. Art life of William Rimmer, sculptor, painter, and physician / Truman Bartlett. . SUPPLEMENT. 137 There can be no doubt that Dr. Rimmer had the most profound knowledge of art, andan intuitive feeling and love for the grand and high forms of expression. No one could listento him without admiration, and a feeling of being raised nearer to his high standard. The faults of the doctors method were, that he did not sufficiently regard the individualnature of his pupils, the necessity of acquiring art knowledge from nature at the very start,and its constant employment by pupils in their studies. Th
. Art life of William Rimmer, sculptor, painter, and physician / Truman Bartlett. . SUPPLEMENT. 137 There can be no doubt that Dr. Rimmer had the most profound knowledge of art, andan intuitive feeling and love for the grand and high forms of expression. No one could listento him without admiration, and a feeling of being raised nearer to his high standard. The faults of the doctors method were, that he did not sufficiently regard the individualnature of his pupils, the necessity of acquiring art knowledge from nature at the very start,and its constant employment by pupils in their studies. The subtle, sympathetic, and mysteriouscharm, the tone of nature, Dr. Rimmer did not recognize. lie seemed to approach nature asan antagonist, — to conquer its individuality for his art purpose, as a shipbuilder goes into aforest to cut down the monarchs of a century. He was stubborn and unmanageable. In spite of the unartistic condition of things abouthim, he was his own worst enemy. He expected princes and kings to come to him. He shouldhave lived in an age when he could have
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