. International studio. ed atSanta Fe in 1921. Here is an etcher who hasnever followed the familiar paths of Venice, Parisand London in his progress as a worker with theburin but has been content to work in what HenryJames might have called the adoptive is a rare experience to find an American etcherwithout such backgrounds. And yet it does notappear to have cramped either his line or his feel-ing for what constitutes an etched plate. Probable-it is responsible for some of the spontaneity. What this artist has attempted to do with hisburin is to express form through line instead ofthr
. International studio. ed atSanta Fe in 1921. Here is an etcher who hasnever followed the familiar paths of Venice, Parisand London in his progress as a worker with theburin but has been content to work in what HenryJames might have called the adoptive is a rare experience to find an American etcherwithout such backgrounds. And yet it does notappear to have cramped either his line or his feel-ing for what constitutes an etched plate. Probable-it is responsible for some of the spontaneity. What this artist has attempted to do with hisburin is to express form through line instead ofthrough the mass. He employs a great variety ofline, uses it as what he calls an inventional lineto create on his plate, out of something he saw andnoted down in memory, a tree or a horse, or ahuman figure. Usually the line is bold and solidbut, now and again, as in the wall back of the sofain the lovely Nude, it has a feathery delicacythat adds not a little to the supreme charm of thisdistinctive print. s nil MARCH 1922 m. OF MADEMOISELLE DE GOTTIGNIES ™ VAN DYI\E => Bv the bequest of Edmund C. Converse, banker and art collector,the Metropolitan Museum of Art has become the possessor of thissplendid example of Flemish portraiture. It is noticeably similar to thefamous Marie Louise de Tassis, and was painted during :period, 1627-1632, after the artists return to Antwerp from Genipreceding his visit to England M ARCH 9 2 2 SIXI \ mceKiiACtonAL
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