"It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their figures. You know the story of Vandyke brought to Rubens with this recommendation: 'He already knows how to paint a background.' 'That is more than I can do!' was the reply."

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Source : William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns

William Morris Hunt

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