. A short history of art . om 3o s o. CARMENXITA Illustrating the brilliant vivaciousness of the artist. FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN AMERICA 671 this work to mention even a tithe of the able painters whohave contributed to raising the standard of painting inAmerica, so that to-day it holds its own with that of anyother country. Meanwhile there are two men whose example has had aspecial influence on the development. These are James Ab-bott McNeill Whistler and John S. Sargent. Whistler (1834-1903) After a brief stay at West Point and in the Coast Sur-vey Department, Whistler moved to Paris and entered
. A short history of art . om 3o s o. CARMENXITA Illustrating the brilliant vivaciousness of the artist. FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN AMERICA 671 this work to mention even a tithe of the able painters whohave contributed to raising the standard of painting inAmerica, so that to-day it holds its own with that of anyother country. Meanwhile there are two men whose example has had aspecial influence on the development. These are James Ab-bott McNeill Whistler and John S. Sargent. Whistler (1834-1903) After a brief stay at West Point and in the Coast Sur-vey Department, Whistler moved to Paris and entered thestudio of the Academic painter Gleyre, where Degas wasa fellow-pupil. At the age of twenty-five he began theThames set of etchings, which are unsurpassed as a rec-ord both of the facts and the spirit of the scene. In 1860he spent a summer on the French coast with Courbet, andexperimented in one or two pictures with what the lattersexample had of value to himself. In the same way heexperimented later with suggestions derived succe
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