From Gallery, Studio, and Mart
of photographers (particularly those of a scientific__ ROM GALLERY STUDIO AND
turn of mind), that normal human eyes do not see „, . „™ ,,„-,, Tr'T TTr,^,T, . ™T/~,T„
„ , , I j MART. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
F
with the rigid sharpness of a photograph taken by
one of the recognised forms of lens ; the long- A very noticeable exhibit at the Royal
established habit of regarding sharpness and clear JL Society of Painter-Etchers was the Presi-
definition as truth, have so warped their judgment dent's Fragment. This is regretfully memorable as
that some are even vain enough to assert that they the last work of the artist in this medium. The
and their cameras alone see Nature as it is, and news of some year or two ago that Mr. Seymour
that such artists as Haden had been
Corot, Turner, and [■■■■■■■HjjMBBj compelled through
Constable were mis- '^S^^^S^^^J/' ' "'' ^M l°
taken. ^^M^n^^^lmSP■ S-^-. abandon the art he
The truth is that '''^^^^^k^^^^'fW^ loved so well, is
photographers (par- ^^^^^S^^nj^J^^^f''' brought back with a
ticularly professional ^. fj^Pgl^^PpSS^^^S^^^i'^i pained regret, as oni
photographers) need -X: ^^My^^wly^* studies the power
sight; they need to " A •^^A^^S8^^^g^f5(^ ami quality of this
be taught that scien- il-lJ^^^P^''' , work. which by
tine accuracy is not ^ |S4b3^fc^J^ \! - special permission
necessarily artistic \. , ^|M|iiOP^L^^"{v vJ£fr* of the artist he has
truth; that the \ v^^^^fWi^C^^Sl^tf-'' •""<■■ ' 1 kindly permitted us
skilled optician who I !f|tsf ^fWS^. to reproduce here,
insists on the pho- *'r*'li nut EtM^ How much Mr. Se>
tographer having P| w» ^^''''"•--v. Ww^?"%., . mour Haden has
perfectly corrected /fjj fi tl ^vS"' ^ vu-i^*, done to raise the
lens giving absolute >'*i\ 1 *l «5 wfcntvjp, %V . dignity of the artist
definition, is nothing ~lv" '# V}f WL ' K , engraver, and the
more than an opti- A f mt '^^r v(w- \-- influence he has
cian, and should not 1 \ tI| \y - \ ^ ~ , exerted to rescue
be allowed to en- s|. H |S " v -•' ^ "-- the crafts of the
croach for a moment ...... J JJi /fL ' needle and burin
on the domain of j j:| ||» from commercial-
artistic perception \ I'M > W ism, to re-occupy
and feeling. \ flS* ' their own place as
There are great - V*\ * hne arts> cannot be
possibilities before jT j» ' ' i even touched upon
the camera, not as a <?P* JJ* 1 in a paragraph. Yet
rival to the brush or ,? * : , 1 remembering Mr.
pencil, but as a help *rf.,u J, »V'>. ;</»'' " Haden's loyal ad-
to both. The mis- „A FRAGMENT.. ey f. seymour haden, p.r.s.p.e. Terence to the best
sion of photogra- (Reduced from the original etching) methods of the old
phers here is the schools, coupled with
mission of all true artists everywhere, and it is his sympathetic appreciation and encouragement
that of telling the message they have from Nature of the new, and noting at^the same time his stern
in such a way that the dull eyes of the people shall disapproval of unworthy practices, no matter
be opened to see more beauty in the great fount how approved by the trade and sanctioned by
of all true artistic inspiration. custom, one feels, without naming his own con-
The illustrations here reproduced are from tributions to the art he has mastered so fully,
originals taken by this method. E. L. that the debt which English artists and art-lovers
owe to him cannot be readily over-estimated.
