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On: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:31:00 +0100 "Ally Kerr" <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >I'm so glad to hear that Eric Gill created lots of pretty typefaces when he >had a moment to spare from abusing his daughters (see his biography, >Fiona someone I think). Really redeems him, eh? I know we're meant to >forgive artists their private life in consideration of their genius, but there's a >limit and if I ever came to own anything of Gill's I'd take great pleasure in >burning it, however much it cost. Ally Kerr I can't believe you really mean this. Would you really rather have destroyed one of Adolf Hitler's paintings than the man himself? And they weren't even great art. Appreciating Eric Gill's worth and importance as an artist (as I believe Fiona MacCarthy does) is a very different thing from condoning dubious elements in his private life. Dave Dave Lovely %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%