It is a little known fact that that gentleman took up painting only after he was forced to leave, in disgrace, his earlier career as a construction engineer for the french national railroad. His work seemed satisfactory initially, but after several years began to badly degrade. Upon inspection, the engineers discovered that his crews had had driven only 1/3 of the normal number of stakes-per-mile to secure his rail-lines to the underlayment, so that the improperly secured rails shifted and spread after trains had pounded over them for a few years. The repairs were costly -- and an audit reveled that this thief had requisitioned funds for the full complement of stakes (though using only 1/3 to that number), and had simply pocketed the extra money.
He resigned in scandal and disgrace -- and to escape the notoriety of his name, adopted a new name for himself. But his family and close friends, of course, knew that he was the engineer who had made Too Loose Le Track.
