Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 190
en a verypowerful agent in the diffusion of art knowledge in the United. States. Thus we see that by a cumulative effort the arts are making suddenand rapid progress in America. And. there is still another movementwhich strikingly indicates this. Slow to be recognized, and meeting insome quarters… … THE OLD ORCHAKD. [k. SWAIN GIFiOKD.J From the time of West it has been not uncommon for our painters togo to Europe for study and observation ; but they either had the mis-fortune to form their style after that of schools already conventional andon the wane, or they were not yet sufficiently…
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