Studio: international art (78.1919)

THE ART OF C. R. W. NEVINSON

“ THE LILIES OF THE
CAFE.” PASTEL BY
C. R. W. NEVINSON

simply compelled us to adopt conceptions
of modern warfare and its real significance
more convincing than any battle-pictures
we had ever seen i ’’ My answer is that,
while all this is beyond dispute, Nevinson's
ardent exploration of all the ways and
means of artistic utterance, from the
academic to the ultra-revolutionary, in
order to discover his own best way of
expressing all that there is of artist in him-
self, shows the very seriousness of his art
in all its varied manifestations. To reach
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the stage at which he has now arrived, the
stage at which he can paint landscapes with
the large simplicity of vision and the artistic
veracity of statement of The Sandy Path
and The Mill Pond, and compass such
masterly feats of design and draughtsman-
ship as The Temples of New York and
Below the Bridge, Nevinson passed through
several phases of artistic adventure and ex-
periment. With a passion for fresh ex-
perience, and sensitive always to influences,
influences not of individual manner, but of