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...that in finding his own style, Matisse had simply let his left hand tell him what his right hand should do. In 1911 and 1912, he visited sunny Morocco and, like Delacroix 80 years before him, fell in love with its Moorish seraglios and sultry colors. He let his brush line course over his canvas like an enchanted cobra. His arabesques were forever caressing a woman's contours as he painted the harem dream, the half-naked houri sprawled in diaphanous pantaloons, the odalisque sinking into an interlace of poufs, screens and rugs. To charges that he was painting...
There were other, even more highly personalized elements: Curry's refusal to appoint Councillor Bernard Goldberg's father as city soliciter, and Councillor William Maher's brush with Crane and Curry in a dispute that followed his unsuccessful campaign in 1963. With the deep personality splits and with Crane's deep personal attachment to Curry, the prospect of compromise was slim in the beginning and almost non-existent...
...period from about 1763 to 1767 Copley developed a heavier impasto and a freer abbreviated brush stroke which is highly reminiscent of the late portraiture of Frans Hals. By 1765, Copley finally had his technique under control; his work became more straightforward and simple as if clearing away the unnecessary baggage in preparation for a new excursion...
...unify his compositions and he made them responsive to each other instead of isolating them in the composition. He also abandoned much of the sharp contrast of color that earmarked his earlier work and he emerged with a more Rembrandtesque palette. His chiarascuro in this period intensified and his brush stroke became more exhuberant, bringing him into a closer affinity with the baroque Dutch masters. One of the most striking developments that emerged at this time was the perceptual depth of his painting. In works like Mrs. Humphrey Devereux he concentrated greater depths of psychological perception and achieved a more...
...paintings from Copley's early years in England are perhaps his best. Building on the skill that emerged during his last years in America, his brush became even freer, the paint more heavily modelled, and the stroke stronger and more concise. In the beginning he occupied himself as a portraitist to support his family and get himself established. But soon he had an opportunity to embark on a career as a painter of historical scenes when he was commissioned to paint well known Watson an the Shark. That work was followed by the Death of the Earl of Chatham...