to Italy had faded in his memory, had no person or thing to ' make a pace' for him. His fine taste compelled him to do work that was good ; but its stimulus was not enough to make a man without ambition develop his resources to the full. His pictures seldom give an opening for positive criticism.… … PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF. BY RAEBURN. modelling, and generally to a want of force. This comes partly, no doubt, from his habit of painting without a rest for his hand. That would lead him to simplify handling as far as possible and to adopt that system of large, square brush-strokes which is more con-…
Painting, Scottish · Painters
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