s scarcely troubled at all with theproblems presented by the character of the sitter,but is content if he can produce an attractivecolour-scheme with a note of distinction. Thelate Robert Brough, in most of the phases of hisbrilliant art, was one of these, and it is expressedmarkedly by many of the… … TOM MORRIS with character-drawing, which unity reaches itshighest expression in Sir James Guthrie, moresubtle, if less daring and determined in tech-nique, than Mr. Sargent. For delicate shades ofcharacter, indeed, Guthrie is at the apotheosis.Mr. Orpen, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. John, morevirile than…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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