Critics and Artists

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RI2/3

Title

Critics and Artists

Date

[c.1890-1910]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2 document of 17 pages

Previous reference codes

2047

Content Description

A rather abstract essay on the act of criticism and the special place of the artist in relation to the practice of it. No localised examples of poor criticism are stated, leaving a generality of tone. But the essay is heavily biased against the professional class of critic that took hold of cultural reportage by the end of the 19thC.