American painting and its tradition : as represented by Inness, Wyant, Martin, Homer, La Farge, Whistler, Chase, Alexander, Sargent (1919)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 286
iagonally upon the canvas, the bowl lines arerepeated in the head and shoulders, the dressis spread in fan-like lines toward the far cornerof the canvas. The whole design is unusual andextraordinary but very graceful. So, too, withThe Ring, in the Metropolitan Museum,where a young woman seated on a… … The Ring, by John W. Alexander. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. JOHN W. ALEXANDER 231 the linear arrangements of all these single fig-ures. The composition is carefully thought out,wrought out, brought out. Just as important as the design is the colorscheme. It is, in fact, so prominent that the…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters · Painting, American
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