Modern french masters; a series of biographical and critical reviews by American artists (1896)
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932 ed · New York, The Century co. · leaf 158
is brush. Then praying and begging him to keep thepose, the painter fell to work like a madman, offering him extramoney to hold it just a moment longer. It was thus thatmany studies with only shght variations were made, before theone we all know so well was selected. Look for one momenthow every… … -(IlliiiilW lililli JEAN-LOUIS-ERNEST MEISSONIER 95 Indeed, Meissonier lived for his art, and painted truth as hesaw it, regardless of time, trouble, and expense. On one occa-sion he wished to study a rye-field torn to pieces and moweddown by a rush of cavahy. None of the farmers near Poissy,where…
Painters -- France · Painting, French · Painting -- Reproduction
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