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
beautiful mean color
Color is only beautiful when it means something.
ideas paint
Paint like a fiend when the idea possesses you.
thinking people
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.
appreciation art like-love
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy.
drawing lines results
Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
looks canvas paint
To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.
real paint feels
Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you.
men ideas landscape
The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea.
beauty shame
When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.
painter deals stills
A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?
ideas masters persons
It's a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty; they haven't learned everything and they know it.
artist imagination use
An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.
memories draws wells
Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well.
art contemplation contemplating
There is no art without contemplation.