The Slade; a collection of drawings and some pictures done by past and present students of the London Slade School of Art, MDCCCXCIII-MDCCCVII . out hiscareer he has been constantly improving in this respect. Again, in studying andapplying to personal use the work of his mighty predecessors, he has goneprimarily for the mind outside the pigment and not the pigment without themind, and allowing for instance that he has strong afRnitiesjwithJVelasquez andVermeer, it is in reality a purely abstract compound ; he merely visualizes in thesame spirit, for the foundations of his own superb art are hi
The Slade; a collection of drawings and some pictures done by past and present students of the London Slade School of Art, MDCCCXCIII-MDCCCVII . out hiscareer he has been constantly improving in this respect. Again, in studying andapplying to personal use the work of his mighty predecessors, he has goneprimarily for the mind outside the pigment and not the pigment without themind, and allowing for instance that he has strong afRnitiesjwithJVelasquez andVermeer, it is in reality a purely abstract compound ; he merely visualizes in thesame spirit, for the foundations of his own superb art are his own future of this inimitable painter may be safely left in his own hands. Stand-ing upon the plane of dignity that he now does in his profession, there would seemto be little doubt that given health and strength, in twenty years time he willbeadmitted the^reat Spaniards equal, or at any rate worthy to stand upon a pedestalbeside him ; that is, if he doesnt find his Scylla in the platinum wiles of therising moon, and his Charybdis in the red dread blood-lust of the setting sun. Stephen Granger. DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM ORPEN. >^M. %:} %
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