The art of painting in the nineteenth century (1908)
Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston, London, Ginn and Co. · leaf 122
wedWilliam Blake (i757-1827), the most fancifulof all the British painters, who, however, is betterknown for his engravings than for his pictures. The first artist to espouse the new cause,although he was not a formal member of thebrotherhood, was Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893). This man broke… … Dante Gabriel Rossetti Ecce Ancilla Domini BRITISH PAINTING 77 colors, because he discarded the brown saucewhich every one had hitherto respected like abinding social law, without being able to replaceit with something entirely satisfactory. In con-templating his dramatic energy and sincerityof…
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