French art, classic and contemporary, painting and sculpture (1901)
Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 217
y rare, merit of having conceived a new point ofview. That he did not illustrate this in its completeness, thathe was a sign-post, as Albert Wolff very aptly said, rather thanan exemplar, is nothing. He was totally unheralded, and hewas in his way superb. No one before him had essayed—noone before… … THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIB^^ARl ASTOR, LENOXTHJJEN FOUNDATIONS REALISTIC PAINTING customary notions, ordinary brushes, traditional processes ofeven the highest authenticity, have been thrown to the winds.Hence, indeed, the scandal which he caused from the first andwhich went on increasing, until, owing…
Art, French · Painting, French · Sculpture, French
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