REJECTED PICTURES.
Alma-Tadema has told a story of the fate of two unsuccessful pictures of his student days. One of them was returned unsold by the committee of the Brussels Exhibition in 1859. The subject was a house on fire, with people rescuing the victims. The artist's fellow students were asked into Alma-Tadema's studio, and were invited to jump through the canvas, the owner of it leading the way by leaping head first through the oily flames. The other unsuccessful effort was a large sized square picture that came back again and again to its creator's easel ; until at last it was cut out of its frame and given to an old woman to use as a table cover. The picture was praised by at least one person who appreciated its excellence, so Alma-Tadema used to declare ; for the old woman was wont to remark that it was much better than those common oilcloth things that always let the water througk, as the pfcture of Alma-Tadema's making was a good thick one, with plenty of paint on it.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 11 August 1908, Page 8
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178REJECTED PICTURES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 11 August 1908, Page 8
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