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 220
es to the work of Diaz that it is diffi-cult to analyze it. He must be taken most seriously as a land-scape man, for it was in this field that he labored with the great-est sobriety and with the largest amount of earnestness. Herehe accomphshed, from time to time, unusually fine results,though… … NARCISSE-VIRGILIO DIAZ DE LA PENA I37 Ms theme con amore, evolving the sentiment mitrammeled by-laws of fonn or the true relations of hght and shade. Tobring himself down to faithful transcripts of nature, to con-struct and build up foregroimd, distance, and masses, to bringthese in accord with sky…
Painters -- France · Painting, French · Painting -- Reproduction
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