' Art Free and in Service '
ERIC NEWTON
In his talk this evening Mr. Eric Newton will discuss imaginative art. He will touch on art before and after the Renaissance, and will trace the shaping of its central aims towards material things. The only ideas to which art is in service today are ideas of commerce. Good as commercial art may be, the bulk of modern art is not in service at all, and has to fall back on the personality of the artist. Subject matter has ceased to be of importance. The artist's attitude to his subject has taken its place. The modern artist is an individual who stands or falls by the power or feebleness of his personal vision.