Washington Allston

thumb|Washington Allston Washington Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American poet and influential painter. He pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. Quotes Thus falling, falling from afar,As if some melancholy starHad mingled with her light her sighs,And dropped them from the skies. Poem Rosalie Titian, Tintoretto, and Paul Veronese absolutely enchanted me, for they took away all sense of subject. ... It was the poetry of color which I felt, procreative in its nature, giving birth to a thousand things which the eye cannot see, and distinct from their cause.' Washington Allston, as quoted in The Quotable Artist'' (2002) by Peggy Hadden, p. 20 External links Category:Romantic poets Category:1779 births Category:1843 deaths Category:Painters from the United States Category:Poets from South Carolina