International studio . ictfrom the executivefireworks with whichwe have been so per-?-l^trntly bombarded inthe exhibitions of thelast few years. Butbest of all, there wasthat happy relationbetween the mannerof expression and thematter of the thingsexpressed whichalways shows signi-ficantly how well anartist understands theprinciples by which alltrue artistic achieve-ment is governed. Indeed, Mr. Water-house can well be putforward as an exampletn all young could learn alesson from his prac-tice and could see, ifthey studied hismethods, how muchmore important it istd use paint as a
International studio . ictfrom the executivefireworks with whichwe have been so per-?-l^trntly bombarded inthe exhibitions of thelast few years. Butbest of all, there wasthat happy relationbetween the mannerof expression and thematter of the thingsexpressed whichalways shows signi-ficantly how well anartist understands theprinciples by which alltrue artistic achieve-ment is governed. Indeed, Mr. Water-house can well be putforward as an exampletn all young could learn alesson from his prac-tice and could see, ifthey studied hismethods, how muchmore important it istd use paint as ameans to an end thanto make it the chiefconsideration in a pic-torial exercise. Thedazzling piece ofcraftsmanship is not a pleasant thing to livewith ; there comes a time when its very bril-liancy begins to be irritating, and then followsthe discovery that beneath the cleverly handledsurface of the picture there is nothing to jus-tify its existence. Of much more permanentinterest is the piece of painting which does 9. WATERHOCSE, The late J. II. Waterhouse,
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