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Baldry, Alfred Lys: Some etchings by Sir Charles Holroyd
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Etchings by Sir Charles Holroyd
one of the chief of modern masters. Under the
guidance of Professor Legros he made his first
experiments, and by this admirable teacher, the
value of whose precept and example could hardly
be over-estimated, he has been directed in his
development from an attentive pupil to an inde-
pendent producer. But this direction, greatly
helpful as it has been in assisting him to arrive
at a right system of practice, has not had the effect
of narrowing his own artistic outlook; it has not
made him merely an imitator of his master, nor
has it induced him to be content with secondhand
inspiration. Neither in his manner of handling,
nor in the subjects he chooses for his etchings,
does he avow himself a follower of Professor Legros;
what he has learned so well he has adapted to suit
his personal conviction, and this conviction affects
both the matter and the
manner of his work.
In this independence
he pays his master the
highest compliment of all.
It is not by the flattery of
imitation that the pupil
does credit to his teacher,
but by proving that he has
learned and understood
the greater principles of
the art which that teacher
has sought to explain.
To acquire tricks of hand-
ling, or a habit of seeing
things with the vision of
someone else, is no diffi-
cult matter to the student
whose temperament is im-
pressionable but whose
intelligence is not particu-
larly acute; it needs a
man with real strength of
character to appreciate
that his personality must
not be subordinated to
that of even the most ac-
complished and authorita-
tive teacher. But such a
man, by interpreting in his
own fashion what he has
been taught, and by build-
ing upon a basis of solid
knowledge his own charac-
teristic methods of prac-
tice, shows that his train-
ing has been admirably
4
judicious, and that he has had the good fortune to
be guided always in the right direction until he has
grown strong enough to take his own course with-
out assistance.
That in the preparation for his profession he
owes much to Professor Legros certainly Sir
Charles Holroyd would be the last to question,
for under few other masters could he have been so
efficiently trained, and with so much consideration
for his individual preferences. But in estimating
the work he has produced during the years that
have elapsed since the actual term of his school
study came to an end, it is his own view of his
responsibilities that has chiefly to be taken into
account, because it is by this that his place in the
art world must be determined. As an etcher he
has a distinct conviction ; he aims at definite
BY SIR CHARLES HOLROYD
one of the chief of modern masters. Under the
guidance of Professor Legros he made his first
experiments, and by this admirable teacher, the
value of whose precept and example could hardly
be over-estimated, he has been directed in his
development from an attentive pupil to an inde-
pendent producer. But this direction, greatly
helpful as it has been in assisting him to arrive
at a right system of practice, has not had the effect
of narrowing his own artistic outlook; it has not
made him merely an imitator of his master, nor
has it induced him to be content with secondhand
inspiration. Neither in his manner of handling,
nor in the subjects he chooses for his etchings,
does he avow himself a follower of Professor Legros;
what he has learned so well he has adapted to suit
his personal conviction, and this conviction affects
both the matter and the
manner of his work.
In this independence
he pays his master the
highest compliment of all.
It is not by the flattery of
imitation that the pupil
does credit to his teacher,
but by proving that he has
learned and understood
the greater principles of
the art which that teacher
has sought to explain.
To acquire tricks of hand-
ling, or a habit of seeing
things with the vision of
someone else, is no diffi-
cult matter to the student
whose temperament is im-
pressionable but whose
intelligence is not particu-
larly acute; it needs a
man with real strength of
character to appreciate
that his personality must
not be subordinated to
that of even the most ac-
complished and authorita-
tive teacher. But such a
man, by interpreting in his
own fashion what he has
been taught, and by build-
ing upon a basis of solid
knowledge his own charac-
teristic methods of prac-
tice, shows that his train-
ing has been admirably
4
judicious, and that he has had the good fortune to
be guided always in the right direction until he has
grown strong enough to take his own course with-
out assistance.
That in the preparation for his profession he
owes much to Professor Legros certainly Sir
Charles Holroyd would be the last to question,
for under few other masters could he have been so
efficiently trained, and with so much consideration
for his individual preferences. But in estimating
the work he has produced during the years that
have elapsed since the actual term of his school
study came to an end, it is his own view of his
responsibilities that has chiefly to be taken into
account, because it is by this that his place in the
art world must be determined. As an etcher he
has a distinct conviction ; he aims at definite
BY SIR CHARLES HOLROYD