Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 92
d, and the subjects of his art were almost entirely in-spired by American scenes, and have become incorporated with the growthof our civilization. Leutze was a man who was cast in a large mould, capable of a grandenthusiasm, and aspiring to grasp soaring ideals. Although his art wasoften at fault,… … LAFAYETTE IN PRISON. [e. LEUTZE.] from wells of seemingly inexhaustible inspiration. He was Byronic inthe impetus of his genius, the rugged incompleteness of his style, the mag-nificent fervor and rush of his fancy, the epic grandeur and energy, dashand daring, of his creations. It is easy to say…
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