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.


W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais (ed. 1878)

William Morris Hunt Quotes

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...