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| | Gene Prokop - Edmonton Art Teacher - Edmonton Art Workshop |
 | | The schools used the Baroque methods of drawing and painting to develop their artists, and only allowed the best to get into the official exhibitions or salons. |
 | | Van Gogh wrote of Lhermitte, that he was a painter who "knows the sturdy, stern figure of the working man, through and through, and who draws his subjects from the very heart of the people." Van Gogh praised Lhermitte in a letter to Theo, his brother, comparing his treatment of light to that of Rembrandt. |
 | | The Philosophy of Pro's Art School is to continue teaching towards Academic Realism, Naturalism and Impressionism following the traditions of the Barbizon School and Ecole Des Beaux-Arts. |
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