William H. Fuller, the director of the National Wallpaper Company, and a devoted collector of Claude Monets art, organized the first exhibition of the artists paintings in the United States at the Union Club in New York, effectively introducing Monet to an American audience. William Fuller purchased On the cliff at Pourville (1882) - posted below - from Durand-Ruel in 1886. Through his promotion of the artists work in the United States, Fuller came to know Monet during these years, and he expounded on the artists talent in his introductory text for the Lotos Club exhibition catalogue: ... When Monet paints a landscape he keeps steadily in view the dominant motive of his picture, to which all minor details are made subordinate. These serve a useful part, it is true, but it is one of appropriate contribution to enhance the value of the work as a whole. To secure this result he knows what to leave out — a rare virtue in landscape art — as well as what to emphasize in his picture. This method of treatment involves an intelligent comprehension of his subject, an easy command of his brush, an orderly and artistic arrangement of the various parts of his picture, and calls into play one of the highest and most pleasurable functions of the human mind. #williamfuller #claudemonet #americanartcollector
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 06:19:58 +0000
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