Studio: international art (14.1898)

P. J. Billinghurst

FROM A DRAWING

BY P. J. BILLINGHURST

formally entitled “ of the
school of So-and-so.” Not,
of course, using the word
“ school ” as implying any
educational establishment;
but denoting the real pupil’s
attitude to his real master
—a master whom he may
never have met, but whose
influence is patent enough
in the disciple’s work. If
this were allowable it would
be easy to find the right
inscription for Mr. Billing-
hurst ; but there are two
people’s feelings to be con-
sidered before labelling a
living craftsman thus—first
his own, and secondly his
hero’s. Oddly enough, it
frequently happens that the
last person to discover a
dominant influence is the
one who has supplied it;
but perhaps, as a natural
counter - balance to this
density, an artist often more
bitterly dislikes work which
an average person regards
as singularly like his own
than work which is dia-
metrically opposed to his
theories and principles.
Therefore it were best not
to name the draughtsman