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  1. I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's 'Rest in the Lord.' It was ornamental unobtrusive and to m…

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  2. If America is to produce great painters and if young artists wish to assume a place in the history of the art of their country, their first desire should be to…

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  3. I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the draper…

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