The parlor critic

Bellows, George, 1882-1925 · 1921

Relaxation of a professional critic. (Bellows) / ...the lady says to the art critic, "Oh, my dear Dr. Quince, I want you to meet my young artist, a word from you will mean so much!" -GB, in F.K. The meaning of the print is best understood when the artist's words are used as a caption for what he obviously intended as a cartoon. Although Bellows was sympathetic to the need of the young moderns for encouragement and was a founder of the New Society of American Artists, dedicated to this idea, he still saw the humor in the fact that no matter how social the situation, a professional critic was always considered to be on call. (Mason)