DOI issue:
No. 54 (August, 1901)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22775#0195
Studio-Talk
Melbourne, including as it did sculpture, wood
carving, oil paintings, water-colours, pastels,
etchings, and black-and-white drawings; but,
nevertheless, sculpture was the most important
feature of the exhibition.
Mr. C. Douglas Richardson, with his life-sized
statue, The Cloud, showed the finest piece of
work he has yet done, choosing for illustration the
opening lines of Shelley’s lovely poem of “ The
Cloud ” :
“ I bring fresh showers
To the thirsting flowers.”
The female figure, which is treated with great deli-
cacy and refinement, is depicted as rising from the
earth as if from a mist; it fully suggests the lifting
motion of a cloud, and the drapery being wind-blown
and wet clings to the form in graceful lines. She
supports a jar on the wrist of the right arm, while
with the other hand she directs the rain on to the
“ thirsting flowers ” below. The pose of the head
and figure and the expression of the face are in
perfect harmony; they suggest that she is in
sympathy with the kindly office that she performs.
The modelling is good and the figure as a whole
may be considered as one of the most graceful
statues executed in Melbourne.
Hit, a sketch design for a monument, by Mr.
C. Douglas Richardson—to be erected in memory
of the Victorians who fell in South Africa—is a
realistic piece of work, and will no doubt be
extremely popular with the people. It repre-
sents one of the Victorian Bushmen with his
horse, which has been hit by a bullet and has
fallen dowm on a rocky declivity. This work,
designed for bronze and bluestone, will probably
be carried out life-size. A terra-cotta statuette by
the same artist, entitled His First Fish, is note-
worthy for its realism and for grace of treatment.
The expression of the boy, as he gazes in surprise
at his “catch,” is pretty and amusing. The Siren,
also by Mr. Douglas Richardson, is a clever
piece of work in high relief. She sits near the sea-
shore, holding a harp formed like a dolphin, while
in the distance may be seen a boat with rowers,
suggestive of the story of Ulysses. A life-sized
“THE CLOUD” BY C. DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON
Melbourne, including as it did sculpture, wood
carving, oil paintings, water-colours, pastels,
etchings, and black-and-white drawings; but,
nevertheless, sculpture was the most important
feature of the exhibition.
Mr. C. Douglas Richardson, with his life-sized
statue, The Cloud, showed the finest piece of
work he has yet done, choosing for illustration the
opening lines of Shelley’s lovely poem of “ The
Cloud ” :
“ I bring fresh showers
To the thirsting flowers.”
The female figure, which is treated with great deli-
cacy and refinement, is depicted as rising from the
earth as if from a mist; it fully suggests the lifting
motion of a cloud, and the drapery being wind-blown
and wet clings to the form in graceful lines. She
supports a jar on the wrist of the right arm, while
with the other hand she directs the rain on to the
“ thirsting flowers ” below. The pose of the head
and figure and the expression of the face are in
perfect harmony; they suggest that she is in
sympathy with the kindly office that she performs.
The modelling is good and the figure as a whole
may be considered as one of the most graceful
statues executed in Melbourne.
Hit, a sketch design for a monument, by Mr.
C. Douglas Richardson—to be erected in memory
of the Victorians who fell in South Africa—is a
realistic piece of work, and will no doubt be
extremely popular with the people. It repre-
sents one of the Victorian Bushmen with his
horse, which has been hit by a bullet and has
fallen dowm on a rocky declivity. This work,
designed for bronze and bluestone, will probably
be carried out life-size. A terra-cotta statuette by
the same artist, entitled His First Fish, is note-
worthy for its realism and for grace of treatment.
The expression of the boy, as he gazes in surprise
at his “catch,” is pretty and amusing. The Siren,
also by Mr. Douglas Richardson, is a clever
piece of work in high relief. She sits near the sea-
shore, holding a harp formed like a dolphin, while
in the distance may be seen a boat with rowers,
suggestive of the story of Ulysses. A life-sized
“THE CLOUD” BY C. DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON