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English: Pinckney Marcius-Simons, Where Light and Shadow Meet, c. 1892-1904, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, NY; oil on canvas, 144.7 x 91.4 cm. In a letter to the artist dated March 19, 1904, Teddy Roosevelt wrote about his decision to buy this painting: "The first work I saw of yours was the 'Seats of the Mighty,' and it impressed me so powerfully that I have ever since eagerly sought out any of your pictures of which I heard. When I became President, Mrs. Roosevelt and I made up our minds that while I was President we would indulge ourselves in the purchase of one really first-class piece of American art—for we are people whom the respective sizes of our family and our income have never warranted in making such a purchase while I was in private life! As soon as we saw 'When [sic] Light and Shadow Meet' we made up our minds at once and without speaking to one another that at last we had seen the very thing we wanted.…I do not greatly care for the reproduction of landscapes which, in effect, I see whenever I ride or walk. I wish 'the light that never was on land or sea' in the pictures that I am to live with—and this light your paintings have. When I look at them I feel a lift in my soul; I feel my imagination stirred. And so, dear Mr. Simons, I believe in you as an artist and I am proud of you as an American."[1] |
| Date | by 1904 |
| Source | where-light-and-shadow-meet-pinckney-marcius-simons/OQFFOtkRBLEGPQ — Google Arts & Culture |
| Author | Pinckney Marcius-Simons |
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| current | 21:29, 15 June 2022 | | 2,974 × 1,803 (12.27 MB) | Stevensaylor | Uploaded a work by Pinckney Marcius-Simons from https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/where-light-and-shadow-meet-pinckney-marcius-simons/OQFFOtkRBLEGPQ with UploadWizard |
