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No. 121 (March, 1907)
DOI Artikel:Halton, Ernest G.: The collection of Mr. Alexander Young, 5
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28251#0024
The Alexander Young Collection—Conclusion
his master, nor did he possess Troyon’s unusual
gifts as a landscape painter. Nevertheless, he pro-
duced many works which are distinctly fine
achievements, and gained for him considerable
popularity. His Cattle at Pasture (p. 9) in the
collection is one of his best pictures, rich in colour
and revealing much careful study. Equally charac-
teristic, but lower in tone, is the Cows at a Pool
(p. 9), an evening effect with a light grey sky and
some pleasing soft green tones in the landscape.
Julien Dupre is also represented by a cattle
picture of more than ordinary merit, Dans les
Champs (p. 11), which has been admirably etched
by Lionel le Couteux. This picture shows un-
usual freedom and vigour, and is considered to be
one of the artist’s most successful efforts. The
figure of the woman as she struggles to hold back
the powerful beast striving to get to the brook is
well drawn, while the action of the cow is rendered
with considerable skill.
Among the French peasant painters of the last
century, Le'on Lhermitte was one of the least poetic.
The pathos and tragic sentiment which in the
works of Millet appeal so strongly to the emotions,
the tender, almost refined, note underlying the
pictures of Bastien-Lepage are absent, and in their
place we find a touch of realism undisturbed by
any emotional element. Lhermitte studied the
peasants as they toiled in the fields and workshop,
and he depicted them with truth and directness
just as they appeared to him. The position which
Daubigny held amongst the landscape painters,
Lhermitte filled amongst the peasant painters, re-
cording what he saw around him simply and with
due respect for the dignity of nature. Good as
his oils and water-colours usually are, it was perhaps
in his chalk drawings that he was best able to
express himself. Of the two reproduced here,
La Tisseuse (p. 12) is an excellent example of
his interiors, broad and vigorous in execution, and
showing a right feeling for the subtle rendering
of fight and shade. The Mai'liet Place (p. 12),
his master, nor did he possess Troyon’s unusual
gifts as a landscape painter. Nevertheless, he pro-
duced many works which are distinctly fine
achievements, and gained for him considerable
popularity. His Cattle at Pasture (p. 9) in the
collection is one of his best pictures, rich in colour
and revealing much careful study. Equally charac-
teristic, but lower in tone, is the Cows at a Pool
(p. 9), an evening effect with a light grey sky and
some pleasing soft green tones in the landscape.
Julien Dupre is also represented by a cattle
picture of more than ordinary merit, Dans les
Champs (p. 11), which has been admirably etched
by Lionel le Couteux. This picture shows un-
usual freedom and vigour, and is considered to be
one of the artist’s most successful efforts. The
figure of the woman as she struggles to hold back
the powerful beast striving to get to the brook is
well drawn, while the action of the cow is rendered
with considerable skill.
Among the French peasant painters of the last
century, Le'on Lhermitte was one of the least poetic.
The pathos and tragic sentiment which in the
works of Millet appeal so strongly to the emotions,
the tender, almost refined, note underlying the
pictures of Bastien-Lepage are absent, and in their
place we find a touch of realism undisturbed by
any emotional element. Lhermitte studied the
peasants as they toiled in the fields and workshop,
and he depicted them with truth and directness
just as they appeared to him. The position which
Daubigny held amongst the landscape painters,
Lhermitte filled amongst the peasant painters, re-
cording what he saw around him simply and with
due respect for the dignity of nature. Good as
his oils and water-colours usually are, it was perhaps
in his chalk drawings that he was best able to
express himself. Of the two reproduced here,
La Tisseuse (p. 12) is an excellent example of
his interiors, broad and vigorous in execution, and
showing a right feeling for the subtle rendering
of fight and shade. The Mai'liet Place (p. 12),