The Slade; a collection of drawings and some pictures done by past and present students of the London Slade School of Art, MDCCCXCIII-MDCCCVII . &?^ 05 3. e WILLIAM ORPEN -^7-^f K*.?,/-/ ^ J ^-•>/^> 0^ A. Among the students at the Slade School of Fine Art, at the time of theadvent of William Orpen, the general Artistic conceit throughout the Schoolcould only be described as stupendous. Clever men swarmed ; talent wastolerated, genius condescendingly admitted, but Old Masters alone might sharein the company of the Gods. The competitive severity was of the fiercestnature ; Pluto had on
The Slade; a collection of drawings and some pictures done by past and present students of the London Slade School of Art, MDCCCXCIII-MDCCCVII . &?^ 05 3. e WILLIAM ORPEN -^7-^f K*.?,/-/ ^ J ^-•>/^> 0^ A. Among the students at the Slade School of Fine Art, at the time of theadvent of William Orpen, the general Artistic conceit throughout the Schoolcould only be described as stupendous. Clever men swarmed ; talent wastolerated, genius condescendingly admitted, but Old Masters alone might sharein the company of the Gods. The competitive severity was of the fiercestnature ; Pluto had only to do a rather better drawing than Jupiter to give thatworthy the cut direct the next day upon the strength of it. Ordinary men werepermitted breath. There was more of the_workman than the Aeroplanist inOrpen, with his unkempt brown hair growing low over his forehead, concealingalmost the two formidable frontal bumps hurled by his Creator with gracefulintention above each of the keen deep-set grey eyes and his truly Irish cheek-bones, nose and mouth, the latter feature wide open giving the lie withunconscious humour to the expression of blan
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