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Title: Drawing and painting self-taught
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cross, Anson K. (Anson Kent), 1862-1944 Cross, Evelyn F. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Drawing Painting
Publisher: Winthrop, Mass., A. K. Cross
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e standards inart schools that the weak and frivolous students would drop outof their own volition, or be dropped because there would be roomfor only the serious students. Thus standards would be raisedin art schools and in professional life. In France the talented student is assisted, and he must bein America if we are to lead in industry or the arts. This canbe done by any art school that will apply the methods of thisbook to aid home students to overcome the crudities of un-trained vision. 275. Home Study Class of the School of the Museum of FineArts, Boston.—Since object drawing has not been taught in thepublic schools, students have entered art schools entirely un-prepared to do the truthful drawing formerly demanded. Manyart schools have lowered their standards to retain their students,and therefore many students who desire to do the best are mis-directed. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts is an exception, fornow as always it demands the exact drawing and truthful painting
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Fig. 93.—Drawings from home study class made by a high school boy. The first was made before use of the Glass. The lower was sent for the fifth criticism after nine months use of the Glass. 196 DRAWING AND PAINTING SELF-TAUGHT which have prepared so many of its graduates to take first rank.But in recent years the work in this school became more difficultfor both instructors and students, and so when the Faculty foundthat the methods of this book were proving more successful forbeginners the School at once adopted them for the still life andperspective classes. A years trial having proven that untrained beginners maymake rapid progress in both drawing and painting, the Schoolestablished a Home Study Class, and the Circular for 1922 statesthat pupils who have done successfully a years work in thisclass before entering the school may expect to be advanced morerapidly and thus shorten their school course. Art schools that believe in the old masters methods, and tryto secure truthful dra

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