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One Hundred Early American Paintings
Source: Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan., 1919), pp.
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One Hundred Early AmericanPa i n t i n g s
IN a recently ublishedvolumeeintitled,"One Hundred Early
American Paintillgs," which has just been issued by the
E_lhrichGalleries, New York, we have abook which will be of
universal interest notonly to the students of eairly
Americanpainting but to all students of Americana.The hundred
paintings,splendidly illustrated in this handsomely botund volume
areall pictures which have passed through thelhanids of the Ehrich
Galleries; many ofthlem have gone tomuseums or importantpriNrate
collectionis. A few of the picturesare still in their possession.
Of particulariniterest to the serious student is the list ofartists
in the back part of this volume, giving the dates of birth and
death of some 250
artists, the largest anid miost coml)lete listof its kind to
date.The selectionfor reprodtuctionncltudesa group. of pictures
which are truly representative of the artists included in the
book.The portrait by BenjamiinlWest in the possession of the
Cliicago Art Institute is oneof his finest wvorks. It is a
pictturewvortlhof almost any artist of his time. Benjamiin\West,as
iswell known, wras born inAmierica, Nvent to Englanid, there became
presi(lent of the Royal Academy and Nvasverv
muclh appreciated in his day. Almiiost all oftheAmerican
painter-swvhowvent toLondonto study vere befriendedl and
ta-uglhtbyhiim. Another interesting plhase of his artis the "Return
fromi the Promised Land"
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viewas \wvells the artistic; amonig these \we iiaymention NIlathier
rown, Ezrca Amies, 'Daniiel D)ickinson, Asher l1ro\n Durand,
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iSth Centtur-y painters, tlheylhave remiiaineddistilnctl)yAmerican
aniidarein nio senise imitator-s or copyists of thieirbetter-known
Eu ropean conitemiiporaries.
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