International studio (48.1913)

George Sheringham

use his powers of observation in gathering together
that mixture of knowledge by which the artistic
imagination is sustained during the labour of
production. In the very confidence with which
he took his own way when the pupil stage was over
there is evidence of the thoroughness with which
he was prepared for the part he was to play in the
world.
His first experiences were gained at the Slade
School, where he worked for some time, but later

on he became a pupil of Mr. Harry Becker, an
artist of strong convictions and vigorous methods
who imparted to his students much of his own
strenuous enthusiasm and implanted in them an
understanding of what serious hard work really
meant. Under Mr. Becker’s tuition Mr. Shering-
ham was drilled soundly in the grammar of the
painter’s craft and he was taught the value of
rapid, decisive statement and of broad certainty
of technical method ; and he was set an example

“ L’ARBRE DOREE” FAN PAINTED ON SII.K BY GEORGE SHERINGHAM
(In the possession of Mrs. Buxton Heinekev)


“THE LANDSCAPE fan” PAINTED ON KID BY GEORGE SHERINGHAM
(In the possession oj Wyndham Harding, Esq.)


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