DOI Heft:
Nr. 341 (October 1925)
DOI Artikel:Breck, John: A painter of the southwest
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19986#0067
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"THE SENTINEL—MONUMENT VALLEY Property of W. F. Bigdow BY JAMES SWINNERTON
A PAINTER of the SOUTHWEST
Tames Swinnerton is a J aines Swinnerton who Lives the windows of a speeding
qJ painter of deserts for fne Hfe 0f a pioneer and train' we hardIy know that
those who know them frontlersman portrays the they ™-
Regardless ot blood or breed •* , , • f iL J J Ol late years many thou-
or degree of artistic edu- beauties Of the desert sands have visited the Grand
cation these will find in his JOHN B R E 6 K Canyon. Who can travel
work the poignant essence that road without having
of the mysterious Lands of Silence—the spell that many an aspect of gorgeous, haggard grandeur
binds men to them. And those others, who have printed on his mind, or miss the pang of parting
only wondered what was this spell, will find it here, from it as the slow miles turn that page? For mem-
James Swinnerton is the pioneer of a vast new ory is a poor place to treasure them; even a deep
territory for American painters; he has charted its impression tarnishes in the dull life of towns. But
main trails, put it "on the map"—placed it in the canyon country is only the fringe of that desert
American art. And this is an achievement. For of deserts, the Painted Desert, which is even
our American deserts are a national asset, mines more stupendous in its ultimate effect on a
of beauty. No other quarter of the globe has any- beholder.
thing to compare with them. Yet, except for a Why has this theme evaded canvas until now?
chance, superficial glance at some solitude from Because at the outset seemingly insuperable
OCTOBER I925
sixty-seven
"THE SENTINEL—MONUMENT VALLEY Property of W. F. Bigdow BY JAMES SWINNERTON
A PAINTER of the SOUTHWEST
Tames Swinnerton is a J aines Swinnerton who Lives the windows of a speeding
qJ painter of deserts for fne Hfe 0f a pioneer and train' we hardIy know that
those who know them frontlersman portrays the they ™-
Regardless ot blood or breed •* , , • f iL J J Ol late years many thou-
or degree of artistic edu- beauties Of the desert sands have visited the Grand
cation these will find in his JOHN B R E 6 K Canyon. Who can travel
work the poignant essence that road without having
of the mysterious Lands of Silence—the spell that many an aspect of gorgeous, haggard grandeur
binds men to them. And those others, who have printed on his mind, or miss the pang of parting
only wondered what was this spell, will find it here, from it as the slow miles turn that page? For mem-
James Swinnerton is the pioneer of a vast new ory is a poor place to treasure them; even a deep
territory for American painters; he has charted its impression tarnishes in the dull life of towns. But
main trails, put it "on the map"—placed it in the canyon country is only the fringe of that desert
American art. And this is an achievement. For of deserts, the Painted Desert, which is even
our American deserts are a national asset, mines more stupendous in its ultimate effect on a
of beauty. No other quarter of the globe has any- beholder.
thing to compare with them. Yet, except for a Why has this theme evaded canvas until now?
chance, superficial glance at some solitude from Because at the outset seemingly insuperable
OCTOBER I925
sixty-seven