DOI issue:
No. 118 (December, 1906)
DOI article:Halton, Ernest G.: The collection of Mr. Alexander Young, 2, The Daubignys
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28250#0127
The Alexander Young Collection—II. The Daubignys
“ VILLERVILLE
BY C. F. DAUBIGNY
“EVENING” BY C. F. DAUBIGNY
rolling across the sky are painted with truth and
dexterity. In Cattle Drinking (page 102) we
have another stormy scene treated somewhat
differently. Here the wonderful light in the sky is
beautifully rendered, illuminating the pool and
cattle in the foreground ; but perhaps the most
attractive feature ot the picture is the painting of
the heavy clouds. To the artist and student
probably the most interesting of the smaller
pictures is Moonlight (page 101), painted in 1874.
The mystery and poetry of the night are suggested
by truth of tone and colour so subtle that at first
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“ VILLERVILLE
BY C. F. DAUBIGNY
“EVENING” BY C. F. DAUBIGNY
rolling across the sky are painted with truth and
dexterity. In Cattle Drinking (page 102) we
have another stormy scene treated somewhat
differently. Here the wonderful light in the sky is
beautifully rendered, illuminating the pool and
cattle in the foreground ; but perhaps the most
attractive feature ot the picture is the painting of
the heavy clouds. To the artist and student
probably the most interesting of the smaller
pictures is Moonlight (page 101), painted in 1874.
The mystery and poetry of the night are suggested
by truth of tone and colour so subtle that at first
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