Illustrated Catalogue Of The Completed Pictures Left By The Late Henry Ward Ranger And His Collection Of Works By Some Of His Contemporaries

Author : American Art Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266595816
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of the Completed Pictures Left by the Late Henry Ward Ranger, N. A written by American Art Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Completed Pictures Left by the Late Henry Ward Ranger, N. A: And His Collection of Works by Some of His Contemporaries The occasions have been rare when extensive public sales have been made of the work of any single artist of note. We can most readily recall the names of Wyant, Inness and Twachtman, whose Studio contents were sold after their death; the first named some twenty-five years ago, the others following within a very few years. In each case surprise was expressed at the number of pictures left by these artists, the fact being overlooked that their work represented many years. This is equally true of the collection of pictures by Mr. Ranger here catalogued. For reasons best known to himself, almost every one of what we consider his best working years seems to have seen something reserved. Had he been aiming at leaving behind a chronological collection of his canvases for preservation in one group, he could hardly have chosen differently. The pic tures now to be seen together for the last time doubtless give the opportunity i\ir. Ranger desired to enable the public to make an estimate of his life work. It is true that to-day's estimate may not be the final one. It rarely happens that artists are fairly judged until time furnishes a proper per spective. Up to within his last eight or ten years, Mr. Ranger was a fairly prolific painter. Gradually he tarried longer and longer over each canvas, and was often heard to say, during the last few years, that he would be very happy if he could produce each year four or five canvases that came near satis fying his critical estimate of his own work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.