sk my Florentine banker for an advance, for while hewas one of the most generous of souls, his partner in Rome heldhim to so strict an account that he usually could not oblige me.Now strange to say, when in Rome afterwards I went to his part-ner, I heard the same state of affairs: it was always… … and be quoted as a premonition! Happydays! How happy are those first days ofthe artists life, passed in some solitaryspot, with no thought of exhibitions orsales or ambition, painting from the purelove of it and his delight in Nature. Suchwork, Costa used to say, was religion. MONK The little…
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Painters
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