Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 250
and the hidden poetry of this obscure world, inwhich these inferior beings live as in a dream. If the artist amuses himself by painting an asssauntering in a pasture, as Wouvermans has done, inwhat way can he interest us other than by details ?Having munched his thistles, the donkey has stoppedon… … PAINTING. 225 clear sky. Involuntarily one draws near the creatureand marks the variety of colors on his skin; hereblack, there grey, yellow in spots, marked with whiteunder the belly in tones delicate, brilliant, silvery.We notice where the hair has been worn off by therubbing of the bridle, the…
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