American masters of painting : being brief appreciations of some American painters illustrated with examples of their work (1903)
Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · London : Richards · leaf 182
ble, though,in the majority of his work, never sufficiently todistress us or to divert attention from the messagethat his picture conveys. For always, in his bestpictures, there is this distinction of a message;not a mere friendly interchange of views betweenthe painter and his friend, or simple,… … HOMER D. MARTIN 125 earnestness in ourselves; and with a comprehen-siveness that permits each of us to draw from itwhat particularly satisfies himself, — qualities thatare the unfailing distinction of the great works ofimagination. Some of his pictures, in which we shall findthese qualities…
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