erthan a Girtin, is a shore scene at Calais on abreezy day, the sun shining in fitful gleamsthrough a light sky upon the pearly, dancingwaves. If it cannot be said of Francia thathe was a great genius, he was certainly an artistof rare taste, refinement, and skill, and a truestudent of nature, who… … Francia, Bonington, and Cotman. 117 genius should not be denied. He spent mostof his life in France, and the greatness of hismerit has not till recently been fully understoodin England. It was ignorance rather than wantof taste that has made England (in the wordsof M. Chesneau) too lightly yield to…
Watercolor painting · Painters
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