And as I honed my own critical skills, I constantly turned to his writing, arguing with it, emulating some aspects of it while trying hard not to emulate others. Schjeldahls self-lacerating late writings do not make any attempts to paper over his bad behavior. Mitchell's emotionally intense style and its gestural brushwork were influenced by nineteenth-century post-impressionist painters, particularly Henri Matisse. I mean, everybody does it. }); 0. var ouibounceScript = '