. What pictures to see in America. > a :i u hH s r^ iC >, *^ 1) Tt ri ^O _^ bi o -< 1 c3 ?^ •c CO 0 c a (ii. •* ^i \;.:^ii^^^vy- •JT^.^* -V^5 , ?V^^-H- ^^: Fig. 136—Woodland Pool. Lillian Genth. Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester. ROCHESTER 213 individual in answering to the name of Johnor James. He not only notes the flat nose, thethick open lips and white teeth, the half sleepysensuous eyes and stocky neck but the poise ofthe bullet head with its tendency to tip back-ward. Who has not seen this identical negroslouching along the street ready to guffaw atthe slightest provocation? Good-
. What pictures to see in America. > a :i u hH s r^ iC >, *^ 1) Tt ri ^O _^ bi o -< 1 c3 ?^ •c CO 0 c a (ii. •* ^i \;.:^ii^^^vy- •JT^.^* -V^5 , ?V^^-H- ^^: Fig. 136—Woodland Pool. Lillian Genth. Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester. ROCHESTER 213 individual in answering to the name of Johnor James. He not only notes the flat nose, thethick open lips and white teeth, the half sleepysensuous eyes and stocky neck but the poise ofthe bullet head with its tendency to tip back-ward. Who has not seen this identical negroslouching along the street ready to guffaw atthe slightest provocation? Good-nature toexcess when controlled and unprovoked, butsinister and unreasoning when once arousedis written on every feature. This is one of earlier pictures, yet in it heshows the keen insight into the underlyingprinciples that govern human beings whichcharacterized his later works. The marvelousportrait of Auguste Rodin in the AletropolitanMuseum is sufficient proof of the artists powerto make individuals live on canvas. We feelthe personality of the great French sculptorand realize that a m
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