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ui’jmi uiiaK*iiiiiiveiy; let us* have adventure in art.* “So instead of proceeding toi draw a subject conventionally,j they did work that was truly creative, experimenting’ along the lines of design, arrangement of » composition, basic architectural Urn s, and color. The result, whilenot always easy to understandI (why can understand the imagin-j ation of another person?) is cer-j t tinly more original, less imitative,. nd in many cased, according to the rv:\ tion of the individual,, more powerful.“Uim of the reasons that artists have broken away from the con-j vt ntiona izi‘u standards is because | the lt;\:.m*ira is much more capable of Irnllaiiiig nature than any human ag ney.“Moreover, the modern ideal is.| trietJy speaking, nut modern at all. j The old masters paid more atten-| ti«m to th^ basic lines than any I other painters as a eluss. TheyI painted women whose churuccei -; isticH were gene rally true of tin* sex rather than a mere likimss of j a particular person. Their art was j more universal and hence more voi-: uahle through the ages.”| Continuing, the lecturer tract d ! the development of a single idea* through a number of pictures. AH i nt these were of tiie same subject i a cat. The treatment, however.| was vastly different. In some caoesthe animal was represented exactly as we would see it with the eye. Iri others, it was drawn to suggest animation, repose or the possession of definite characteristics. It was5 ! the speaker’s contention that this* is a much more adventurous ant! 1 j more amusing’ form of art than mere imitation.“It is all a mater of emphasis. stated Mr. Pearson. “The conventional artist emphasizes the subject. The moderns emphasize the design and composition. Conventional an is more true to life, hut modernist!* art is more true to the artist and 1 | to his creative, expression. It is ;* - j matter of two types of mind, th* staid as over and against the adventurous.“Carrying the creation of design a step farther, we can reprint modernistic paintings on textiles and v have an admittedly beautiful curtain or drape. People laugh because it makes no difference if you turn certain modern paintings upside down. Of course it makes n -difference. Why should it? Would (Please Turn to Page Six)e9a9f1R0feil
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Jamestown Morning Post
Jamestown, New York, US
Wed, Feb 12, 1930
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