[English] ADULTERIES OF ART. LORD BADEN-POWELL ON THE ACADEMY.

ADULTERIES OF ART.

LORD BADEN-POWELL ON THE ACADEMY.

Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, who is an artist and has exhibited sculpture at the Royal Academy, made some caustic comments on this year's pictures when opening an exhibition of arts and crafts at Alton, Hampshire.

He said he had just left the Academy, where he was told there was a notable picture by a girl aged fifteen. When he heard that he was more than surprised, because he thought a large number of pictures there must be by children of five, and he was glad to learn that at least one was by a girl of fifteen.

The Academy exhibition was very depressing to him, and all he could say about it was to quote Ben Jonson:

Adulteries of art

They strike mine eyes but not my heart.

"One sees too much of people," he said, "who are 'nobodies' trying to inflict upon us some awful things on canvas to entice people to go and find out the names of those who painted them."

Source:

1. Page 9, "Hong Kong Daily Press", Monday, 30th May, 21st Year of the Republic of China

   • 25th Day, 4th Lunar Month, Ren-shen Year

   • Monday, 30th May, 1932 Common Era