William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt, American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane MariaHunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art. William Morris Hunt was the leading painter of mid-19th-century Boston, Massachusetts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth31 March 1824
CountryUnited States of America
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Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one's own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush.
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Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture.
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Believe that time is going to help you do what you want.
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The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats.