Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists (1906)
Greenshields, E. B. (Edward Black), 1850- · New York Baker and Taylor · leaf 120
t to lookat it as the loving rendering of the resignedfigure, sitting in her room in the twilight of life,by one who owed so much to her and wishedto express his affection and gratitude by por-traying her gentle character as he could sowell do? The artist-critic may say, Yes, itsdecorative quality,… … VARIOUS OPINIONS ABOUT ART 67 fact that this is a portrait of his mother, paintedby her son, gives an added charm to the pic-ture, and detracts in no way from it as a workof art. Without this knowledge the paintingloses a great deal of interest and does notexpress fully the thought of the artist.…
Greenshields, E. B. (Edward Black), 1850 · Landscape painting · Painting, Dutch
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