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of a strangely-organized imagination. Poetic in the accepted sense it is, and
something more, something more unearthly. But, with her peculiarly
plastic mental apparatus and still more peculiar and fluid method of drawing
and composition—for the greater part autodidactic and arbitrary—it was to
be expected that this young artist could adequately translate Maeterlinck.
‘Seven Princesses,' from a scene in that exquisite and musical play (or
threnody of death), would alone indicate the singular endowment of Miss
Smith. There is no particular reason why, with her intense appreciation of
the poetic and musical sides of art, she should turn to more realistic study.
Her mastery of her material leaves much to be desired. She is naively
crude; she often stumbles; she is too hallucinatory; yet she has fantasy,
and fantasy covers a wilderness of technical shortcomings. Possibly this is
a phase through which she is passing; if it so be it is a delightful and stimu-
lating one. There is too little poetry in art nowadays, and William Blake
and his choir of mystics may yet come into their own. Miss Smith surely
belongs to this favored choir."
The literary matter in this number of Camera Work consists chiefly
of reprints. As we consider the articles timely and of importance, and we
know that of our readers but a small percentage see any other publication
devoted to pictorial photography except Camera Work, we offer no apologies
for having used the scissors so freely. The articles are published with special
permission, advance proofs having been sent to us for our purpose.
The articles explain themselves and comment from us, at the present,
is unnecessary.
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something more, something more unearthly. But, with her peculiarly
plastic mental apparatus and still more peculiar and fluid method of drawing
and composition—for the greater part autodidactic and arbitrary—it was to
be expected that this young artist could adequately translate Maeterlinck.
‘Seven Princesses,' from a scene in that exquisite and musical play (or
threnody of death), would alone indicate the singular endowment of Miss
Smith. There is no particular reason why, with her intense appreciation of
the poetic and musical sides of art, she should turn to more realistic study.
Her mastery of her material leaves much to be desired. She is naively
crude; she often stumbles; she is too hallucinatory; yet she has fantasy,
and fantasy covers a wilderness of technical shortcomings. Possibly this is
a phase through which she is passing; if it so be it is a delightful and stimu-
lating one. There is too little poetry in art nowadays, and William Blake
and his choir of mystics may yet come into their own. Miss Smith surely
belongs to this favored choir."
The literary matter in this number of Camera Work consists chiefly
of reprints. As we consider the articles timely and of importance, and we
know that of our readers but a small percentage see any other publication
devoted to pictorial photography except Camera Work, we offer no apologies
for having used the scissors so freely. The articles are published with special
permission, advance proofs having been sent to us for our purpose.
The articles explain themselves and comment from us, at the present,
is unnecessary.
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