Poems by Isaac Rosenberg

POEMS BY ISAAC ROSENBERG
mined to pursue art and nothing else.
He met at
first with disappointment, and endured many privations.
But before long he found good friends.
Mr. Amschewitz, an artist, and Mr. Samuels
warmly interested themselves in his behalf.
Through them he made the acquaintance of three
ladies, Mrs. Josephs, Mi's. Herbert Cohen, and
Mrs. Lowy, who undertook to provide the means
for his training at the Slade School.
Through Mr. Emanuel's friendship he had become
a member of "The Limners, 11
a club of artists
and art teachers, which met at Mr. Emanuel's
studio. Here he had the opportunity of meeting
other artists and exchanging ideas. Prizes were
given, which young Rosenberg occasionally won.
In spite, therefore, of his poverty and unpropitious
surroundings, he had now won sympathetic friends,
and received both encouragement and material
help from discerning compatriots. But with his
sensitive artisfs pride and jealous independence
of spirit, he was not always easy to understand ;
and those who, with the sole desire to help him,
advanced his circumstances sometimes felt that
their efforts did not seem to be appreciated.
The case is not unfamiliar to readers of artists 1
biographies.
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