International studio (36.1908/1909(1909))

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the luminous paipitation of the air, the muitipie
reHections of water, the ceaseless Hight of the
ciouds above the watered plains of Hoiiand,
the oiiy reHection of ships stagnating in port ?
Jongkind aione of them ali was capable of " Hxing "
ali these things with his astonishing working
with great strokes of the brush, ieaving behind boid
«/%^<%/.W3.?7z/.f of paint, the thickness of the materiai
producing the most admirabie siivery tones, with
rich biacks and striking yeliows, and ail this in a
design at once Hrm, gracefui, and nervous.
The works now reproduced cieariy reveai one of
Jongkind's essential quaiities—his variety. With

his broad view of nature
he can never be regarded
mereiy as the painter of a
singie hour or of a solitary
spot. Of course, at one
period of his iife he took
deiight, in a speciai manner,
in evening and night effects;
but that did not prevent
him from coming back soon
to his sparkiing effects of
suniight, especiaiiy in his
water-coiours. As I have
said, he was a Hne painter
of the landscapes of his
native Hoiland, and as
such he deserves that his
pictures should take their
piace in the Dutch gaiieries
those of Van der Neer, Van
Goyen, Van der Kapeiie, and Bakhuysen.
Of aii the moderns Jongkind assurediy obtained
the Hnest effects in the iandscapes and the
canals of Holland, and no other artist has ex-
pressed with such perfection of truth the waving
mobiiity of the atmosphere, the great ciouds which
pass across the sky in dayiight or in mooniight,
and the reHections which course aiong the water-
ways and harbours — wonderful and aiiuring
visions! In the clear, fresh iight of morning, on
a wind-swept piain, with red-roofed houses domi-
nated by the silhouette of a great miii, the canai

BY J. B. JONGKtND
in succession to


" LA COTE ST. ANDRE" (WATER-COLOUR)

BY J. B. JONGKIND