Sherman, Frederic Fairchild · New York : Privately printed · leaf 50
ch thathe did, but even when he wrote from Italy (whitherhe went in i860 to study the old masters) that itpleased him to see how the old fellows went attheir subject to tell their story, and how scumbling,light and dark shadows, took care of themselves,he added, Yes, and drawing, too, not that… … nificance and which, to borrow a phrase from theidiom of the theatre, an artist must get over, ormake the observer fully realize, if his work is toserve any useful purpose in the world. Whatevercriticism may be properly applied to his method ofpainting, it cannot be denied that he did just thatand…
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