Excerpt from The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects; J. Bastien-Lepage, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Frederick Walker<br><br>There we saw once more the work of this master who had so much to say, and so little time to say it in. Once more we recognised the boldness and originality of his invention, his uncompromising truthfulness and rare intensity of expression. We were able to trace the eh'ects of his influence upon living artists, not only in France but in England and America, and to realise better than ever before the place which he holds in the art movement of the present age.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.