Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · Boston : D. Lothrop & Co. · leaf 37
g, and hasbeen exhibited both inthis country and at thelast exposition atParis, and has atiract-e d m u ch favorablecomment. It repre-sents the peasants col-lected to rob the poorsheep of their wool. On one side of the painting we see the cattle in theirstalls, and on the other the groups of young… … broadly painted, and treated with much vigor.Mr. Shirlaw belongs to the latest school of modernart, which handles a subject with an eye to the maineffect, sacrificing all details which might disturb thecentral idea of the compo.sition without mercy.Another notable workby this artist is calledToning…
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