gures occur, we shall find that Mr. Russell hasused the figures to illustrate and complete hisdesign rather than to stand out as from a setting.Like Leonardo, Mr. Russell seems to think that■ M&n and the intention of his soul are the supremethemes of the artist, and in these dim blue can-vases,… … hardly at all with a realisticpresentation of it, he has-yet achieved somethingwhich realist and impres-sionist alike often miss—hehas succeeded in transfer-ring to his canvases some-thing of the evanescentand mysterious beauty, sOelusive and yet so distinc-tive, which clothes the hill-sides of his…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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