to cheat me, but it may be that

at least that was a lie.

Well but I did get to see some good art

abroad both old and new – the

latter in particular at the Berlin Secession,

where there were many good works among the mo-

dernists – it pained me incidentally to

see two excellent painters, who resembled Svar-

stad to such a degree, that it is totally plausible,

that Svarstad must have borrowed much

of his [style] from ^{one of} them; for it would be difficult

to believe, that they should both have taken all

of theirs from Svarstad, – as they were far more

talented than him – one of them at least –

they both had his green and red hues

and many of his motifs – I have

lost much of my respect for Svarstad

since I saw it. Nor is Folkestad

as personal, as I first believed.

On the other hand Thorsteinson and Sörensen are

the two among our "young [artists]", whom I now have