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"I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky."

William Merritt Chase, American Artist

Painting, Right, Sky

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"I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky."

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