DOI issue:
No. 143 (January, 1909)
DOI article:Brinton, Selwyn John Curwen: Some recent paintings by John Lavery, R.S.A., R.H.A.
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28256#0273
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"THE HOUSE OF WALTER HARRIS AT TANGtER" BY JOHN LAVERY
mastery of technique he
can give himseif up more
securely to the sense of
coiour. We may hnd an
instance of this in the
briHiant paintings of that
colour rhapsodist, Joaquin
Sorolia; and such is the
view Mr. Lavery has both
expressed to me, and shown
in those paintings of the
north African coast (which
are mcluded in our repro-
ductions), of the ZZwi?
#/* IH2/%7- W?7-7-z'.s a/
7h7z^f<?7-, with the weH-
known writer's black ser-
vant seated beside the
fountain in the foreground,
when he observed that
Art is the Science of the
Beautiful.
In his portrait of vI/T-j.
77^W7- Mr. Lavery touches
a colour note which he had
before treated with distinc-
tion. .SyTTZJ^TZW7* 7Z<7Z7V
we have found already to
be one note of his art,
derived perhaps in its in-
ception from Whistter; but
in none of his z'72
AVar/t! has he shown more
seduction of rich yet sober
colour than in this charming
portrait, which, as I write,
waits the final touches.
In jEzV^7z the artist re
sumes the theme which
he has treated in varying
phases and ages from Zzw
Zz/% onwards; and this
last portrait of Miss Lavery
in white dress, motor bon-
net and veit, with her Iittle
Pomeranian held by a
leash, yields to none in its
sympathetic note and charm
of design. As the artist
progresses, as he develops
from a " tight " careful style
to greater freedom, so with
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A MOORtSH HAREM
BY JOHN LAVERY
"THE HOUSE OF WALTER HARRIS AT TANGtER" BY JOHN LAVERY
mastery of technique he
can give himseif up more
securely to the sense of
coiour. We may hnd an
instance of this in the
briHiant paintings of that
colour rhapsodist, Joaquin
Sorolia; and such is the
view Mr. Lavery has both
expressed to me, and shown
in those paintings of the
north African coast (which
are mcluded in our repro-
ductions), of the ZZwi?
#/* IH2/%7- W?7-7-z'.s a/
7h7z^f<?7-, with the weH-
known writer's black ser-
vant seated beside the
fountain in the foreground,
when he observed that
Art is the Science of the
Beautiful.
In his portrait of vI/T-j.
77^W7- Mr. Lavery touches
a colour note which he had
before treated with distinc-
tion. .SyTTZJ^TZW7* 7Z<7Z7V
we have found already to
be one note of his art,
derived perhaps in its in-
ception from Whistter; but
in none of his z'72
AVar/t! has he shown more
seduction of rich yet sober
colour than in this charming
portrait, which, as I write,
waits the final touches.
In jEzV^7z the artist re
sumes the theme which
he has treated in varying
phases and ages from Zzw
Zz/% onwards; and this
last portrait of Miss Lavery
in white dress, motor bon-
net and veit, with her Iittle
Pomeranian held by a
leash, yields to none in its
sympathetic note and charm
of design. As the artist
progresses, as he develops
from a " tight " careful style
to greater freedom, so with
178
A MOORtSH HAREM
BY JOHN LAVERY