. International studio. d, compelled toworship at natures shrine. Transcenc Deta died, alt me, ti sten i1 igto the still small voice,he is absolute monarchof his art ? • In/ ? F. NEWLIN ER1CE U SEA AND PROMONTORY mg yourself, you have communed com- by Arthur b. davies pletely in absorption Absolute: I use thephrase as expressive of the artof Arthur B. Davies because hepaints detached,alone,listeningto the still small voice, an abso-lute monarch of his art. Hisart: you may not read the romance that he sawwhen, standing to his easel, like a mariner to hiswheel, he worked and worked,
. International studio. d, compelled toworship at natures shrine. Transcenc Deta died, alt me, ti sten i1 igto the still small voice,he is absolute monarchof his art ? • In/ ? F. NEWLIN ER1CE U SEA AND PROMONTORY mg yourself, you have communed com- by Arthur b. davies pletely in absorption Absolute: I use thephrase as expressive of the artof Arthur B. Davies because hepaints detached,alone,listeningto the still small voice, an abso-lute monarch of his art. Hisart: you may not read the romance that he sawwhen, standing to his easel, like a mariner to hiswheel, he worked and worked, and knew not whatto say, until some strange reaction of his soulsurged up and he committed to the canvas theresult—with absolute conviction, the world welllost, and regardless of the tide of popular the corner of Against Darkness, is anude, beautifully done, reclining on a pyre ofsilver light, while nearby a man and woman gaze-up at her in silent wonder. There areother motives just as fine, but in the. june 1922 two thirteen mceRnAcionAL Albert P. Ryder, poet, painter,seer, was wont to call Weirand Davies you young fel-lows. He taught Davies onething, that, far from artistsand their companionship,away from busy centers, asidefrom ateliers and galleries,and the bohemian night life,the artist could and shouldspeak for himself, uncriti-cized and unconfused. Ryderconvinced him that an artistssoul must walk alone. Davies is opposed to thesmug complacency of some ofour American from the academicperfection of the paintingachieved, as rules have laidit down, he wishes to builddelight. With him, a paint-ing must have humor, moodand sudden definite delinea-tion. To build a monumentout of himself, the artist mustdwell upon the hills of highOlympus, graced in the thingshe feels, completely aware ofthe old eternal beauties, andstrong in his new vision. Lifeis glorious to the man whocorner of this canvas movement in a ravine knows, observes, and feels its secr
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