American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 470
ust indicated that so few important winter pictures havebeen painted. For I think it must be conceded that the representations of wintry sceneshave never equalled those of summer Nature in any age of art. I cannot call to mind atpresent any adequate rendering of snow. There is, of course, Geromes… … Halifax in a Snow-Stoem. Drawn by Mozart. curiously alternates with Eastern scenes and Western portraits. These are perfect as far asthey go, but they seldom go beyond an impressionists rendering of snow. The patheticwretchedness of the world in winter is suggested, but it is usually a memory, not…
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