ance.It is even told of him that when he went to theart schools as Elmer Hudson and all the studentsbegan calling him Eric, he retained that namebecause it was an easier thing to do than insist once that a marine painter had come into theAmerican art world who was a master in hiselected field.… … fought against its enormous power, had enioyedto the full the conquest of it through understand-ing. Nor had its ever-changing patterns, itsvarying hues, its countless beauties eluded hiseye. Romance still abided on the sea; and be-cause it did, romance entered into every one ofHudsons paintings.…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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