Conrad Martens: A Lecture Upon Landscape PaintingThis lecture, giving practical advice on landscape painting, was delivered at the Australian (subscription) library in 1856 and first published in 1975 in 'Documents on Art and Taste in Australia: The Colonial Period'. Includes references. |
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