American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . < 525 ^. o En o R p AMERICAN ART 109 but his powers were cramped. Torn up from the congenial soil of France, and transplanted tothat of his own country, which twenty years ago was even more unfavorable to artistic growththan it is to-day, separated from old associations and sympathetic companions, his pictures lookedupon as strange, incomprehensible things by his countrymen, until he began to paint portraits, itis not surprising that the love for what he left behind in France should have remained warm andbright in his
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . < 525 ^. o En o R p AMERICAN ART 109 but his powers were cramped. Torn up from the congenial soil of France, and transplanted tothat of his own country, which twenty years ago was even more unfavorable to artistic growththan it is to-day, separated from old associations and sympathetic companions, his pictures lookedupon as strange, incomprehensible things by his countrymen, until he began to paint portraits, itis not surprising that the love for what he left behind in France should have remained warm andbright in his heart, and that his work should have been tinged with reflections of Couture andMillet. When he returned to America, in 1855, it was his intention to paint historical and genrepictures; but, to use his own words, he would have been compelled to starve if he had beenobliged to depend on- their sale. There is an almost pathetic interest attaching to the story ofthe Albany paintings. In the early part of the year 1850, the study for the head of Sleepwas painted; in 1863 he dashed of
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