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Identifier: ArenaMagazine-Volume35 (find matches)
Title: Arena magazine - Volume 35
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive Era social gospel
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aced calm to the demoniac - voicedten-thousand-timesgiant-sized stormywave, that dashesover a large ship anddrives it to death onthe hungry rocks be-yond. The fact is, amarine painter cannot paint on the spot.He must study and know, until every-thing he would present is a part of hisvery self, has become so completely hisown, that with paints and brush in hand,and canvas before him, he can create hispicture from his own inner consciousness.This it is to be a creative artist, as dis-tinguished from a mere reproducer ofnature, a copyist or a technician. With such problems as these to con-tend with, in addition to the difficultiesof learning his art, it is not to be wonderedat that few men care to serve the long andtedious apprenticeship that is absolutelyessential ere any man can be classed as atrue painter of the sea. Here is a casewhere love, delight, pleasure, must be-come the soul of art. Without such love,no man, or few, would ever undergo thelong training and disciplining necessary
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Charles H. Grant, Pin HOMEWARD BOUND. and the disappointments that come fromfailure. Hence, when one discerns on the hori-zon the dawn of a new and true marinepainter, he feels that he is doing his read-ers a service in calling their attention to the fact, with the reason for the faiththat is within him, and in the hope alsothat such notice will encourage the work-er to continue until all readily acknowl-edge his high rank. Such a painter we believe CharlesHenry Grant, born in 1866, at Oswego,N. Y., to be. Spending the first years ofhis life alongside a lake it was naturalthat he should early develop a passionfor the water. Indeed, from before hecould remember it was his joy and de-light. As a swimmer he loved the water,and when he grew older and could nothave a boat he went out upon it on a raft. Digitized by Google 482 Charles H. Grant: Marine Painter. Whether in calm or storm, it was all thesame to him. He loved it, and he soonknew its every mood and expression. Atthe same time the

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