American painting and its tradition, as represented by Inness, Wyant, Martin, Homer, La Farge, Wistler, Chase, Alexander, Sargent (1919)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 · Freeport, N. Y., Books for Libraries Press · leaf 130
.But when all that is said, there is a large some-thing left behind unaccounted for—a grip andknowledge and point of view—that we respectand admire. A second dramatic and harrowing picturefinished at Fronts Neck was Undertow.It is a rescue of two girl bathers by life-savers,something that the… … VJl r. ><■ ■= O W WmSLOW HOMER 103 moment and the appealing interest. He couldnot resist such copy as that. But now in put-ting the picture together he is something morethan a reporter of the fact. He embellishes thefact to make it not only more effective but moreattractive. He places the…
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