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 162
as an etcher and il-lustrator ; and had he not had in his mind the vision of thebrush and the palette, we would perhaps now be searching forhis proofs and prints as we to-day buy his pictures when theyhappen to tui-n up in an auction sale. But the murmuring ofthe power that lay in color stirred him… … THE BROTHERS VAN DE VELDE. BY MEISSUNU-R MhTKUlOLl TAN MLSI-.UM, N I-\V YORK JEAN-LOUIS-ERNEST MEISSONIER 97 it entered the collection of Sir Richard Wallace, where I sup-pose it still remains. Meissonier attracted little attention,however, until 1839 or 1840. The French amateui- then hadhis eyes…
Painters -- France · Painting, French · Painting -- Reproduction
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