. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. C/3 Pi Ui Pi W H o Pd *~~^ w ^ CQ < < HCO U H PQ. Eastman Johnson Diisseldorf, and becamethoroughly imbued withthe popular tendency ofthe German school. Heconscientiously studied theworks of the great Germanpainters of that period—Schadow, Lessing, Sohnand Bendemann, and foundmuch to admire. Onlytheir sentimentalism neverappealed to him veiystrongly, and although hetried himself in that direc-tion, as, for instance, inThe Kiss and Feeding theLaml), the pictures paintedunder that influence do notbear the stamp of indi


. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. C/3 Pi Ui Pi W H o Pd *~~^ w ^ CQ < < HCO U H PQ. Eastman Johnson Diisseldorf, and becamethoroughly imbued withthe popular tendency ofthe German school. Heconscientiously studied theworks of the great Germanpainters of that period—Schadow, Lessing, Sohnand Bendemann, and foundmuch to admire. Onlytheir sentimentalism neverappealed to him veiystrongly, and although hetried himself in that direc-tion, as, for instance, inThe Kiss and Feeding theLaml), the pictures paintedunder that influence do notbear the stamp of indi-viduality of his other by far most importantevent during his stay inDiisseldorf was his meetingwith Ludwig Knaus. Hisart ideas had so much incommon with those of theyoung German painter thathe was drawn to him fromthe very start, and there isno doubt that their con-stant association as pupilsof the Academy duringthose two years provedequally beneficial andstimulating to both. After a two-years sojourn in Diisseldorf he feltthat he had learnt all he could learn there. Thetrouble with the Dusseldorf School was t


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