“Ingres, a pupil of David, taught his students that draughtsmanship was of more importance than colour. " A thing well drawn," he said, " is always well enough painted."”

— Wynford Dewhurst

Source: Impressionist Painting: its genesis and development. (1904), p. 2.

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British artist 1864–1941

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