Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1886 — Pre-Raphaelite. [ARTICLE]

Pre-Raphaelite.

Some <jf the greatest painters never went abroad. A study of the old mas-ters-is of value and assistance to aspiring young artists. Whatever the result may be, it will do no harm, and to some few it will be a revelation and a guide to great success. The student has a chance to mold a style of his own after he has become familiar with that of the old masters. Without a style the originality of a painter loses much of its force. The pre-Raphaelite painters always put in a picture what they thought ought to be there. For instance, in a perspective view, if a tree was actually indistinct and the leaves shaddWy and uncertain, the pre-Ea-phaelite put it in distinctly in every detail anyway. After Eaphael came the school of impressionists. Its members pursued the opposite plan and pttt in a pi ture what was actually seen. In other words, a fidelity to nature as instructed by the eyes. This is considered the true mo hod now, and will, in my opinion, continue to be until the end of time. • *