DOI Heft:
No. 33 (December, 1895)
DOI Artikel:Baldry, Alfred Lys: On the work of J. Walter West
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17295#0160
The Work of J. Walter West
his imaginings in the manner that is best calculated
to attract legitimate notice. He is skilful in
many mediums, and has avoided the too prevalent
tendency of the times towards narrow specialism.
of wilful bizarrerie. He has, too, what is best of
all, the necessary force of character to enable him
to carry his own ideas through to successful reali-
sation. With so many qualifications, it is not sur-
A STUDY IN LEAD
PENCIL. BY. J. W.
WEST.
Hence his work, in whatever form it may take
shape, is always fresh and unconventional, free
from commonplace on the one hand, and on the
other not degenerating into the worse convention
prising that he should already be prominent among
his contemporaries, and we may not unreasonably
regard him as a man with still further possibilities
of progress.
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his imaginings in the manner that is best calculated
to attract legitimate notice. He is skilful in
many mediums, and has avoided the too prevalent
tendency of the times towards narrow specialism.
of wilful bizarrerie. He has, too, what is best of
all, the necessary force of character to enable him
to carry his own ideas through to successful reali-
sation. With so many qualifications, it is not sur-
A STUDY IN LEAD
PENCIL. BY. J. W.
WEST.
Hence his work, in whatever form it may take
shape, is always fresh and unconventional, free
from commonplace on the one hand, and on the
other not degenerating into the worse convention
prising that he should already be prominent among
his contemporaries, and we may not unreasonably
regard him as a man with still further possibilities
of progress.
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