The entire year is 1893, and struggling artist Charles Delaware Tate works alone inside a garret in NEW YORK. Frustrated by his lack of artistic genius, he appears doomed to a lifestyle of misery and failure. And he matches Eloise Verinder… and his entire world changes. The year is usually 1920. Charles Delaware Tate right now lives alone in a sanatorium. But he’s still painting, creating outstanding artwork. Even though he is completely blind. A new nurse arrives, eager to hear the storyplot of Charles’ rise and fall… and of his first encounter with Count Petofi…