. What pictures to see in America. he is so disdainful of details that wefail to catch the impression—due perhaps toour stupidity. It is not so in the gypsy one could possibly mistake this child ofsunny Spain. Again Murillos Beggar Boysare before us, but with an added element drawnfrom the new world. Mr. Henris broad syn-thesis of Spanish characteristics in the happy-go-lucky children of the vagabond race—whomay originally have come from Egypt—is thatof one who sees racial traits as well as those ofenvironment. The picturesque quality in thisfree child of nature is perfectly bewitching
. What pictures to see in America. he is so disdainful of details that wefail to catch the impression—due perhaps toour stupidity. It is not so in the gypsy one could possibly mistake this child ofsunny Spain. Again Murillos Beggar Boysare before us, but with an added element drawnfrom the new world. Mr. Henris broad syn-thesis of Spanish characteristics in the happy-go-lucky children of the vagabond race—whomay originally have come from Egypt—is thatof one who sees racial traits as well as those ofenvironment. The picturesque quality in thisfree child of nature is perfectly wide-set eyes that twinkle with fun indexher innate sense of the artistic—not that sheknows anything about being artistic. Howthe dusky hair, drawn back from her low broadforehead, tones with her brilliant shawl andbrown skin, and how the light loose frock in-tensifies the smiling face. The whole picturecenters in that face, for in it the artist hasnot only typified the Spanish gypsy girl, but aparticular gypsy Fig. 212—Spanish Gypsy Girl. Henri. Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS 315 Robert Henri was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,in 1865, and is one of the leading teachers ofart in America. His several years of inde-pendent study in Italy, Spain and Francebroadened his understanding of the funda-mentals as demonstrated by the masters of thepast, without in the least undermining the trueAmerican spirit of his art. CHAPTER XXIX FORT WORTH, TEXAS, CARNEGIE PUB-LIC LIBRARY ^T^HE state of Texas is to be congratulated-*- that the Carnegie Library at FortWorth has one of Gilbert Stuarts splendidportraits, with a perfectly authenticated his-tory. This portrait is unique, too, in beingthat of a lady who was a pupil of Stuart. MissClementina Beach, the subject of the Por-trait (Fig. 213), was one of those splendidwomen who helped mould the young women ofour Republic. Miss Beach was born in Bris-tol, England, and came to America about 1800,when she was scarc
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