DOI Heft:
No.9 (December, 1893)
DOI Artikel:Books for Christmas presents, and others
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0121
New Publications
Nithsdale. By James Paterson, R.S.W. (Glas- perfect book. Artist, engravers (Messrs. J. & R.
gow : James Maclehose & Sons.)—This beautiful Annan, of Glasgow), and printer may each be
folio volume, containing six-
teen reproductions in photo-
gravure from water-colour
drawings by a very accom-
plished master of the art, de-
serves to be far more widely
known than its local character
might indicate. "Art is neither
of Peebles nor Paris," and the
nature Mr. Paterson sees so
truly and depicts with such
certainty of touch, appeals to
all art-lovers. Although with
the partly mechanical agency
of photogravure herein used
for the multiplication of copies,
the autograph character that
distinguishes, say The Liber
Studiorum, is necessarily ab-
sent, it is doubtful whether the
depreciation suggested by such
a comparison is not purely
sentimental. For the exquisite
beauty of the artist's work—■
as seen, for example, in his (( TH0RNHjLL|" By james paterson. reduced from " nithsdale." (maclehose)
Happy Valley, a picture exhi-
bited in London in 1887, which
yet haunts one's memory—is preserved with curious awarded laurels for their almost unique achieve-
felicitv in these plates. The two we are per- ment in infusing the quality of high art into an
mitted to reproduce were chosen rather for their illustrated table-book.
suitability for reduction than because they were On English Lagoons. By P. H. Emerson. (Lon-
the best. Looking up the Nith, near Kirkcomiell, don, David Nutt.)—Without going into the ques-
the first picture, and half a dozen others where tion of the birth of art in photography, which has
atmospheric effects, rather than topographical de- already been put before the readers of The Studio
tails are of first importance, can hardly be over- by an expert, there is little doubt that to a large
__ number of artists of the
modern school Dr. Emerson
represents the pioneer of the
movement. That his original
and beautiful work influenced
not merely other photo-
graphers but painters, is also
beyond doubt. In the fifteen
copper - plates and eighteen
blocks reproduced from photo-
graphs in this volume we have
instances of pictures that sug-
gest the camera only so much
as does many a modern paint-
ing. For to-day, whether di-
rectly or by mere study of
photographs, certain tricks of
the camera have crept into
oil and water-colours in every
gallery. The Village by the
"sweetheart abbey," by james paterson, reduced from -RlVCr, A Misty MorllUlg at
''nithsdale." (maclehose) Norwich, and The Market in
June, have each the qualities
praised. The photogravures and the drawings are of fine monochrome drawings. But it is too late
worthy of each other; indeed, since space forbids in the day to praise or appraise Dr. Emerson's
more comment, one must compress into a few work—its atmospheric subtlety, its broad effects,
lines the critical eulogy which should fill pages, and its perception of values, show it to be very con-
and call it, not hastily but after sober judgment, a sistent art, as this beautiful volume proves.
109
Nithsdale. By James Paterson, R.S.W. (Glas- perfect book. Artist, engravers (Messrs. J. & R.
gow : James Maclehose & Sons.)—This beautiful Annan, of Glasgow), and printer may each be
folio volume, containing six-
teen reproductions in photo-
gravure from water-colour
drawings by a very accom-
plished master of the art, de-
serves to be far more widely
known than its local character
might indicate. "Art is neither
of Peebles nor Paris," and the
nature Mr. Paterson sees so
truly and depicts with such
certainty of touch, appeals to
all art-lovers. Although with
the partly mechanical agency
of photogravure herein used
for the multiplication of copies,
the autograph character that
distinguishes, say The Liber
Studiorum, is necessarily ab-
sent, it is doubtful whether the
depreciation suggested by such
a comparison is not purely
sentimental. For the exquisite
beauty of the artist's work—■
as seen, for example, in his (( TH0RNHjLL|" By james paterson. reduced from " nithsdale." (maclehose)
Happy Valley, a picture exhi-
bited in London in 1887, which
yet haunts one's memory—is preserved with curious awarded laurels for their almost unique achieve-
felicitv in these plates. The two we are per- ment in infusing the quality of high art into an
mitted to reproduce were chosen rather for their illustrated table-book.
suitability for reduction than because they were On English Lagoons. By P. H. Emerson. (Lon-
the best. Looking up the Nith, near Kirkcomiell, don, David Nutt.)—Without going into the ques-
the first picture, and half a dozen others where tion of the birth of art in photography, which has
atmospheric effects, rather than topographical de- already been put before the readers of The Studio
tails are of first importance, can hardly be over- by an expert, there is little doubt that to a large
__ number of artists of the
modern school Dr. Emerson
represents the pioneer of the
movement. That his original
and beautiful work influenced
not merely other photo-
graphers but painters, is also
beyond doubt. In the fifteen
copper - plates and eighteen
blocks reproduced from photo-
graphs in this volume we have
instances of pictures that sug-
gest the camera only so much
as does many a modern paint-
ing. For to-day, whether di-
rectly or by mere study of
photographs, certain tricks of
the camera have crept into
oil and water-colours in every
gallery. The Village by the
"sweetheart abbey," by james paterson, reduced from -RlVCr, A Misty MorllUlg at
''nithsdale." (maclehose) Norwich, and The Market in
June, have each the qualities
praised. The photogravures and the drawings are of fine monochrome drawings. But it is too late
worthy of each other; indeed, since space forbids in the day to praise or appraise Dr. Emerson's
more comment, one must compress into a few work—its atmospheric subtlety, its broad effects,
lines the critical eulogy which should fill pages, and its perception of values, show it to be very con-
and call it, not hastily but after sober judgment, a sistent art, as this beautiful volume proves.
109