Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists (1906)
Greenshields, E. B. (Edward Black), 1850- · New York Baker and Taylor · leaf 106
er deceives. Sept., 1905. When I grew weary with the futile struggleto imitate the canvases of the past, I went outinto the fields. In my desire to be accurate Ibecame lost in a maze of detail. Try as Iwould my colours were not those of nature.My leaves were infinitely below the standardof a leaf,… … VARIOUS OPINIONS ABOUT ART 57 solitary tree, brilliant with the green of summer,a foundation of brown earth and gnarledroots. There was no detail to vex the eye.Three solid masses of form and colour — sky,foliage, and earth — the whole bathed in anatmosphere of golden luminosity. I threwmy brushes…
Greenshields, E. B. (Edward Black), 1850 · Landscape painting · Painting, Dutch
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