Robert Henri - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."Although Henri (1865-1929) was an important portraitist and figure painter, he is best remembered as a progressive and influential teacher. His ideas on art were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and published as The Art Spirit (Philadelphia, 1923).

My Interests

teaching, painting,

I'd like to meet:

Those of the Brotherhood.Through art, mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. They are the bonds of a great Brotherhood. Those who are of the Brotherhood know each other, and time and space cannot separate them.

Music:

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it. MyGen Profile Generator

Books:

There is no art without contemplation.I enjoy: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Paine, Mikhail Bakunin, Balzac, Emile Zola, and Leo Tolstoy.

Heroes:

Emma Goldman, Rembrandt, Hals, Velazquez, Goya, Manet, Whistler, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins