marianhalcombes: William Powell Frith, A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881 (1883) | E.M.
marianhalcombes: William Powell Frith, A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881 (1883) | E.M. Forster, Maurice (1913) society6 | literature + art | sappho + art On his painting Frith wrote, “Beyond the desire of recording for posterity the aesthetic craze as regards dress, I wished to hit the folly of listening to self-elected critics in matters of taste, whether in dress or art. I therefore planned a group, consisting of a well-known apostle [Oscar Wilde] of the beautiful, with a herd of eager worshippers surrounding him.“ PS there’s a 20-30% off sale on select items today! -- source link
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