Smith, Gerard William · New York, Scribner · leaf 207
ch pictures as his Happy Mother,and a few others of similar character. The reform of painting in France would appear, at firstsight, to have sprung up suddenly at the bidding of a single man :but although deservedly associated with the name of David, itwas in reality due to principles which had… … tl ^ >^ ^ o < l-H O 1-5 PAINTIXG IX FRAXCE. 179 notice some artists who prepared the way for liim, and helpedto make his success possible, by keeping to truth and naturewhen the rest of the world despised them. Chardin, Greuze, and Yien each in his own -way protestedagainst the affectation…
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