International studio . *:^ niE IIAVM BY lIS>.\RKO S8. ?//V CROCKHIRST ) llARHOLK. HVLUllKN riSSARRO The Paintings of Liicien Pissarro partly to misunderstanding but may be betteraccounted for by the fact that his uncompromisingsearch for truth and the clear, logical statementof it result often in the ignoring of time-honouredshibboleths and an unlikeness to those conven-tional notions of what a picture should look likewhich seem to be ingrained in the English statement, too, it would astonishingly appear,is held to be incompatible with the romantic inart,
International studio . *:^ niE IIAVM BY lIS>.\RKO S8. ?//V CROCKHIRST ) llARHOLK. HVLUllKN riSSARRO The Paintings of Liicien Pissarro partly to misunderstanding but may be betteraccounted for by the fact that his uncompromisingsearch for truth and the clear, logical statementof it result often in the ignoring of time-honouredshibboleths and an unlikeness to those conven-tional notions of what a picture should look likewhich seem to be ingrained in the English statement, too, it would astonishingly appear,is held to be incompatible with the romantic inart, whatever that may be. Vagueness in literaturewhereby the meaning is obscured would indubit-ably be condemned, but in the art of painting itis apparently held to be a virtue. Even the termImpressionism is so little understood as to indicate,in many cases, something blurred, formless, andwithout decision. Nothing, however, could bemore opposed to Pissarros work or to the prin-ciples of Impressionism, the method of whichis based on a careful analysis of colour va
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