▁Mr ▁Bu xt on ▁Knight ▁has ▁attacked ▁and ▁master ed ▁the ▁intr ica cies ▁of ▁British ▁landscape ▁and ▁has ▁made ▁himself ▁a ▁typical ▁exponent ▁of ▁all ▁that ▁is ▁most ▁characteristic ▁in ▁our ▁ins ular ▁atmosphere ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁claim ▁for ▁him ▁a ▁place ▁among ▁the ▁chief ▁living ▁leaders ▁of ▁our ▁native ▁art . ▁For ▁he ▁represents ▁more ▁ade qu ately ▁than ▁most ▁of ▁our ▁present - day ▁landscape ▁pain ters ▁what ▁may ▁be ▁called ▁legit imate ▁school . ▁He ▁follows ▁closely ▁the ▁old - est ab lished ▁tradition , ▁the ▁sound ▁and ▁logical ▁tradition , ▁adopted ▁by ▁such ▁master s ▁as ▁Const able , ▁De ▁W int , ▁and ▁David ▁C ox , ▁which ▁impos es ▁upon ▁all ▁students ▁of ▁nature ▁the ▁oblig ation ▁to ▁observe ▁sh rew d ly ▁and ▁to ▁set ▁down ▁what ▁they ▁have ▁observed ▁with ▁un hes it ating ▁individual ity . ▁He ▁does ▁not ▁im itate ▁his ▁prede cess ors ▁or ▁form ulate ▁his ▁practice ▁in ▁any ▁un wise ▁effort ▁to ▁reproduce ▁their ▁personal ▁manner isms ▁and ▁tr icks ▁of ▁style ; ▁but ▁he ▁see ks , ▁as ▁they ▁did , ▁to ▁see ▁absolutely ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁eyes ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁fran k est ▁use ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁person ality ▁to ▁give ▁vital ity ▁and ▁authority ▁to ▁his ▁produ ctions .” ▁ ▁“ Mr ▁Knight ▁in ▁his ▁nom adic ▁existence ▁is ▁a ▁living ▁protest ▁against ▁convention . ▁The ▁ordinary ▁conf in ement ▁of ▁a ▁studio ▁would ▁become ▁impossible ▁to ▁a ▁man ▁so ▁devoted ly ▁attached ▁to