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
expression should painter
A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.
style way paint
Your style is the way you talk in paint.
giving spirit paint
Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit.
memories painting forgotten
The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.
painting far-away form
There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away.
ideas paint
Paint like a fiend when the idea possesses you.
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.
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?
expression may painting
If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state.
american-artist spite
It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
artist shining may
An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make his technique so sincere, so translucent that it may be forgotten, the value of the subject shining through it.
art attitude essentials
Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.
moving thinking names
You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a groove, a rut, that hampers your growth. You think you can fix your course and move straight along it. But sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.