Robert Henri
Robert Henri
Robert Henriwas an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School of American realism and an organizer of the group known as "The Eight," a loose association of artists who protested the restrictive exhibition practices of the powerful, conservative National Academy of Design...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth24 June 1865
CountryUnited States of America
models
The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.
memories painting forgotten
The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.
moving ideas expression
Things should all be moving toward the expression of a great idea.
love character people
Renoir had not only a great interest in human character, in human feeling, but had also a great love for the people he painted.
teacher plato thinking
Many receive a criticism and think it is fine; think they got their money's worth; think well of the teacher for it, and then go on with their work just the same as before. That is the reason much of the wisdom of Plato is still locked up in the pages of Plato.
revealing engaging experimentation
Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.
finding-yourself development spirit
Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.
fall past helping
Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.
beautiful thinking
All is as beautiful as we think it.
drawing saws firsts
Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?
play inward faculty
All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one's faculties.
artist messages spirit
Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it.
reality imitation
Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature.
alive privilege purpose
I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.