Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 168
our nationaldevelopment. There is a tropical vivacity in the manner in which withus bloom and fruition suddenly burst forth after a period of apparentlyunpromising barrenness. Thus West and Copley appeared almost full-fledged in art genius and capacity to adapt themselves to occupy promi-nent… … THE MOWING. ALFRED FREDERICKS. PKESENT TENDENCIES OF AMERICAN ART. 167 seemed able to develop more than one or two forms of art at once. Atone period it was historic painting and portraiture; then portraiture, in-cluding for a time very marked success in miniature painting, headed byEraser and…
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