. International studio. ing had a lesson, School was swift. There too hecarried all before him, prizes fall-ing to his work without effort onthe part of the winner. He paintsbecause he must—and can. By this time wealthy patronswere forthcoming to help the boywho was making such sensationalprogress. All was en train tosend him to the Continent tostudy the achievements of thepast at the great art centres ofthe world. One would have ex-pected such a prospect to inspireGertler with mad it filled him with un-speakable gloom. He loathed theidea of being swamped by othermens tradit
. International studio. ing had a lesson, School was swift. There too hecarried all before him, prizes fall-ing to his work without effort onthe part of the winner. He paintsbecause he must—and can. By this time wealthy patronswere forthcoming to help the boywho was making such sensationalprogress. All was en train tosend him to the Continent tostudy the achievements of thepast at the great art centres ofthe world. One would have ex-pected such a prospect to inspireGertler with mad it filled him with un-speakable gloom. He loathed theidea of being swamped by othermens traditions. He had his ownproblems and needed to solvethem for himself in his own could give a better in-sight into Gertlers artistic out-look than the manner in which hethrew material policy to thewinds. He is an individualist ina sense which applies to few. Heis an individualist, not because hek and moth lr of i is satisfied with his own accom- by mark gertler—painted in plishments, but because he knows that. whatever may be his accomplishment,it must depend on what he finds out for himselfin his own way. To this period belongs the portrait of hisfather and mother, here reproduced. Realism isstill his foremost aim. Soundly and solidly hepaints, giving as truly and truthfully as lies with-in his power the object visualized. Untroubledby abstractions or theories or cults, he copies, without ever having seen a picture. It has the though he never imitates. This picture won him charm ol an old Dutch fruit study, something of admission to the New English Art Club. It won the exquisiteness of a fine Fantin Latour. It was him also a reputation as a portrait-painter and done at an age when Gertler simply copied what would have set him on the road to be a successful he saw without question, without modification. and fashionable portrait artist had he cared to It was painted just a couple of years before the tread it. But in this he would have found no group which we illustrat
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