art-achievements

Updated: July 22, 2026

But just as from the small dusky insect in the hedges at night proceeds a phosphorescent flame of great power and beauty just as from a miserable-looking, coarse, common flint are emitted sparks of superb brilliance, so from the hands of this strange, sordid, shambling man came art-achievements almost without precedent in the history of painting.

Dutton Cook - Art in England: Notes and Studies