This is what James Paton wrote about Monticelli in 1908:
“His pictures, although lacking in form, are highly decorative,
and are distinguished for the gorgeous splendor of their colour.”
and are distinguished for the gorgeous splendor of their colour.”
– CATALOGUE: Descriptive and Historical,
of the Pictures in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Kelvingrove.
From the Library of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
From the Library of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
James “Lacking In Form” Paton evidently preferred
photorealism, a technique using sharply defined
lines, requiring no imagination from the viewer.
What a dink. – Indy