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Catalogue of the Wightman Memorial Art Gallery in the library of the University of Notre Dame (1900)

Wightman Memorial Art Gallery (Notre Dame, Ind.), Gerrer, Gregory, 1867- · Notre Dame, Ind. : [s.n.] · leaf 146

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ced a cheerful hue, except occasionally a soli-tary sunbeam. These gloomy regions are peopled with char-acteristic inhabitants — ferocious banditti, assassins, andoutlaws. In his marines he displays the same taste. Herepresents desolate shores whose dreary aspect is heightenedby terrific storms… … [139] perfect correspondence which he observed between the subjectschosen and his manner of handling them. Everything is of apiece; his rocks, trees, skies, even his treatment, exhibit therude, wild character that animates his figures. It is impossibleto examine one of his bold, rapid sketches…

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