14 December 1912: Art critic George Moore on Degas,Manet, Monet and the impressionist movementLONDON, or FRIDAY.
There is one man in England to-day who when he read of the sale of M. Degas’s picture “Les Danseuses à la Barre” for £17400 at the Rouart sale in Paris on Wednesday,had a right to say - although he was the least likely person to say it - “I told you so.” Mr George Moore for more than 20 years has preached the greatness of Degas, Manet, and Monet. He has even appealed to collectors to buy the works of these painters because they would be of worthy monetary value in the future. He has urged corporations and collectors to buy them for their own righteous.
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Source: theguardian.com