Painting in France, after the decline of classicism. An essay (1901)
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 164
ll and more vivacity.* Boichard isone of the most surprisingly skilful of the painters ofmodern hfe; such works as his Gold Fish and Game of Jonchets are quite remarkable for imita-tive excellence, — the screen in the latter picture, aJapanese design in gold upon a black ground, wasone of the… … FELLAH WOMAN: yanet-Lange. 119 frame of the picture, was perfectly deceptive, thoughnot a particle of gold-leaf was used, and it was allpure painting of metallic lustre and reflection. Inthe picture of Gold Fish, which was exhibited inEngland, a lady and child were in a handsomeParisian room,…
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