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THE LONDON SALON 177
how admirable a one is it !
That Mr. Epstein
should combine with the taste and intelligence
to perceive the beauty of Mexican sculpture
the skill and science to reproduce its fine
qualities is surely something to note and
admire. There is enough in this figure,
imitative though it be, to secure for its author
pre-eminence amongst living British sculptors. 1
A third work in this part of the hall has
attracted some attention. It is a picture of
the coronation of George V. by one Fernand
Piret, a French aviator so the story goes
who never before dabbled in terrene arts.
It may be so. In any case he has contrived
a mordant comment on that memorable and
mystic ceremony.
Upstairs, the best things are two charming
pictures by Mr. S. F. Gore. It is a joy to
watch the progress of this good artist. The
patient and unpretentious labour of his ex-
perimental years is being handsomely rewarded.
Mr. Gore is finding himself ; we never doubted
that he was well worth finding. Mr. Gilman,
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1917: A friendly critic reading this paragraph suggests
that it might stand fairly as a description of Mestrovic.
I cannot agree. Epstein is in every respect superior to the
Serbian sculptor, in whose work there can be no question of
anything but pastiche. It has been said that it expresses
the soul of Serbia. I know nothing of that. What I do
know, what every one familiar with modern art knows, is
that it expresses nothing but what can be learnt by any
clever student in the schools of Vienna, Munich, and Paris.
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