Abstract
One of the most important problems concerning art today is the anomalous position of the impoverished artist in a society that is financially able to buy his wares. In an attempt to ameliorate this situation much has been done during the past few years to educate the public to art. There is, however, an even more important aspect of the art educational program, and that is the education of the artist. This phase of the problem has been one of the most neglected by educator and critic alike. Even the artist has not been truly cognizant of the inadequacies of his education and training. The present-day economic plight of the painter is recognized as a problem to be solved, but many of the remedial attempts to alleviate the situation have been working in reverse. Instead of producing year after year more and more painters who will go out into a society that is not particularly concerned about them, the schools should be doing something to adjust the painter to society, rather than society to the painter. The...
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