International studio (30.1906/1907(1907))

The Alexander Young Collection—III. Some Barbizon Pictures


“THE FISHERMAN—SUNSET ” BY N. DIAZ

the play of sunlight penetrating the foliage. Both
pictures, though dark in tone, are characterised by
beauty of colour and the successful rendering of
light and shade. But to realise Diaz as a master

of colour one must turn to
his figure work, and as an
example of this, the most
prolific phase of his earlier
art, we cannot do better
than take the Fete Cham-
petre (p. 195), rivalling in
the jewel-like quality of its
rich hues the productions of
Monticelli, and somewhat
reminiscent of that remark-
able artist in the arrange-
ment and composition. It
is not possible to describe
here the many beautiful
notes of colour to be found
in this work, all introduced
with an exquisite and un-
erring sense of colour-
harmony. Amongst his
other works of this class, Susannah, Wood Nymphs
(p. 197), and Turkish Women (p. 205) should be
mentioned.
One of the most interesting and, indeed, one of


“the pool in the wood’
194

BY N. DIAZ