International studio . o -^> < a. Jo. The late J. II. II aterhouse, expressive method of handling was of thegreatest possible assistance to him in theworking out of his pictures. A bloodless, tenta-tive technique, an undecided mode of dealingwith executive problems, would have robbedhis imaginings of halftheir authority andwould have taken themeaning out of his art—sureness of touchand thorough controlover the processes ofpainting are nevermore necessary thanwhen the artist seeksto make credible adelicate abstraction orto convey to otherssubtleties of senti-ment. But Mr. YVaterhouse
International studio . o -^> < a. Jo. The late J. II. II aterhouse, expressive method of handling was of thegreatest possible assistance to him in theworking out of his pictures. A bloodless, tenta-tive technique, an undecided mode of dealingwith executive problems, would have robbedhis imaginings of halftheir authority andwould have taken themeaning out of his art—sureness of touchand thorough controlover the processes ofpainting are nevermore necessary thanwhen the artist seeksto make credible adelicate abstraction orto convey to otherssubtleties of senti-ment. But Mr. YVaterhousenever gave way to themodern tendency totreat the display ofexecutive clevernessas one of the chiefreasons for the exist-ence of his dexterous tricksof handling, the amaz-ing jugglings withpaint, which satisfv somany of the youngerartists of to-dav, mostcertainly did notappeal to him. Hewished rather to setdown simply andstraightforwardly justwhat was neopresent convincinglythe subject that wasin his mind, and hedid not w
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