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S. L. Bensusan (1872–1958)

Author of Rubens

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Image credit: Samuel Levy Bensusan

Works by S. L. Bensusan

Rubens (1908) 19 copies, 8 reviews
Morocco (2007) 15 copies
Back of Beyond (1988) 13 copies
My woodland friends (1947) 6 copies
Late harvest 3 copies
Quiet Evening (1950) 2 copies
Coleridge (1913) (2007) 2 copies
Dear countrymen 2 copies
Father William 2 copies

Associated Works

Eothen (1844) — Introduction, some editions — 510 copies, 9 reviews

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Legal name
Bensusan, Samuel Levi
Birthdate
1872-09-29
Date of death
1958-12-11
Gender
male
Occupations
journalist
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Dulwich, England, UK
Associated Place (for map)
England, UK

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9 reviews
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The name of Peter Paul Rubens is written so large in the history of European art, that all the efforts of detractors have failed to stem the tide of appreciation that flows towards it. Rubens was a great master in nearly every pictorial sense of the term; and if at times the coarseness and lack of restraint of his era were reflected upon his canvas, we must blame the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries rather than the man who worked through some of their most interesting years,
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The name of Peter Paul Rubens is written so large in the history of European art, that all the efforts of detractors have failed to stem the tide of appreciation that flows towards it. Rubens was a great master in nearly every pictorial sense of the term; and if at times the coarseness and lack of restraint of his era were reflected upon his canvas, we must blame the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries rather than the man who worked through some of their most interesting years,
show more and at worst was no more than a realist. show less
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The name of Peter Paul Rubens is written so large in the history of European art, that all the efforts of detractors have failed to stem the tide of appreciation that flows towards it. Rubens was a great master in nearly every pictorial sense of the term; and if at times the coarseness and lack of restraint of his era were reflected upon his canvas, we must blame the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries rather than the man who worked through some of their most interesting years,
show more and at worst was no more than a realist. show less
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The name of Peter Paul Rubens is written so large in the history of European art, that all the efforts of detractors have failed to stem the tide of appreciation that flows towards it. Rubens was a great master in nearly every pictorial sense of the term; and if at times the coarseness and lack of restraint of his era were reflected upon his canvas, we must blame the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries rather than the man who worked through some of their most interesting years,
show more and at worst was no more than a realist. show less

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