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 264
cility creates the feelingof knowledge and mastery. That was somethingachieved at least. A surface by Chase usuallyshows that a skilled workman has left hismark upon it. His idea about quality in art was that it came:As a result of perfect balance of all the partsand may be manifested in a color or… … Child Dancing, by William Merritt Chase. WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE 213 gized for his inability to define quality by sayingthat it is like trying to tell the difference be-tween music and mere sound. But quality isnot precisely either melody or harmony, thoughit is the difference between music and…
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