International studio . at the sametime, they are true to the context. Para-doxical as it may sound, the question oflikeness to life, as it strikes the eye, iscomparatively irrelevant. The importantthing is that you should believe in thepainted people themselves. There can beno question that you believe in the paintedpeople of Mr. John. They so convinceyou of their independent existence thatyou take their likeness to the originals on44 trust. Here and there your acquaintancewith one of the originals persuades youthat your confidence is not mistaken. 0The question of likeness to life is com-para
International studio . at the sametime, they are true to the context. Para-doxical as it may sound, the question oflikeness to life, as it strikes the eye, iscomparatively irrelevant. The importantthing is that you should believe in thepainted people themselves. There can beno question that you believe in the paintedpeople of Mr. John. They so convinceyou of their independent existence thatyou take their likeness to the originals on44 trust. Here and there your acquaintancewith one of the originals persuades youthat your confidence is not mistaken. 0The question of likeness to life is com-paratively irrelevant because it cannotreally be decided by the appeal to the you might say that you knowpeople in life by how they look. As amatter of fact you dont. Your impres-sions of them are made up of a host ofthings into which the eye does not enterat all. Whether you are conscious of itor not, your impression of a man is amental conception to which the eye isonly a partial contributor. Painting is an. PRINCESS ANTOINE BIBESCOBY AUGUSTUS E. JOHN MR. AUGUSTUS JOHN AS PORTRAIT PAINTER
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