Анна Каренина

Chapter 8

           

           Hehadareadyappreciationofart,andprobably,withatasteforimitatingart,hesupposedhimselftohavetherealthingessentialforanartist,andafterhesitatingforsometimewhichstyleofpaintingtoselect—religious,historical,realistic,orgenrepainting—hesettoworktopaint.Heappreciatedallkinds,andcouldhavefeltinspiredbyanyoneofthem;buthehadnoconceptionofthepossibilityofknowingnothingatallofanyschoolofpainting,andofbeinginspireddirectlybywhatiswithinthesoul,withoutcaringwhetherwhatispaintedwillbelongtoanyrecognizedschool.Sinceheknewnothingofthis,anddrewhisinspiration,notdirectlyfromlife,butindirectlyfromlifeembodiedinart,hisinspirationcameveryquicklyandeasily,andasquicklyandeasilycamehissuccessinpaintingsomethingverysimilartothesortofpaintinghewastryingtoimitate.

           MorethananyotherstylehelikedtheFrench—gracefulandeffective—andinthatstylehebegantopaintAnna’sportraitinItaliancostume,andtheportraitseemedtohim,andtoeveryonewhosawit,extremelysuccessful.

           

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