This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...were to take form upon his canvas, and by which he is known and remembered. I imagine that he was very sensitive to criticism. His rather morbid nature was surely more susceptible to blame than his pride would allow him to acknowledge. He was ever ready to find fault with his own work, but he did not care to be found ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...were to take form upon his canvas, and by which he is known and remembered. I imagine that he was very sensitive to criticism. His rather morbid nature was surely more susceptible to blame than his pride would allow him to acknowledge. He was ever ready to find fault with his own work, but he did not care to be found fault with by others. Two letters I find among those he wrote me are a proof of this. In a review of the salon I wrote for the Revue des Deux Monies I thought fit to qualify my praise of one of his pictures rather freely. In his letter on this occasion he says, "Your remarks are quite fair, and had I to speak of my own work I would put my signature to them all. I thank you, my dear friend, for all you say in your article, for its truth and sympathy, for its genuine regard and appreciation." The next year my article was entirely eulogistic. He thanked me for it in ambiguous terms, which were not, however, hard to interpret. It was clear that my former strictures had displeased him. "Your article gives me reason to think that you like my interpretation. After other criticism which has crushed me I cannot but be grateful for such a proof of appreciation from a friend." One day we were talking about art criticism, and I referred to the difficulty a conscientious writer must experience in speaking the truth on account of the susceptibility of artists, a susceptibility he would willingly spare. He remarked, "If the judgment pronounced upon our pictures is favourable we sell them well; if unfavourable we sell them less well. That is why we attach importance to printed criticism." This speech, uttered in 1867, during the French Exhibition, did not fall upon deaf ears. From that time I ceased writing about the salon. But fo...
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