The Story of Rex Whistler

i have always found there to be something deeply touching about the character, as well as the work of rex whistler. Rex was enormously talented and only 21 when he was chosen to paint a gigantic mural in the refreshment room, later restaurant, of london's tate gallery. The job took him 18 months of exceptionally difficult labor. It was a fantasy piece, depicting an imaginary land. Everyone loved it. That very winter, the thames flooded, and the painting was essentially destroyed to a height of eight feet above the floor. Whistler once again set to work and repainted everything that had been destroyed,. which was most of it, turning it over to murray for