Excerpt from Face Value: Autobiography of the Portrait PainterHow great his in¿uence has been it is impossible to say, as a portrait painter of great distinction, as a designer and instructor in design, as a counsellor to manufacturers and to merchants, as the head of the Art Department of Hunter College, he has sown in a large field, and making allowances for all seed that did not quicken, the harvest must have been large. That the sower has taken joy of his task is manifest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.