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 256
riod, says of the Valley of the Optevoz : The eye rests on every part with pleasure, and floats undecidedbetween the sapphire of the sky and the velvet of the vegetation.One seems to smell the clover and hay, to hear the hum of the insects,and catch the sparkling of the light over the wheat-fields.… … CHARLES-FRANgOIS DAUBIGNY 161 tage. The fiist two pictures are more finished in detail thanmany of his later works, and are fine examples of the middleperiod of his work. In the exposition of 1857 he was againawarded a first-class medal, and was made a ChevaHer of theLegion of Honor. He exhibited…
Painters -- France · Painting, French · Painting -- Reproduction
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