Mr. & Mrs. J. Young Hunter
"THE PIIILOSOrHER OF FERNEY BY J. YOUNG HUNTER
romanticism has always been free from exaggera- Mr. Hunter's faith in the creed which he
tion and from that morbidity of subject and advocates has come plainly from deliberate choice,
treatment which is occa-
sionally a defect in the work ._
of young artists. They have
kept their art wholesome
and sincere, and they have ai
cultivated judiciously those
tendencies in it which justify ^Km,
velopment of the new Pre-
Raphaelitism. They are, M
indeed, standing examples
of the value of this move- , . ^ j f'.'^
ment, which seems destined
to make upon history a I.,
mark almost as definite as
that left by the original
Brotherhood in the middle
of the nineteenth century.
By their help, and that
of the group to which
they belong, a new artistic
fashion is being estab- " '^ ^WEl'lPiit^ESll'' "'"^BB^l^"^'' i - *"*^ti
lished, a fashion of a WL.' 3 i
novel sort, for its hold
upon the public is a result vMfihKtt J^^l
not of some irrational Sp**jta9
popular craze, but of the
fascinating arguments fi^V
which are put into visible BfMUk
shape by the painters them-
selves. " MARKET DAY, IN THE MORNING " BY J. YOUNG HUNTER
275
"THE PIIILOSOrHER OF FERNEY BY J. YOUNG HUNTER
romanticism has always been free from exaggera- Mr. Hunter's faith in the creed which he
tion and from that morbidity of subject and advocates has come plainly from deliberate choice,
treatment which is occa-
sionally a defect in the work ._
of young artists. They have
kept their art wholesome
and sincere, and they have ai
cultivated judiciously those
tendencies in it which justify ^Km,
velopment of the new Pre-
Raphaelitism. They are, M
indeed, standing examples
of the value of this move- , . ^ j f'.'^
ment, which seems destined
to make upon history a I.,
mark almost as definite as
that left by the original
Brotherhood in the middle
of the nineteenth century.
By their help, and that
of the group to which
they belong, a new artistic
fashion is being estab- " '^ ^WEl'lPiit^ESll'' "'"^BB^l^"^'' i - *"*^ti
lished, a fashion of a WL.' 3 i
novel sort, for its hold
upon the public is a result vMfihKtt J^^l
not of some irrational Sp**jta9
popular craze, but of the
fascinating arguments fi^V
which are put into visible BfMUk
shape by the painters them-
selves. " MARKET DAY, IN THE MORNING " BY J. YOUNG HUNTER
275