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 230
lassicistswe may see illustrations of human vigour, on whichgood drawing and construction have been expended,and yet their suggestion of vigour is only an affec-tation ; a quality aimed at by the painter, but notvitalized by strong, earnest convictions of his own.What a protestation of strength… … DWIGHT W. TRYON i6i however, the spirit of strength is lacking. Theyare the work of men who mean strongly, but arenot themselves strong men. So surely does per-sonal character, or lack of it, show in a painterswork, not the mere robustiousness of personalforce, but the settled, earnest, habitual…
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