“My contention is simply this, that drawing an academically correct figure, and having a steady, well-judged brushstroke, has little to do, or at least less than is generally supposed, with the needs—the pressing needs—of contemporary painting.”
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Van Gogh on academic training
From a letter dated June, 1885:
“My contention is simply this, that drawing an academically correct figure, and having a steady, well-judged brushstroke, has little to do, or at least less than is generally supposed, with the needs—the pressing needs—of contemporary painting.”
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“My contention is simply this, that drawing an academically correct figure, and having a steady, well-judged brushstroke, has little to do, or at least less than is generally supposed, with the needs—the pressing needs—of contemporary painting.”
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