedHe He arrived in the in the latter rt oDecember QDE oDecember December DE ftDber and one day idly painted a little pic pieture picture picture ture of a Western Christmas Chri tmas He placed Pla it in inthe inthe inthe the window of a merchant of Pera It was wasbought wa wahought wasbought bought almost instantly is stantly Another was ordererand ordered orderedand ordreJand and sold Id and still another anotherThen anotl1ETtwentrfive anotherThen Then twentyfive fifty seventyfive sp entyt ve a hun hunfirtd hundred dred firtd were taken Zonaro 7 on nnnro ro doubled his prices andbegan and andbegaD began painting pinti studies men and women For Foreight Foreight eight ight months be worked fourteen or fifteen hours a day He painted mostly in the open air 8 airagainst For years there had been a deep prejudice prejudiceagainst prejudiceagainst prejudiceagainst against painting paintin in Turkey and one day Zonaro Zonarowis ZODartWf5 Zonarewss wis brought before the Prefecture He was told toldthat toldthat toldthat that if he were caught painting on th thi street stareetapain streetagnin staeetmain apain main he would onlci be sent prison prisonLndfr prison prisonfinder Under the protection of Ambassndrrs Amba Arnbassndc II heopened hs hsopened h8pt opened pt DEd an art school hool Despite pite his hi high hi prices pricesthis pricesthi pricesthis this thi was well attended attendt Zonaro continued to topaint toPtint topaint paint his fame spread He painted Tim Public Writers for the tn British Ambassador Munir Pasha grand rand master of ceremonies purchased hi his Traveling Trn ljn Barbers and tho Prince of 3fau 3faurt lfaurdato rt eordato rdato former Minister 1iftfr from Greece tho tho05que Mosque 05que of the Sultana ValideHi Valide ValideHi YalidpHi Hi pictures now hang in the private pr ate gal gslriejt pIof galrirs riejt of Kinc Kjlt Humbert of Italy and nd Queen Olgs Olgsof OlgsIf Olgaof of If Gr eec One of his warmest patrons was Fend Pasha Pas1 tw th nctiiisr 1ctill Grand Vizier VizierIn VizierIn VizierIn In 1M flr Zonaro ZJ13r presented ented his picture The lfheErtJlO TheErtho Ertliocrul ErtJlO trul ruJ IVaiment Fe iment on the Bridge Bri tc tC the Sul Sultan Sultan Saltan tan So pleased with the painting painti was the mon monarch monarch 81 arch that he conferred em Zonaro the Order of ofthe othe ofthe the Medjidic7 1r jidi and created for nT him the post ofPainter of ofPintf Painter Pintf to His Mnj fojesty sty the theSultan Sultan and the Ot Ottoman OttmJn Ottman toman Court This position had never existed existedofficially exi5teclnffiialb existedniieially officially rlthrtrph 1tht Jrh Beflini nini and Gnillemet had hadborne hadlom badborne borne lom the th honor as a title under Mahomet II IIWhfn IIhen When hen Paul Deschanel chsnel president of the thaFrench tn tnFrfJ1fh French 1 rcnch Chamber of Deputies rioted iqted Constanti Constantinople CNlstantinop1t nople the Sultan deemed med Zonaros picture the thetnot moat rm tnot worthy wOTtn present present he pass poi se and gave Ita it to tohim tohim tohim him At present it banes in the Chamber off of ofDeputies ofp1l Deputies DeputiesBy p1l ptttiea ptttieaF tiCS tiCSB By appointing Zonaro Zf 2Jo offiri of icitl il painter of th thronrt tnif tnifHut thnnnrtt ronrt Hut the Sultan with a sweep of his hand wiped wipediway wi iPfi iPfi1W PeiIvey iway 1W the ld prcjadiee against art rt As 9 rpur rpurthe rsutt su suthp the Xntional Mnsonm n5l1tD which formerly existedbut existed existedbut exiiterlhut but in name ranks among the most important in intho int inthe the ht world orJrl tftday tMla th thf the Academy cadem of Fine Arts Artswhich Artshien Artswiueh which hien vrae 0 rstBhlished tRhli t1 twentytares twenty twfntyth 1 1 uree years e2rS ago agohas agoh1OO agohas has h4 hPf1 rn invadod im difi by In students wh who wish wi to study studyart stud studart art rnd rn cinee since it1f 1901 1 1K1lfour four salons opened of op med in the cityAfter city citVA After A ftfr a years 9rZ work nlk Zonarc completed a aninsrnifi anl1nifi aii ninsrnifi ii i nifl ent nt paintinsr Tl The Attack ttMk which wrlihto he hepreset erre rre preset entd to the th SitJtan It pictured pi tuJd Turi4 11trnnpc htroops htroop troops rushing forn fornnrd or 1N1 rd with draxvnbayojiet dlnmbayoJetdelishted Sr SrHeiiirhted Heiiirhted was a the Sultan ltan that he hI bestowed toTCII or th thpnnter tap tappainter spainter painter the th Order Or Pf of the Ojmanle and gave gavehim gR fhim him one of the finest 6nr houses at his hi command commandHere commandHere Here Zonaro lives with his wife two little littledaughters litt littdaughters littI1ughtfJs daughters and sit He paints every mc roorn roornini I 10rn 10rnn Tlt Tltin ini in Dnrinjr ThJTin the afternoon he hf receives all visitors visitorswho i5i orJ orJwho who call al1 upon him hiinOrwiof Orwiof 1 of Zonaro Let tknwTl krown picture ic is Tha ThaHowling rh rhHcwIint TbaHcwli Hcwli Howling HcwIint Ruffai Dervi Dervishes hc It how ehows the der dervishes de deishP9 derriches riches ishP9 after fter pursuing nuin the tht Tarik or road leading leadingTO leadin leadintn TO Paradise falling fa1lin on the ground round in a paroxysm paroxysmf cfsta edstasy edstasyAnother ta yAnother yAno Another Ano picture Nova Itho a dervish at prayer prayerWith pra7QrWith prayerWith With closed do eyes the bronzedfaced old man manstrikes mantrikes manstrikes strikes an attitude of devotion with both hands handsbold handshold hold before fore him im i.