Portraits of great men and women of our time; with interesting testimonials by the most prominent art critics and leading men of intellect of France, England, Switzerland and America; . -ical Engineers; a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, and of theRoyal Astronomical Society. Member Astronomical Society of American Engineers Club, MachineryClub, Royal Society Club of London, British Institute of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, etc. business of a portrait-painter isand comprehend thesoul of his sitter and ex-press it—eloquent, lum-ino
Portraits of great men and women of our time; with interesting testimonials by the most prominent art critics and leading men of intellect of France, England, Switzerland and America; . -ical Engineers; a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, and of theRoyal Astronomical Society. Member Astronomical Society of American Engineers Club, MachineryClub, Royal Society Club of London, British Institute of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, etc. business of a portrait-painter isand comprehend thesoul of his sitter and ex-press it—eloquent, lum-inous, living — throughan accurate representa-tion of the purely physi-cal phenomena of flesh,dress, and material ac-cessories. It is thetruthful union of thetwo that always hasmade, and ever mustmake, great portrait-painters; it is preciselybecause he unites themtruthfully that AugusteBenziger is verily agreat the very ablesttechnicians of paint, heis a master of shapes andsurfaces; a kcen-visionedcommander of characterhe is one of the mostpenetrating and subtlepsychologists since IMor-land in England andRicard in France. His command of char- to discover. PortraitMRS. acter, of the individual mind and spirit, is patentalmost at a glance, toanyone who has seenhis portraits of greatmen: those for instance,of Presidents Roosevelt,TaftandMcKinley. Allthese are documents asvital as the men them-selves. To see the por-trait is to know themen. There are scoresof portraits of leaders ofbusiness, captains of in-dustry, bankers, priests,sportsmen, thinkers,every human tjpe. Andthey are all so vari-ous, so individual, soindependent of eachother in style and infeeling. But the force of Ben-zigers men is equalledby the fairness of hiswomen and the charmof his children. He isno mere specialist in asingle department. Heis not engaged, as are so 1)1/ A. Benziger WORCESTER REED WARNERof Cleveland
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