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International studio (1897)

New York · leaf 415

An illustration from International studio, 1897, leaf 415
whose purpose-it could not see. When a thing comesstraight from the heartof the people, it speaksstraight to the heart olthe people. When Ben Anderson,young St. Paul bricklayer, withroots still gripping deep the speasant soil of Sweden, begacarve out with his jackknife rude figures oi the ohome… … A CONVERSATION A SKETCH OF SWEDISH TVPES, CARVED IN PINE BV BEN ANDERSON gropingly, unsure of its medium, butwith humor and poetic vision. Young Mr. Anderson felt his wayslowly. Certainly no man ever an-swered the inner voice of art less self-consciously than this young Swedish.American workman. He…

Art · Decoration and ornament

Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

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