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“The painting is always conceived as the linear record of a rhythmic gesture: it is a graph of a dance executed by the hand. Not only the artist's eye and hand perform this dance, so does the eye of the beholder.”

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Roger Fry
Roger Fry

Roger Fry was an English painter, art critic, and art collector. Born on December 14, 1866, and died on September 9, 1934, Fry is renowned for his promotion of modern art and his profound influence on the British art scene. more

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