Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 96
first biassed in favor of art. His mind presents a combinationof the speculative and the practical, and it is the union of these antithet-ical qualities which has alternately aided or hindered the success of Pagesefforts and experiments. He is deliberate rather than inspirational, guidedby an… … PORTRAIT OF A LADY. [WILLIAM PAGE.J AMERICAN PAINTEKS. 93 its own natural and correct instincts, Mr. Pages works would have oftenermoved us by their beauty rather than by the dexterity of the technique.Still, it is by the aid of a few such questioning minds that art makes itsadvances, and…
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