A Student of Nature (1877). Linnie Watt (British, fl.1875-1908). Oil on canvas. “Much that
A Student of Nature (1877). Linnie Watt (British, fl.1875-1908). Oil on canvas.“Much that is characteristic of the tender beauty of woodland and meadow she has learnt how to suggest with a simple expressive touch specially suited to her materials and the decorative character of her work… [Her] figures are not "introduced,” but seem to form an organic part of her conceptions.“ (Cosmo Monkhouse, "The Royal Academy of China-Painting,” The Magazine of Art, 1884, p. 249) -- source link
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