The art of painting in the nineteenth century (1908)
Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927 · Boston, London, Ginn and Co. · leaf 52
eat of it all the days of thy life. . . .In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,till thou return unto the ground. He enteredas intimately into the personalities of the hard-working peasants as Corot had entered into themysteries of nature, and knew so well how tocombine his farmers and… … FRENCH PAINTING 27 always surrounded them with the charm whichis born of sympathy and of intimate knowledge. Less true, and consequently less forceful, are the peasant pictures of Jules Breton (1827 ). He, too, is a fine painter, but he seems unableto penetrate below the surface. His peasantsare of…
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