American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood (1879)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 101
is based upon a knowledge of Natureand a sympathy for her; but in order to represent her it is not necessary tomake a thing exactly like a thing. Imitation is not what we want, but sug-gestion, as I said before. The most popular pictures, undoubtedly, are thosethat imitate the most—those of the… … 0 z z X o s JEBVIS MO EN TEE. 53 improve upon Nature, but often his recollection of a natural scene serves himbetter than a labored study of it made on the spot. Perhaps this is why-Ian tlscape-painters who have lived exclusively in the country are not apt topaint so well as when they get away from…
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