I've never been to the National Portrait Gallery -- but I do know someone who
was selected to make a portrait for it - actually, several of them.
She had never sold a portrait before and only began making them after she
qualified for social security. She never had a teacher, and had no interest in
museums, so she was a complete outsider to anything like an art tradition.
But she was not an outsider so far as the donor was concerned - they had been
business associates - and I'm sure he got a very good price.
Of course miracles can happen, and it is always possible that we might
recognize her work as an outstanding achievement.
But if you have any interest in a concept of art education or connoisseurship
- you might allow that the chances for that are slim,
and you might have to agree that the National Portrait Gallery is not
currently cultivating the arts of portraiture.
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Have you ever been there? If so, I can't imagine even you making such a dumb
statement. If not, go, humbly, and wash a few cinders from your eyes.
WC
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