International studio (48.1913)

Johannes Hendricus Jurres

the creative power of the artist, the power to
create the soul, and that Jurres can do. Young
in years and immature in art, his productions,
nevertheless, savor more of the glory of the an-
cients than anything in the modern history of
painting, and Jurres is the greatest of all the
younger artists of the day.”
The comedian, Francis Wilson, is a lover of
Jurres. The kind of picture that Wilson favors is
in the Dutch manner, with tones that are rich but
dreamy and not pronounced.
A very different picture is the Prodigal Son,
formerly owned by Alfred Henry Lewis, the writer.
The figures of the last are in the overwhelming
light that one finds only, as a rule, in the work of
the artists of Andalusia. It will be hard to match
this picture for vivid coloring. The remorse of
the prodigal and the nobility of the father are ade-
quate, and the figures have an excellent dignity
and vitality.
The same is true of Peter and the Cripple.
And “out from the heart of nature rolled, the
burdens of the Bible old.”
Can one tell of anybody else who can paint a
prophet so well up to the character and can paint
Bible subjects so fitly? Who else gives us as


THE MENDICANT BY JOHANNES H. JURRES

solid crimsons and such antique blocks of all
colors?
The Stoning of St. Stephen in the private collec-
tion of Mr. Heaton, of Montreal, is rough and un-

Collection of Mr. W. G. Peckham
THE BATTLE BY JOHANNES H. JURRES


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