Muther, Richard, 1860-1909 · London : J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 277
n the Revue des Deux Mondes have the perfect classic stamp. Never-theless, he was always displeased when any one put him forward as the chiefof official Romanticism, and saluted him as the Victor Hugo of painting.Surrounded as he was by young assailants of tradition who would allow nomerit to… … DELACROIX. THE GENERATION OF 1830 239 himself unnecessarily the hatred of those whom the long-haired Samsons ofRomanticism called Philistines. So far as in him lay, his quiet and methodical life should suffer no inter-ruption. Worshipper though he was of light and colour, he was almost alwaysshut…
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