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Charles Baeyertz with Beatrice and Charles Worsley, 1910

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Charles Baeyertz with Beatrice and Charles Worsley, 1910

Charles Baeyertz (left), critic and editor of the Triadmagazine, Beatrice Worsley and artist Charles Nathaniel Worsley admire one of Worsley's paintings. Baeyertz wrote criticism of literature, art and music. In the April 1908 Triadhe described the critic's role: 'It is not for him to inquire who Mr Noodle's relatives are, or who taught Miss Shrill to make such offensive noises. He is to judge the artist, as a craftsman judges a machine, by comparison with the best of its kind.'

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Peter Clayworth, Arts reviewing – Colonial critics, 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45118/charles-baeyertz-with-beatrice-and-charles-worsley-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Clayworth, i tāngia i te 6 May 2014, updated 1 April 2020.