Have you ever thought about how artists affect the next generation? Robert Henri gave this advice in The Art Spirit: “Be game–take a chance. . . . Go forward with what you have to say, expressing things as you see them. You are new evidence, fresh and young. Your work, the spirit of youth, you are the progress of human evolution.” This talk looks at how artists such as Henri, Thomas Hart Benton, and Sara D. November became mentors for the next generation of art makers.
The Towhead, 1907, Robert Henri (American, 1865–1929), oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment