DOI issue:
No. 93 (November, 1904)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26963#0091
Studio-Talk
success lies in the fact that he is by habit and
instinct a designer, and knows exactly how to
subordinate to a finely conceived general scheme
those minor details which a mere realist would
make irritating by over-insistence. In Mr.
Brangwyn’s work there is never anything trivial.
He is always dignified, strong, and thoughtful,
always striving after high ideals, and always
aiming at a type of beauty which shall be im-
pressive in its largeness of quality.
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
BY JOHN C. MOODY
(URGENT STREET POLYTECHNIC)
BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN C. MOODY
(REGENT STREET POLYTECHNICj
that where it happens it is with pleasure we
allow it to claim our attention. Mr. Fedden is
frankly experimental. Confining himself almost
exclusively to the practice of water-colours, there
From among the younger men
who this season have challenged
criticism in one-man-shows, the
work of Mr. A. Romilly Fedden
stands out as that of a painter
having the secret of beautiful
colour. A painter may possess
this secret in silence or at least
not make himself heard amongst
all the cleverness that riots through
our exhibitions, unless he advertises
his work by its eccentricity or
swims in with cliques whose every
exhibition is a pose. And yet it is
scarce enough for a painter to
harbour a little refinement in many
feet of coloured canvas, so scarce
success lies in the fact that he is by habit and
instinct a designer, and knows exactly how to
subordinate to a finely conceived general scheme
those minor details which a mere realist would
make irritating by over-insistence. In Mr.
Brangwyn’s work there is never anything trivial.
He is always dignified, strong, and thoughtful,
always striving after high ideals, and always
aiming at a type of beauty which shall be im-
pressive in its largeness of quality.
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
BY JOHN C. MOODY
(URGENT STREET POLYTECHNIC)
BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN C. MOODY
(REGENT STREET POLYTECHNICj
that where it happens it is with pleasure we
allow it to claim our attention. Mr. Fedden is
frankly experimental. Confining himself almost
exclusively to the practice of water-colours, there
From among the younger men
who this season have challenged
criticism in one-man-shows, the
work of Mr. A. Romilly Fedden
stands out as that of a painter
having the secret of beautiful
colour. A painter may possess
this secret in silence or at least
not make himself heard amongst
all the cleverness that riots through
our exhibitions, unless he advertises
his work by its eccentricity or
swims in with cliques whose every
exhibition is a pose. And yet it is
scarce enough for a painter to
harbour a little refinement in many
feet of coloured canvas, so scarce