. Art in France. an administrative organisation tofetter his independence. Gillot gave him lessons in the art of draw-ing brilliandy. The only law he recognised was that which badehim satisfy his own taste, and that of his friends. Amateurs hadlearned to appreciate delicacy of technique, by studying TeniersHttle pictures. There was a public ready to recognize and admire Watteausexquisite dexterity. Even in Paris, the painter was able to continuehis education in craftsmanship before the Rubenses in the Luxem-bourg, and the Venetians of the Crozat collection. Some reflectionsof these masters gre
. Art in France. an administrative organisation tofetter his independence. Gillot gave him lessons in the art of draw-ing brilliandy. The only law he recognised was that which badehim satisfy his own taste, and that of his friends. Amateurs hadlearned to appreciate delicacy of technique, by studying TeniersHttle pictures. There was a public ready to recognize and admire Watteausexquisite dexterity. Even in Paris, the painter was able to continuehis education in craftsmanship before the Rubenses in the Luxem-bourg, and the Venetians of the Crozat collection. Some reflectionsof these masters greet us in his httle panels: the pearly freshness and the liquid splendour ofRubens, the warm russettones of Titian, the silverysatins of Veronese ; but thebreadth of these robustgeniuses has taken on acertain keenness; from thesanguine, lacteal Flem-ish material the masterdistilled a subde elixir,from which the coarseodours of reality have beenbanished. Invented byexuberant naturalists, thislanguage was applied by. 5 ?2. - W AITKAr. RlRAl. RES (Collection of the German Emperor.){Photo. Berlin Photographic Society.) 253 ART IN FRANCE
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