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Identifier: internationalstu75newy (find matches)
Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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icular expression ^\ his art has led thepainter to the realization of the fact that popu-larit\ has its drawbacks in that it tends to confinean artist to nc pattern in his work. Submission to such a convention is fatal toprogress. It leads to painting one kind of picturem one kind of wa\ with the certaint\ ol mati written of his work at that time, flat stretchesof sea or beach or level moorland attracted him,and b\ his choice accustomed him to the treat-ment ol expanses. And this same commentatorpointed out that when woods entered into theScheme ol his sketch it was oltciHT from the out-side, clusters ol trees grouped in the distance.or a piece ol woods abutting and hanging overthe edge ol cleared land. The sky takes so important a place, for itsimmensity alone, in anj seashore picture that itwas only natural Mr. Groll should begin to takesomething more than a related interest in the bluevault arching over beach and ocean, lbs earliesl SEP T I M 11 I K 1 <) ; 2 mceRHACionAL
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reward accompanying artistic rain clouds in1 ■ • BV ALBERT decay. Mr. Groll s is no spirit to die standing up. And it is because of this he hasreverted, in the n>2i sketching season in the FarWist and in his winter painting months, to hisearlier interest in foregrounds, with the changingheavens as properlj related elements in Inspictures and not their dominating characteristics.For pure painter-like quality, Mr. GroIIs earliercanvases surpassed his Arizona and New Mexicoscenes, is the view of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^man\ of his admirers,who have known liiswork since Ins Rock-awaj and Sandj I lookI i Prccisel \ w li\ tin have clung tothi belief is illus-trated l>\ the qualil\which marks everjinch >l one I these\\ i tern picl ures in his new annei, \ Breezy Da\ Cali-

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