Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 174
s well PRESENT TENDENCIES OF AMERICAN ART. 171 known as a painter in oil, has, however, done his best work, as it seemsto ns, in charcoal. There is great tenderness in his treatment of light andshade, together with harmonious composition. J. Hopkinson Smith, knownas a water-colorist, also… … ustrators we encountera number of artists ofmerit, and occasionallyof genius, who are sonumerous that we can select only here %x and there a few of themost prominent names. Felix O. C. Darley was one of the first to showthe latent capacity of our art in this branch. His style soon became 172 • ART…
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