Living New England artists; biographical sketches, reproductions of original drawings and paintings by each artist (1888)
Robinson, Frank T. (Frank Torrey), 1845-1898 · Boston, Mass., S.E. Cassino · leaf 289
J/AKC'l'S WATJiRMAN. 189 happiness, yoii don't say any lono^er. ' That is just like the sinjrincT ot birds," — you sa\', ' I ne\ er knew before how beautiful the sinj^- int:^ of birds was ; ' and this is because it is not nature that you have been listenins^ to. but one little stave of the great… … ' This is just like nature,' you shall say, ' How beautiful nature is ' ? That, at least, is m)' idea of the province of art." Again, in speaking of " realism," he says : " Realism, fortu- nately, does not exist, the realists to the contrary notwith- standing. People have persuaded themselves that…
Artists, American
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