. Russian portraits . re -S. CO l-H P? I—t XN:. O co RUSSIAN PORTRAITS under which he had tried to do Lenin in his office,and while he was working. He said that por-traiture was not Art. I could not but agree withhim, as the difficulty always in doing portraits isthat sittings are always too few and too short,but said that one had to put up with it, and dothe best one could, breaking ones heart over itall the time. He said he had given up sculpture for the timebeing because of the difficult conditions, and hadtaken to drawing instead. I said that for thepresent I was intent on portraits, and t
. Russian portraits . re -S. CO l-H P? I—t XN:. O co RUSSIAN PORTRAITS under which he had tried to do Lenin in his office,and while he was working. He said that por-traiture was not Art. I could not but agree withhim, as the difficulty always in doing portraits isthat sittings are always too few and too short,but said that one had to put up with it, and dothe best one could, breaking ones heart over itall the time. He said he had given up sculpture for the timebeing because of the difficult conditions, and hadtaken to drawing instead. I said that for thepresent I was intent on portraits, and that Artwould have to wait until later. His attitude ischaracteristic of the sculptor species. They are all so d d proud, and if they cannot get all the sittings they need and work under idealconditions, they do not think it worth while consider that there are a few people in the worldwho are worth any effort to do, even if they donot give one a chance to do ones best laughed and said that that was journalismin Art. When I
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