The Painting (1909)
A poor artist in his studio is painting a picture of a little child ("his own"), his wife standing nearby watching him. She is delighted with the picture when it is finished and showers kisses upon it. A buyer enters the studio, purchases several pictures, enthuses particularly over the baby painting, which the artist and his wife refuse to sell. The subject of the painting, the baby, lies sick with fever. The doctor calls and after holding out no hope of recovery, leaves. The little child glances about the room, spies a fruit picture hanging on the wall and asks for an orange. The father takes up a few pennies, his all, and starts out. At a fruit stand he finds he has not enough money to buy, and while the vender's back is turned drops the pennies and takes an orange. Hastening home, he finds his child growing worse. He gives her the fruit, she brightens up a bit, then falls back lifeless. To further add to his grief, the wife takes sick and their money soon gives our. A buyer comes in. inspects the pictures, but the only one which appeals to him is that of their baby. This he offers to buy for $10. The artist and his wife beg him to select another subject, but he remains firm and offering a higher price gets the picture and leaves. After his departure, the artist repents and starts after him. He catches up, begs for the return of his painting and, being denied, returns home down-hearted. His wife grows worse, takes out the baby clothes and toys and fondly caresses them. Her mind finally wanders and the husband, beside himself with grief, goes out on the street. In walking along he spies his baby picture in an art store window. Watching his chance, he steals up, breaks the window, grabs the picture and runs home. He gives it to his wife and momentarily her reason returns, then she falls back dead in her husband's arms. The theft of the picture is soon discovered and the shopkeeper with a policeman reach the studio. As they enter, the husband lays his dead wife back on the pillow, takes a knife and plunges it into his own heart.
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