From the NS archive: Courbet, the politically conscious artist
28 May 1938: The almost mediumistic faith in his ability to extract good from anything is the source of both Gustave Courbet’s strength and his weakness.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
28 May 1938: The almost mediumistic faith in his ability to extract good from anything is the source of both Gustave Courbet’s strength and his weakness.
By Graham Bell