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barns was also included in this grouping.] Later the forms adjacent to those of primary interest came into the pictures, which were largely representational but with arbitrary planes introduced in areas or with a simplification of forms almost to the point of abstraction, as the paintings Church Street Elevated and Pertaining to yachts and yachting will illustrate.

[[note]] Much too summary a disposal of yachts and yachting - and of the barns - [[/note]]

During these years the belief grew, and has continued to persist, that the necessity of a thorough, self-imposed training in the use of the materials employed by the artist is of primary importance.

The building up of a vocabulary being essential before it can be hoped that statements will be significant.

[[note]] Consistent with earlier statement?[[/note]]