BIB_ID
448638
Accession number
MA 14553.2
Creator
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925, sender.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1911 June 24
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.2 cm x 13.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope postmarked and stamped; date and place of writing inferred from postmark.
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Louis Loviot / 6 Place St Franc̜ois Xavier / Paris 7e".
Envelope addressed to "Monsieur Louis Loviot / 6 Place St Franc̜ois Xavier / Paris 7e".
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Comparing an artist's view of art with that of the public who imagine themselves to be artists; citing Albert Besnard's article in Le Figaro about tourists who believe themselves to be artists' perceived tendence to visit beautiful sites without appreciating the beauty of the people living in the place they are visiting; hypothesising that the public likes a finished work of art while the artist likes to create art and likes his subject, which is the living person, and that creating beauty is the job of the painter.
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