DOI Heft:
Nr. 339 (August 1925)
DOI Artikel:Eglington, Guy: Departmental diary
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0386
mceRnACionAL
again. But here he is back in his old form, and,
I think, bettering it.
The Sanctuary is in Hyde Park near the
Powder Magazine, between, that is, the bridge
over the Serpentine and the Bayswater Road. It
consists of two long rectangular pools, framed in
stone, and behind a simple block of stone, nearly
twice as long as its height, the central part of
which is occupied by Epstein's relief. All around
the background are bushes. Who designed the
Sanctuary I do not know—the public is much
quicker with its blame than its praise—but Ep-
stein has carried out his part excellently well.
His relief sits most beautifully within the propor-
tions of the block and is admirably calculated
with regard to the eye of the spectator. Most
charming is the lightness of the figure, by which
I refer to the actual manner in which it catches
the light. Epstein has resorted to the bold expe-
dient of bringing the upturned face onto the level
of the top of the block, so that the light falls
unhindered on her features and the upper part of
her body. As to whether the relief is or is not a
suitable memorial to Hudson, I can express no
opinion, but a figure which has, without exag-
geration, the air of flying cannot surely be in
violent contradiction with the spirit of a bird lover.
Eric Gill's lettering along the frame of the
first pool and to either side of the relief is perfec-
tion itself. It is hard to know where in England
the committee could have found a team to com-
pete with Epstein and Gill.
"DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN" Courtesy of Krausbaar Galleries BY GASTON LACHAISE
For grace of action and sense oj power there are Jew living things comparable to the dolphin. It is this combination that has
made this fish so favorite a subject in the art oj design and in sculpture, a familiar instance of the first being the dolphin and
anchor device of the Aldine publications and in the second the utilization of this handsome animal in Renaissance fountains.
The new work by Gaston Lachaise reproduced here was cast in bronze last month. It is in a more realistic vein than the average
dolphin fountain, is superb in its adoption of the curving forms to the whole design, and is remarkably vivid in conveying to
the spectator the feeling of motion on the part of the leaping fishes.
three
eighty-six
AUGUST 1925
again. But here he is back in his old form, and,
I think, bettering it.
The Sanctuary is in Hyde Park near the
Powder Magazine, between, that is, the bridge
over the Serpentine and the Bayswater Road. It
consists of two long rectangular pools, framed in
stone, and behind a simple block of stone, nearly
twice as long as its height, the central part of
which is occupied by Epstein's relief. All around
the background are bushes. Who designed the
Sanctuary I do not know—the public is much
quicker with its blame than its praise—but Ep-
stein has carried out his part excellently well.
His relief sits most beautifully within the propor-
tions of the block and is admirably calculated
with regard to the eye of the spectator. Most
charming is the lightness of the figure, by which
I refer to the actual manner in which it catches
the light. Epstein has resorted to the bold expe-
dient of bringing the upturned face onto the level
of the top of the block, so that the light falls
unhindered on her features and the upper part of
her body. As to whether the relief is or is not a
suitable memorial to Hudson, I can express no
opinion, but a figure which has, without exag-
geration, the air of flying cannot surely be in
violent contradiction with the spirit of a bird lover.
Eric Gill's lettering along the frame of the
first pool and to either side of the relief is perfec-
tion itself. It is hard to know where in England
the committee could have found a team to com-
pete with Epstein and Gill.
"DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN" Courtesy of Krausbaar Galleries BY GASTON LACHAISE
For grace of action and sense oj power there are Jew living things comparable to the dolphin. It is this combination that has
made this fish so favorite a subject in the art oj design and in sculpture, a familiar instance of the first being the dolphin and
anchor device of the Aldine publications and in the second the utilization of this handsome animal in Renaissance fountains.
The new work by Gaston Lachaise reproduced here was cast in bronze last month. It is in a more realistic vein than the average
dolphin fountain, is superb in its adoption of the curving forms to the whole design, and is remarkably vivid in conveying to
the spectator the feeling of motion on the part of the leaping fishes.
three
eighty-six
AUGUST 1925