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shots of judgment! No one, however, seemed to
miss the essential loveiiness of the color scheme or
the exquisite handiing of the figure. The latter, par-
the picture several times that I do not find myself
hunting for the why and wherefore of this or that,
but able to view the conception as a whoie, and to
THE ROSE BY JOHN W. ALEXANDER
ticuiariy, is in Johnston's "sweHest" manner, touched
with that indehnabie grace of technique and expres-
sion, at once so refined and eievated in tone, which
rnore or iess is characteristic of ali his worb. As for
the symbolism, perhaps it is because I have seen
discover in its haunting vagueness of intention those
suggestions of immensity, ioneiiness, and the un-
speakabie ioveiiness of caim, which the mysterious
beauty of a summer night inspires.
No! our painters, as a dass, do not seem bur-
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shots of judgment! No one, however, seemed to
miss the essential loveiiness of the color scheme or
the exquisite handiing of the figure. The latter, par-
the picture several times that I do not find myself
hunting for the why and wherefore of this or that,
but able to view the conception as a whoie, and to
THE ROSE BY JOHN W. ALEXANDER
ticuiariy, is in Johnston's "sweHest" manner, touched
with that indehnabie grace of technique and expres-
sion, at once so refined and eievated in tone, which
rnore or iess is characteristic of ali his worb. As for
the symbolism, perhaps it is because I have seen
discover in its haunting vagueness of intention those
suggestions of immensity, ioneiiness, and the un-
speakabie ioveiiness of caim, which the mysterious
beauty of a summer night inspires.
No! our painters, as a dass, do not seem bur-
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