DOI Heft:
Nr. 334 (March 1925)
DOI Artikel:Nelson, Helen Charlotta: Early American primitives
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19984#0199
mceRnACionAL
appreciate their qualities one
must know their color for it is
as vivid as the drawing is pains-
takingly quaint. In "The Lady
of the Lake" the complacent
air with which the Knight of
Snowdoun—shown with folded
arms—views Ellen "as her light
skiff approached the side," is
equalled by that maiden's mat-
ter-of-fact stare. Aside from
these absurdities, there is some-
thing very powerful in the ar-
rangement of the heavy tree
trunks and rich green foliage
that suggests real talent pos-
sessed by one determined to
create despite lack of training.
And, how amazingly like the
"ultra modern" the picture is
in its abstract quality and its
plasticity!
"Pomona," a representation decorative flower piece, water-color property of miss mary bacon
of the goddess of fruit trees, is a
less ambitious composition although accomplished her rich harvest reaching up to pluck cherries with
with a greater degree of loving labor. Each leaf one hand and tasting those held in the other. Her
is carefully portrayed and each variety of fruit is flowing white robes are in pleasing contrast to the
conscientiously painted to show its correct color rich depth of her surroundings. Though of dimin-
and form. Meanwhile the goddess stands amid utive proportions this work is one which grips the
imagination and makes one feel
"pomona. water-color property of miss mary hopson tt • r 1 ii 1
—Here is fundamentally good
decoration.
Numerous are the flower
pieces which have come down
from the period and in the ex-
hibition under discussion there
were several in water color. In
one basket of flowers painted
against white there are revealed
the same decorative elements
and excessive care as to detail
noticeable in the "Pomona."
Bold forms of roses and tulips
arc contrasted with delicately
lacy foliage.
It is evident, from the very
real beginning handed down,
that this gentle native art of
ours, though it had but a brief
period in which to thrive, was
distinguished by strong charac-
teristics. And, it is to be hoped
that more and more attention
will be devoted to its discovery,
and its restoration to its de-
served place.
march 1925
Jour jifty-nine
appreciate their qualities one
must know their color for it is
as vivid as the drawing is pains-
takingly quaint. In "The Lady
of the Lake" the complacent
air with which the Knight of
Snowdoun—shown with folded
arms—views Ellen "as her light
skiff approached the side," is
equalled by that maiden's mat-
ter-of-fact stare. Aside from
these absurdities, there is some-
thing very powerful in the ar-
rangement of the heavy tree
trunks and rich green foliage
that suggests real talent pos-
sessed by one determined to
create despite lack of training.
And, how amazingly like the
"ultra modern" the picture is
in its abstract quality and its
plasticity!
"Pomona," a representation decorative flower piece, water-color property of miss mary bacon
of the goddess of fruit trees, is a
less ambitious composition although accomplished her rich harvest reaching up to pluck cherries with
with a greater degree of loving labor. Each leaf one hand and tasting those held in the other. Her
is carefully portrayed and each variety of fruit is flowing white robes are in pleasing contrast to the
conscientiously painted to show its correct color rich depth of her surroundings. Though of dimin-
and form. Meanwhile the goddess stands amid utive proportions this work is one which grips the
imagination and makes one feel
"pomona. water-color property of miss mary hopson tt • r 1 ii 1
—Here is fundamentally good
decoration.
Numerous are the flower
pieces which have come down
from the period and in the ex-
hibition under discussion there
were several in water color. In
one basket of flowers painted
against white there are revealed
the same decorative elements
and excessive care as to detail
noticeable in the "Pomona."
Bold forms of roses and tulips
arc contrasted with delicately
lacy foliage.
It is evident, from the very
real beginning handed down,
that this gentle native art of
ours, though it had but a brief
period in which to thrive, was
distinguished by strong charac-
teristics. And, it is to be hoped
that more and more attention
will be devoted to its discovery,
and its restoration to its de-
served place.
march 1925
Jour jifty-nine