DOI Heft:
No. 91 (Septemner, 1904)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26962#0319
Studio-Talk
STATUETTE BY COURTENAY POLLOCK
Mr. Pollock’s exhibition also included some
charming modeled studies of cherubs, in
which he has been inspired by his admiration
for Donatelli’s babies; while to the coloured
bas-reliefs of Della Robbia he owes his penchant
for sculpture in colour.
A humorous draughtsman of notable powers
is Mr. F. C. Gould, whose original draw-
ings for his “ Westminster Cartoons,” and for
the illustrations to “ John Bull’s Adventures
in the Fiscal Wonderland,” have been exhibited
at the Dore Gallery. He is not such a master
of line as Mr. Raven-Hill, and he does not
choose his subjects from everyday life; but as
a pictorial commentator on political events he
is worthy of hearty praise. His quickness in
seizing upon the points in a political situation,
which are most susceptible of comic treat-
ment, his ingenuity in adapting serious matters
to his purpose as a caricaturist, and his never-
failing enjoyment of the opportunities which are
to be derived from quaint observations of the
course of public affairs make his work invariably
interesting. It has, moreover, the great merit of
him from the pitfalls incidental to the
modelling of rugged subjects on a minia-
ture scale, while his love for the pictur-
esque gives him a broader field and
more varied inspiration than usual with
modellers. The peasantry of Holland
and Normandy and the sturdy work
people of his own country afford him a
great variety of suggestions for his virile
creations, while his studies of women in
modish costumes are marked by a high
degree of grace and smartness. The
idea of portrait statuettes is quite a new
one in London, though Paris and
Vienna have been familiar with them
for some seasons past. Exact por-
traiture on so small a scale is hardly
possible in sculpture, nor, perhaps, should
it be attempted; but that it is possible
to reproduce in this way a graceful
costumed figure, after the manner of a
portrait sketch, with the likeness more
suggested than actual, and seeking to
reproduce the subject’s characteristic ap-
pearance or “ style,” is proved by these
statuettes of Mr. Pollock. statuette by courtenay pollock
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STATUETTE BY COURTENAY POLLOCK
Mr. Pollock’s exhibition also included some
charming modeled studies of cherubs, in
which he has been inspired by his admiration
for Donatelli’s babies; while to the coloured
bas-reliefs of Della Robbia he owes his penchant
for sculpture in colour.
A humorous draughtsman of notable powers
is Mr. F. C. Gould, whose original draw-
ings for his “ Westminster Cartoons,” and for
the illustrations to “ John Bull’s Adventures
in the Fiscal Wonderland,” have been exhibited
at the Dore Gallery. He is not such a master
of line as Mr. Raven-Hill, and he does not
choose his subjects from everyday life; but as
a pictorial commentator on political events he
is worthy of hearty praise. His quickness in
seizing upon the points in a political situation,
which are most susceptible of comic treat-
ment, his ingenuity in adapting serious matters
to his purpose as a caricaturist, and his never-
failing enjoyment of the opportunities which are
to be derived from quaint observations of the
course of public affairs make his work invariably
interesting. It has, moreover, the great merit of
him from the pitfalls incidental to the
modelling of rugged subjects on a minia-
ture scale, while his love for the pictur-
esque gives him a broader field and
more varied inspiration than usual with
modellers. The peasantry of Holland
and Normandy and the sturdy work
people of his own country afford him a
great variety of suggestions for his virile
creations, while his studies of women in
modish costumes are marked by a high
degree of grace and smartness. The
idea of portrait statuettes is quite a new
one in London, though Paris and
Vienna have been familiar with them
for some seasons past. Exact por-
traiture on so small a scale is hardly
possible in sculpture, nor, perhaps, should
it be attempted; but that it is possible
to reproduce in this way a graceful
costumed figure, after the manner of a
portrait sketch, with the likeness more
suggested than actual, and seeking to
reproduce the subject’s characteristic ap-
pearance or “ style,” is proved by these
statuettes of Mr. Pollock. statuette by courtenay pollock
247