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The Master Artist
Carol Moore
This is the story of Monsieur Signy l’Abbaye, a master painter of the
fourteenth century
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Initially, l’Abbaye is reluctant—he is not eager to take on such a big
assignment at the end of his career
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He could
use this opportunity to paint as he wished and not according to the
accepted styles of his time, as he had been forced to, through his career
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He also insists
that Bartoli should not pose for his portrait and should not ask to see the
work in progress
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l’Abbaye puts up a screen in front of the twenty-foot wall and sets to
work behind it
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l’Abbaye only assures him of his training at the hand of a great artist, of
his knowledge of a true fresco and of the permanence of the fresco
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Bartoli sets eyes on
his portrait
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l’Abbaye cannot understand why Bartoli is
so furious
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So what went wrong? Nothing except l’Abbaye’s timing
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That is the great irony of the story
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Through the story, the
reader feels curious to know what is the style that l’Abbaye wishes to
employ; how is the portrait shaping up; why is it so secret
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As readers, we are both amused at Bartoli’s state and impressed with
l’Abbaye’s visionary skills

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