DOI Heft:
No. 82 (December, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Browne, G. Ulick: Some remarks on the work of S. Pepys Cockerell
DOI Artikel:Staley, Edgcumbe: A Danish marine painter - Lauritz Holst
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26230#0143
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HY L. HOI.ST
each other over the sea of eternity teils its own
tale. How large and grand is the idea, and yet
how neat and compact is the treatment!
Scope for delicacy in execution, as well as
accuracy in copying nature, is found in another
branch of work, zT. medallion portraits, of which
an example is given, which will, of course, be im-
mediately recognised by all who know theysitter
(the Earl of Carlisle).
Want of space forbids the enumeration of more
than a few examples of Pepys Cockerell's ideas,
but enough has been said to demonstrate what was
pointed out at the commencement of this article, z'.f.
that he works steadily towards a definite object, and
is consistent in his treatment of it. The illustrations
show that he is capable of carrying out those ideas.
In conclusion it may be mentioned that he was
a lifelong, intimate friend of the late Lord Leighton,
P.R.A., who had such conhdence in his capabili-
ties that for the last twenty years or so of his life
he invariably asked Cockerell's advice about the
design and composition of his pictures, and, what
is more to the point, almost always took it.
Thanks are due to Theresa, Countess of Shrews-
bury, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir F. Tress Barry, Bart.,
R. Garton, Esq., and Mrs. Stewart Hodgson for per-
mission to photograph and reproduce the works by
Mr. Cockerell in their possession.
G. UL!CK BROWNE.
A DANISH MARINE] PAINTER:
/\ LAURITZ HOLST. BY EDG-
\ CUMBE STALEY.
LAURITZ HOLST was born on August ist, 1848, at
the little fishing hamlet not far from the fine
harbour of Elsinore. His parents were in com-
fortable circumstances. His father — major of
militia—carried the discipline of his military calling
into the sanctum of the home. His love of order
and his attention to detail made their mark upon
the character and upon the art of his boy. His
mother, too, had her strong points. Her love of
truth and hatred of conventionalism carried to
the pitch of mimicry, implanted in her child the
habit of seeing things as they are.
His boyhood showed him to be possessed of all
the hardihood of his race. In and out of boats the
livelong day—his friends, hsher-folk and sailors
all—artistic proclivities were developed with his
growth. The lad rarely had his pencil out of his
hand. At work and at play he cared for little
eise.
An elder brother had also given evidence of
artistic talent. Five years older than Lauritz, he
became one of the cleverest pupils of the Copen-
hagen Academy. He it was who became his little
brother's hrst master, and prepared him to enter a.
drawing school at the Capital.
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HY L. HOI.ST
each other over the sea of eternity teils its own
tale. How large and grand is the idea, and yet
how neat and compact is the treatment!
Scope for delicacy in execution, as well as
accuracy in copying nature, is found in another
branch of work, zT. medallion portraits, of which
an example is given, which will, of course, be im-
mediately recognised by all who know theysitter
(the Earl of Carlisle).
Want of space forbids the enumeration of more
than a few examples of Pepys Cockerell's ideas,
but enough has been said to demonstrate what was
pointed out at the commencement of this article, z'.f.
that he works steadily towards a definite object, and
is consistent in his treatment of it. The illustrations
show that he is capable of carrying out those ideas.
In conclusion it may be mentioned that he was
a lifelong, intimate friend of the late Lord Leighton,
P.R.A., who had such conhdence in his capabili-
ties that for the last twenty years or so of his life
he invariably asked Cockerell's advice about the
design and composition of his pictures, and, what
is more to the point, almost always took it.
Thanks are due to Theresa, Countess of Shrews-
bury, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir F. Tress Barry, Bart.,
R. Garton, Esq., and Mrs. Stewart Hodgson for per-
mission to photograph and reproduce the works by
Mr. Cockerell in their possession.
G. UL!CK BROWNE.
A DANISH MARINE] PAINTER:
/\ LAURITZ HOLST. BY EDG-
\ CUMBE STALEY.
LAURITZ HOLST was born on August ist, 1848, at
the little fishing hamlet not far from the fine
harbour of Elsinore. His parents were in com-
fortable circumstances. His father — major of
militia—carried the discipline of his military calling
into the sanctum of the home. His love of order
and his attention to detail made their mark upon
the character and upon the art of his boy. His
mother, too, had her strong points. Her love of
truth and hatred of conventionalism carried to
the pitch of mimicry, implanted in her child the
habit of seeing things as they are.
His boyhood showed him to be possessed of all
the hardihood of his race. In and out of boats the
livelong day—his friends, hsher-folk and sailors
all—artistic proclivities were developed with his
growth. The lad rarely had his pencil out of his
hand. At work and at play he cared for little
eise.
An elder brother had also given evidence of
artistic talent. Five years older than Lauritz, he
became one of the cleverest pupils of the Copen-
hagen Academy. He it was who became his little
brother's hrst master, and prepared him to enter a.
drawing school at the Capital.
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