Dedication
TO THAT SPIRIT
the beating of whose restless wings
is heard in every land
Alas! Alas!!
“It is unlikely that any painters will ever again have to face the hostility which was manifested against the Impressionists. The repetition of such a phenomenon would be impossible. The case of the Impressionists, in which withering scorn yielded place to admiration, has put criticism on its guard. It will surely stand as a warning, and ought to prevent the recurrence of a similar outburst of indignation against the innovators and independents whom time may yet bring forth.”
—“Manet and the French Impressionists,”
by Theodore Duret, pp. 180, 181.
Cubists and Post-Impressionism