Studio: international art (14.1898)

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viction as upon mere capa-
city for representing faith-
fully facts that are obvious.
He has done more than
any one else to demolish
the idol of stolid realism,
and has opened up the way
for the many men who now
believe that their best
occupation is to be found
in the closest study of the
principles of decoration.
It is by the sheer force of
his example that this effect
has been produced. An
admirable draughtsman, a
magnificent colourist, and
a master of imaginative
invention, he has proved
beyond question what are
the possibilities of decora-
tive art, and by a succes-
sion of splendid canvases

By the death of Sir
Edward Burne-Jones the
British School loses not
only one of its greatest
leaders, but also one of
the ablest exponents of a
class of art work which
promises to become in
the near future the chief
occupation of all artists
who aim at the highest
flights. To Sir Edward’s
influence must be ascribed
not a little of the decora-
tive development which
has lately helped to purge
our national art of many
of its older faults and con-
ventions. He has taught
the younger painters of
the present day that the
real scope for the artist is
to be found not in the
imitative commonplaces,
but in those expressions
of aesthetic intellectuality
which are dependent as
much upon personal con-

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