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“ ^INSPIRATION DES ARTS REMONTANT A I?ART EGYPTIEN ”

BY EDUARDO CHICHARRO

and certain critics have thought with this appellation
to define his character. This definition is, how-
ever, very superficial, and first, because the term
colourist is frequently misapplied. Many use it to
denote the painter who achieves brilliant effects by
the employment of extreme tones. In this sense
Chicharro is not a colourist, and despite the greyness
of colour which he sometimes affects, he is classic
in the best sense of the word, and remains always
master of his drawing. However, if we imply by
“ colourist ” a painter who affirms his individuality
by the aid of paradoxically correct tones, then is

Chicharro a powerful colourist. In his work the
inspiration—the technique—all is natural. In each
picture he renews his comprehension of his art, and
each production is simply the logical continuation
of his aesthetic effort. Sober at times to the point
of dryness, with unprecedented delicacy in the
treatment of certain hands, certain faces of women,
he attains an almost scientific boldness in the
expression of movement, in dashing in a figure or
suggesting a smile, or the rustle of gauze by a single
stroke. His colour, at times so rich, at times so
transparent, and so fluid, follows the form always


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BY EDUARDO CHICHARRQ