Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855-1933 · New York, John Lane · leaf 66
dt (1830), German bybirth, made the Rocky Mountains his studioand there strove to interpret the height anddepth of that stupendous upheaval of past ages.His ambition exceeded his talent and Dussel-dorf training, and what was a marvel in naturebecame tame and lifeless under his brush. Thomas Hill… … AND THEIR PAINTERS 47 pression into the mystery of the mountainsbeyond. The picture is a marvel in perspective; inthe near distance is El Capitan towering asheer four thousand feet above the MercedRiver, the tiny stream that has come rollingand tumbling through the narrow valley fromthe falls at…
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