Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 106
THE YOSEMITE. [THOMAS HIEL.] to us those unrevealed wonders; and Thomas Moran, taking his lifein his hands, in the language of religious cant, aspired to capture thebouquet, the first bloom, from this newly-opened draught of inspiration. … AMERICAN PAINTERS. 103 We all know the result. Who has not seen his splendid painting of theGorge of the Yellowstone, now in the Capitol at Washington? Grant-ing the fitness of the subject for art, it can be frankly conceded that thisis one of the best paintings of the sort yet produced. The vivid…
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