Art Léon LHERMITTE beautiful signed autograph letter meaning of his painting

  

Beautiful letter regarding an artist's thoughts on his work. "Since our interview, I have had some scruples and I wonder if, in truth, it is really beneficial for artists to articulate the meaning of their research in this way and even to make themselves, exceptionally, professors of aesthetics. Many, including some of the most illustrious, have stumbled upon this temptation, and I, who have always believed that painting should dispense with commentary, find myself considering a temporary change of tools. I will continue to address the public with my pencil and brush.

" Touched, the painter then thanks his correspondent for writing so many positive things about his exhibitions and considers it "an astonishing testimony of artistic sympathy.