Fifty years of modern painting, Corot to Sargent (1908)
Phythian, John Ernest, 1858- · London, G. Richards · leaf 435
butretired from it within two or three years. Though therehas always been a strong element of realism in his work,yet picture-making, in the sense of formal composition anddesign, has also always been present; and, under Japaneseinfluence, there has been a marked decorative element aswell. His… … LAKE BOURGET FROM MONT REVARD ALFRED EAST PAINTING IN GREAT BRITAIN 349 design, formal design, upon the plane of the canvas, in theforefront of his art, so that, in principle, his work nowapproximates closely to the point of view of Claude. Hehas become a classicist, and his erstwhile membership…
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