'Art'
Sir WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN
Sir William Rothenstein is best known by the long series of portrait-drawings of great contemporary figures in every sphere of life, which has earned for him the title of ' the Holbein of our own day'. But he has merited an even stronger claim to attention as a teacher of art. From 1920 until this year he was Principal of the Royal College of Art, and he has probably helped more young artists on the road to fame and success than any man living.
He has a reputation for speaking perfect English in a voice that has been described as one of the most beautiful in the country. And as anything he says is always profoundly lucid, and seasoned with a finished wit, his talk this afternoon will probably be enjoyed not only by sixth-formers but by many who have almost forgotten they were ever in the sixth form.