. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. of his limited scale and chalky colour. If itis over blue, that again is no affectation, no faultof insincerity, but a characteristic peculiarity ofvision. The collection includes an unsatisfactory exam-ple of that talented painter. Theodore Robinson( [852-1 hose career was cut short b
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. of his limited scale and chalky colour. If itis over blue, that again is no affectation, no faultof insincerity, but a characteristic peculiarity ofvision. The collection includes an unsatisfactory exam-ple of that talented painter. Theodore Robinson( [852-1 hose career was cut short before he fully matured. Ili^ place in the development ofAmerican landscape painting is an important 1because he. with Twachtman, brought to us thespirit of the French Impressionists, lie lived somewar ferny, where he became both pupil and itfa \\ hse v\«»rk Robinsonwas greatly in sympathy. 4t The Valley of theSeine from Giverny Heights but vaguely sthe things for which this gifted painter stood Lady with a Mask M is one of those patiently minute porti men in outdoor setting, upon which Thomas W. Dewing has exclusively special- :k has something of the charm of old Orient; ry in its craftsmanship. His ef- ttained by a deliberate system of glazing and Staining, not unlike that of the potters Contemporary Hmerfcaiu isi Mis drawing is oi a Fragile perfection, within thet limits which Dewing has proscribed for himHis \\<»rk shows almost n» variety, and it isextraordinary how little Fatigue the process be tra\ g The Vve Mana of Horatio Walker was one the purchases From the first biennial exhibition, and may be considered a typical canvas from the h of a painter who has had all the advant;i of liberal patronage. Walker and Paul Dougherty widely separated example- of a kind of idealism Lit. Paul Doughertys canvas Land and Sea is a representath e example of his easy method of is power in the drawing of the water, andappreciation of the majestic in the big cliff
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