Word: twachtman
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...worked his way through the Art Students' League by washing brushes and sweeping floors, studied under the late John H. Twachtman, then in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens. His first real encouragement came from venerable Winslow Homer. He made friends with three contemporaries who were quick to gain nationwide reputations: George Bellows, Robert Henri, Eugene Speicher, and all of them, the latter particularly, influenced his work...
...Your Twachtman painted a waterfall that was a waterfall in any country, as Whistler's mother was anyone's mother. He caught the universal idea of art. Art is always universal. It is not New England or the South or New York...