The trip was made even more tolerable by the fact that Robert Henri was the art teacher. ... Robert Henri was a tall, thin, quietly intense man, who donated his services to the Ferrer School. ... Robert Henri believed in devoting attention to real subjects in real settings. ... Henri warned his students against the pitfalls of excessive competitiveness: it would damage their integrity. ... Fauvist theory dictated that it was acceptable to apply pigment liberally, in heavy brilliant strokes and bands; the artist could absorb and break apart realistic images and, as Matisse himself put it, there...

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