. Catalogue of paintings, etchings, engravings and sculpture [electronic resource] \ . g republic he exer-cised his talent portraying statesmen of the period. Gilbert Stuart was a contemporary of SirJoshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Constable,and to some extent a rival of Reynolds.— Rich-ard Muther, History of Painting. Stuarts work is characterized by clean, beau-tiful color, simply and freely handled.— F. , American Art. 3 Old Mills Near Rotterdam. H. Van CouverA marshy plain spreads its grassy wastes tothe far distance. A sluggish stream flows pastthree picturesque windmills. Th
. Catalogue of paintings, etchings, engravings and sculpture [electronic resource] \ . g republic he exer-cised his talent portraying statesmen of the period. Gilbert Stuart was a contemporary of SirJoshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Constable,and to some extent a rival of Reynolds.— Rich-ard Muther, History of Painting. Stuarts work is characterized by clean, beau-tiful color, simply and freely handled.— F. , American Art. 3 Old Mills Near Rotterdam. H. Van CouverA marshy plain spreads its grassy wastes tothe far distance. A sluggish stream flows pastthree picturesque windmills. The sky is ob-scured by gray clouds and rolling mists drivenin from the North Sea. The placid waters ofthe river show somber reflections. Low bridgesspan its banks, on which weeds and water-plantsgrow luxuriantly. The painter, belonging to the contemporaryschool of Dutch art, has presented a popular im-pression of Holland landscape and its atmosphere. 4 Mending the Nets. Oliver Dennett Grover A group of fishermen are seated in the shade mending their nets. Men, women and children. Catalogue of Paintings 13 are passing on the busy thoroughfare, evidentlya Venetian byway. A flight of stairs climbs toa high arched bridge which occupies an impor-tant place in the picture, and beyond the streamrise the turrets and housetops of the city. Thesky is warmly blue with floating summer clouds,and sunlight and shadow play upon the brilliantcolors of the scene. This painting was executed abroad in 1904,and exhibited at the Art Institute, Chicago,1905. 5 The Southwest Wind. Irving R. Wiles On a gray day, beneath lowering clouds por-tending a storm, a small yacht tugs at its cablein a landlocked bay. The foam-tipped wavesrushing with the wind reflect the sky the wet sands hastens a young woman,her stormed-tossed garments of white and bluein harmony with the hues of the sea and the power of the southwest wind is evident inthe clouds, in the turbulent sea tossing the frailc
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