Excerpt from The Studio, Vol. 68: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art; June 15, 1916 An excellent illustration of the way in which this absolute command over different mediums can be acquired by the artist who is a serious student of technical processes is provided in the work of Mr. Arthur Wardle. An able oil painter he has proved himself to be by the number of important canvases he has produced; all of them are distin guished by admirable significance of brushwork and by appropriate strength of statement, and all have that thoroughness of handling which is possible only to the painter who has analysed and investigated the properties of the oil medium. In none of them is there any suggestion of imperfect knowledge, in none is there any hint that he as a craftsman is not fully equal to the tasks he under takes; the response of his hand to his mental intention is as sensitive and intimate as it well could be, and no hesitation or lack of convie tion ever diminishes the power of his expression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.