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He was a great craftsman in the infinitelylittle. Tristan(1586-1640) was his
best follower.
The best early painter of theschool was Roelas (1558? His color
was pale, his drawing delicate, and hislighting misty and uncertain. ANDALUSIAN
SCHOOL: This school came into existence about the middle ofthe sixteenth
century.
In France Sisley with Monet are the two importantlandscapists. His
art,however, was the beginning of romanticism. It met with instant opposition
from the old men and applausefrom the young men. Trees and hills andrivers
became supernaturally grand and impressive. This was decried by the
classicists, and even Gros calledit the massacre of art.
-1590) was painter and
courtier toPhilip II.
They do not apparently care for subject,detail, or
composition. His chief work isto be seen in the Opera at Paris.
As a
portrait-painter he isacceptable, if at times a little raw in color.
-1625),
the inspirer of Murillo and the masterof Zurbaran.
He was also fond of the gray
day along the coast, and even thesea attracted him not a little. , and achieved
reputation as a portrait-painter, though alsodoing some altar-pieces.
His art
is material, andyet at times lofty in conception even to the sublime.
The
disagreement was violent, and out of it grew the so-calledromantic quarrel of
the 1820s. In addition there are Cottet and Henri Martin. The surface looks as
though touched once, nomore. His strength lay inimagination displayed in color
and in action.
As a still-life painter Vollon (1833-)has never had a superior.
In Frenchpainting it came forward in opposition to the classicism of David. A
few painters seemed to stand apart from the contemporary influences.
His color
was pale, his drawing delicate, and hislighting misty and uncertain. His
strength lay inimagination displayed in color and in action. The imitators, as
usual, havecaught at the subject and missed the spirit.
Hissuccess lay in exact
technical accomplishment.
Like Troyon he knows his subject well, and can show
thenature of sheep with true feeling. The quarrel between classicism and
romanticism lasted some years, withneither side victorious.
>From this feature
and from his detail he has been known foryears as a realist.
When romanticism
came in this was changed, but naturefalsified in another direction.
Their work
is correct enough, but prosaic andcommonplace in spirit.
Another
portrait-painterof celebrity is Carolus-Duran (1837-). THE CASTILIAN SCHOOL:
This school probably had no so-called founder.
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