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From: Jerusalem Post
Date: 19961220
Author:Daniel Rogov

Daniel Rogov
Jerusalem Post
12-20-1996
There is no image more romantic than that of the starving artist living in a garret in Paris while waiting for his first masterpiece to be accepted. The truth of the matter, however, is that although some artists may have had periods of hunger, few ever became so hungry that their health was threatened.

Emile Zola was one of the few artists who almost starved.

When Zola came to Paris in 1862 from Aix-en-Provence, he lived in a small room under the roof of a six-story building and was so poor that he lived on bread and olive oil. For nearly three years, ...

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