A Private View at the Royal Academy

弗里思是坚守传统的艺术家，在两部自传和其他著作当中，都对当时的艺术发展表示了反感。他是前拉斐尔派和唯美主义运动的反对者。他在A Private View at the Royal Academy中，讽刺了唯美主义运动。奥斯卡·王尔德在画中讨论艺术，引起了弗里思的朋友不满。弗雷德里克·雷頓、約翰·艾佛雷特·米萊、安东尼·特洛勒普也是画中人之一。

who was denied admission to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Nonetheless, he thought of himself as a connoisseur of the arts, and, in Mein Kampf, he

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