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Wynford Dewhurst
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“I remember distinctly, during the summer of 1901, at Les Andelys-on-Seine, that upon two days and for two hours in the afternoons of those days all Nature, animate and inanimate, bore the aspect of things seen under a strong glare of violet light, exactly as though a tinted glass were suspended between the sun's rays and the earth. The effect was most curious and disturbing. Nature appears to be toneless and flat. Highlights and shadows are attenuated almost to extinction, whilst in this dull purple glare the heat became more intense than ever, possibly through lack of wind, for all was still.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wynford Dewhurst, 'What is Impressionism?' in Contemporary Review. vol. XCIX, 1911, p. 300.
“Those Englishmen who are taunted with following the methods of the French Impressionists, sneered at for imitating a foreign style, are in reality but practising their own, for the French artists simply developed a style which was British in its conception.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wynford Dewhurst 1904, quoted in: Douglas Cooper (1954) The Courtauld Collection: A Catalogue and Introduction. p. 44.
“From the earliest days of my pupilage to art I had been instinctively drawn towards the paintings of Turner, Corot, Constable, Bonington, and Watts, with an intense admiration for their manner in viewing, and methods of re-creating, nature upon their canvases ; and in later years I had been fascinated by the works of more modern artists, such as La Thangue, , Edward Stott, and Robert Meyerheim.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In 1891 a student in Paris, I found myself face to face with a beautiful development of landscape painting, which was quite new to me. "Impressionism," together with its numerous progeny of eccentric offshoots, was at the time causing a great furore in the schools. Curiously enough I had been charged with copying Monet's style long before I had seen his actual work, so that my conversion into an enthusiastic Impressionist was short, in fact, an instantaneous process.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since then I have endeavoured, by precept and by example, to preach the doctrine of Impressionism, particularly in England, where it is so little known and appreciated.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Although the great revolution of 1793 changed the whole face of France both politically and socially, it failed to emancipate the twin arts of painting and literature. In each case one tradition was succeeded by another, and nearly forty years elapsed before the new spirit completely broke through the barriers set up by a past generation.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world of art was less fortunate. Many of the younger men barely lived through the first flush of youth. Destroying Death is the worst enemy to the arts.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ingres, a pupil of David, taught his students that draughtsmanship was of more importance than colour. " A thing well drawn," he said, " is always well enough painted.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Impressionism owes its birth to Constable ; and its ultimate glory, the works of Claude Monet, is profoundly inspired by the genius of Turner.”
Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source