Our auto-Lithograph this month has been specially The Fragment shows clearly that but for physical
drawn for The Studio by Mr. C. J. Watson. No causes, the brilliant series of plates so prized by
copies will be sold separately, nor wiil any so-called collectors, might have been lengthened by many
proofs be issued. The edition is strictly limited. another; yet it is to be feared that with this, the
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of photographers (particularly those of a scientific__ ROM GALLERY STUDIO AND
turn of mind), that normal human eyes do not see „, . „™ ,,„-,, Tr'T TTr,^,T, . ™T/~,T„
„ , , I j MART. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
F
with the rigid sharpness of a photograph taken by
one of the recognised forms of lens ; the long- A very noticeable exhibit at the Royal
established habit of regarding sharpness and clear JL Society of Painter-Etchers was the Presi-
definition as truth, have so warped their judgment dent's Fragment. This is regretfully memorable as
that some are even vain enough to assert that they the last work of the artist in this medium. The
and their cameras alone see Nature as it is, and news of some year or two ago that Mr. Seymour
that such artists as Haden had been
Corot, Turner, and [■■■■■■■HjjMBBj compelled through
Constable were mis- '^S^^^S^^^J/' ' "'' ^M l°
taken. ^^M^n^^^lmSP■ S-^-. abandon the art he
The truth is that '''^^^^^k^^^^'fW^ loved so well, is
photographers (par- ^^^^^S^^nj^J^^^f''' brought back with a
ticularly professional ^. fj^Pgl^^PpSS^^^S^^^i'^i pained regret, as oni
photographers) need -X: ^^My^^wly^* studies the power
sight; they need to " A •^^A^^S8^^^g^f5(^ ami quality of this
be taught that scien- il-lJ^^^P^''' , work. which by
tine accuracy is not ^ |S4b3^fc^J^ \! - special permission
necessarily artistic \. , ^|M|iiOP^L^^"{v vJ£fr* of the artist he has
truth; that the \ v^^^^fWi^C^^Sl^tf-'' •""<■■ ' 1 kindly permitted us
skilled optician who I !f|tsf ^fWS^. to reproduce here,
insists on the pho- *'r*'li nut EtM^ How much Mr. Se>
tographer having P| w» ^^''''"•--v. Ww^?"%., . mour Haden has
perfectly corrected /fjj fi tl ^vS"' ^ vu-i^*, done to raise the
lens giving absolute >'*i\ 1 *l «5 wfcntvjp, %V . dignity of the artist
definition, is nothing ~lv" '# V}f WL ' K , engraver, and the
more than an opti- A f mt '^^r v(w- \-- influence he has
cian, and should not 1 \ tI| \y - \ ^ ~ , exerted to rescue
be allowed to en- s|. H |S " v -•' ^ "-- the crafts of the
croach for a moment ...... J JJi /fL ' needle and burin
on the domain of j j:| ||» from commercial-
artistic perception \ I'M > W ism, to re-occupy
and feeling. \ flS* ' their own place as
There are great - V*\ * hne arts> cannot be
possibilities before jT j» ' ' i even touched upon
the camera, not as a <?P* JJ* 1 in a paragraph. Yet
rival to the brush or ,? * : , 1 remembering Mr.
pencil, but as a help *rf.,u J, »V'>. ;</»'' " Haden's loyal ad-
to both. The mis- „A FRAGMENT.. ey f. seymour haden, p.r.s.p.e. Terence to the best
sion of photogra- (Reduced from the original etching) methods of the old
phers here is the schools, coupled with
mission of all true artists everywhere, and it is his sympathetic appreciation and encouragement
that of telling the message they have from Nature of the new, and noting at^the same time his stern
in such a way that the dull eyes of the people shall disapproval of unworthy practices, no matter
be opened to see more beauty in the great fount how approved by the trade and sanctioned by
of all true artistic inspiration. custom, one feels, without naming his own con-
The illustrations here reproduced are from tributions to the art he has mastered so fully,
originals taken by this method. E. L. that the debt which English artists and art-lovers
owe to him cannot be readily over-estimated.
Our auto-Lithograph this month has been specially The Fragment shows clearly that but for physical
drawn for The Studio by Mr. C. J. Watson. No causes, the brilliant series of plates so prized by
copies will be sold separately, nor wiil any so-called collectors, might have been lengthened by many
proofs be issued. The edition is strictly limited. another; yet it is to be feared that with this, the
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