. What pictures to see in America. as, Bor-der of the Woods, and persuaded Rousseauto turn it to the wall a month; then when themonth had passed the artist examined the can-vas in Dupres presence, and finally said,Well, I am going to sign it; it is an innovator, Rousseau provoked a stormof criticism and was refused entrance to theSalon. Much of his work was experimental,in his searchings for truth, which changed itscharacter at various periods of his life. Thebroad sweeping brush of his early work pleasedthe progressives, but angered the narrow-minded ; this was followed by a more
. What pictures to see in America. as, Bor-der of the Woods, and persuaded Rousseauto turn it to the wall a month; then when themonth had passed the artist examined the can-vas in Dupres presence, and finally said,Well, I am going to sign it; it is an innovator, Rousseau provoked a stormof criticism and was refused entrance to theSalon. Much of his work was experimental,in his searchings for truth, which changed itscharacter at various periods of his life. Thebroad sweeping brush of his early work pleasedthe progressives, but angered the narrow-minded ; this was followed by a more restrainedmood, when his pictures found favor with thepublic, but at the end of his career he wentback to his first love. One cannot be long witha collection of his paintings without feeling theinfluence of the man—big, strong and loving,yet susceptible to moods of deepest gloom,when only his beloved trees of the forest couldbring him comfort. It is no more possible to think of ConstantTroyons animal pictures without a landscape. o 3 i c
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