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Title: The art of painting in the nineteenth century
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Mach, Edmund von, 1870-1927
Subjects: Painting -- History
Publisher: Boston and London, Ginn and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Enneking, were born. Trum-bull was a pupil of West, a fact which almostlinks the present generation to the Father ofAmerican Painting, and reveals the short spaceof time covered by American art. Trumbull, on his return home, selected NewYork as his place of residence, an event whichclosed possibly forever any possibility of Boston orPhiladelphia becoming the art center of America.So much has been said about Trumbulls unkind-ness to younger men who did not bow to him,and the many stumbling-blocks which he placedin the way of their development, that one is aptto forget his remarkable services to the cause notonly of art but also of artists. He won the respectof influential citizens and interested the moneyedclasses in art; in short, he established a societyof sympathetic connoisseurs, — men of meansand social position, who were eager to encouragenative talent. It may be argued that even with-out the efforts of Colonel Trumbull — he hadbeen an officer in the army — there would have
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t. - 1 AMERICAN PAINTING 97 been men to play the role of Maecenas to Ameri-can artists; but this may well be doubted, for anhonest interest in art matters was not one of theaccomplishments of that generation. As president of the American Academy ofArts1 Trumbull exerted another influence as aconservative power. The restrictions of all aca-demic standards have been so often justly exposedthat one readily forgets the value of such insti-tutions. They act like regulators, preventingthe pace which some individuals would set frombecoming so fast that the entire mechanism ofwholesome development is thrown out of gear. As an artist Trumbull ranked high, although hislater work disappointed the expectations raisedby his earlier pictures. He was a good portraitpainter, but lacked the individuality of Stuart.He is best known for his historical pictures.One of his last commissions, in fact, was an orderfrom Congress to paint four such pictures for theCapitol in Washington. Unfortunately he wasthe

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