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Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy.

Robert Henri

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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
Painter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
Robert Earl Henri
Henri
Robert Cozad Henri
Life
Ends
Figure
Prizes
School
Figures
Acquired
Find
Students
Practically
Human
Study
Copy
Humans
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Studies
Nothing
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Copies
Work
Ability
Prize
Years
Making
Schools

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