The one produces the normal and lovable failures which, decorate our art exhibitions; the other results in those curious products which amuse the public to good-humoured contempt--I mean those pictures full of violent colour laid on in streaks, in great sweeps, in patches, in dots.

The painter has turned half theorist, half scientist; the theories of the juxtaposition of colour, and the science of complementary colours, engrosses his attention.

He is no longer an artist; he is a chemist and physiologist and an artisan.
"Every now and then there is a revolt from the accepted order of things.
New groups form, sometimes damning what they call the artificial lighting of the studio, sometimes exclaiming against the carnival of harmonious or crude colour generally known as 'plein air.' Impressionists scorn the classic, and _vice versa_.

But, Miss West, as a matter of fact, all schools are as good as all religions.
"To speak of studio lighting as artificial and unworthy is silly.

It is pretty hard to find anything really artificial in the world, indoors, or out, or even in the glare of the footlights.