"...the sitter gives an inquisitive leer, suggestive of intrusion on his pupil’s artistic trajectory. Rough and ungainly, the spattering of texture eluded to a transitional phase from Schwartz’s departure of realism and heavy-handed paint application to a more unabashed, modern technique seen immediately upon his arrival in Chicago, a step taken on the recommendation of Wallace." (http://www.afanews.com/articles/item/529-william-s-schwartz-romantic-modernist#.V4TFFa441WZ)