American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . MERICAN ART rear of the right side. From this point the entire figure can be seen, and it stands well, lookswell, and is good. Nevertheless, that it is as well done as the artist could have done it undermore favorable circumstances may be doubted. And it would have been well if he had refusedto allow it to be placed in the position it occupies in its present condition. Standing in theniche for which it was originally contemplated, there would have been no necessity for thefurther development of the back. The plaster group
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . MERICAN ART rear of the right side. From this point the entire figure can be seen, and it stands well, lookswell, and is good. Nevertheless, that it is as well done as the artist could have done it undermore favorable circumstances may be doubted. And it would have been well if he had refusedto allow it to be placed in the position it occupies in its present condition. Standing in theniche for which it was originally contemplated, there would have been no necessity for thefurther development of the back. The plaster group of Lions Fighting was made in 1874, and presented to the Boston ArtClub. It is a fine, strong composition, with a great deal of that grip and concentration whichcharacterized its author. There is a bigness about it that carries the mind of the observer toBarye, in spite of a certain lack of animal, which is not to be wondered at when we considerthe facilities enjoyed by the great French sculptor, and the total absence of them in the caseof Dr. Rimmer. T. H. Reduced Fac-Simile of a Drawing by Dr. William Rimmer.
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