Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Johan F Krouthén Nordisk Tidskrift

Subjects:

Controversy, Disciplinarity, Aesthetics, Light, Observation, Scientific Practitioners, Expertise

    Reports a spirited response to the accusation made by the scientist Hugo H Hildebrandsson that 'the brushman is a colourist first—and a violettist at that!—and a student of Nature afterwards'. Krouthén is an artist, but he nevertheless 'meets the Professor on his own ground of natural science' and 'proves, amongst other things, that the violettism of the pictures held up by the Professor to contempt and ridicule is scientifically correct, and that the critic, so far from taking Nature's part, has not even given her her due', as 'the zenith blue, while itself having no place in the picture, will throw blue tints on the snow, though as much of the sky as the canvas shows may be greenish in hue'.