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 28
led him in time to nature-worship,into a sort of vague pantheism. This spiritualunderlay in Rousseaus work must have beenvery fascinating to Inness, while its concentratedintensity would strike a sympathetic chord in hisown ardent temperament. Not, however, so asto lead him in the direction of… … GEORGE INNESS 9 the exquisite serenity, childlike freshness of soul,and perpetually gracious ^onbommie of Corots man-ner,— all qualities that one associates with theclassic style, and that make the introduction ofnymphs into his naturalistic landscapes seemaltogether reasonable. And in this…
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