Studio: international art (6.1896)

Reviews of Recent Publications

modern house, which are copied from coloured painting, and the fifteen photogravures and a
prints and which dispense with leaded work hundred process blocks give a very representative
altogether. selection of Sir Frederic's work. That its variety

Paradise Lost. By John Milton. A Series of is so great will come as a surprise to those who
Twelve Original Etchings by William Strang, judge the accomplished President by his later pic-
(London : John C. Nimmo. Price ^3 3s. net.)— tures. From the Cimabue to Golden Hours is a step
It would be difficult to appraise too highly the from Overbeck to the Millais period, of the fruitful
quality of Mr. Strang's work in this collection of years that immediately succeeded the period of
memorable etchings. The nobility of thought with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. But in the Her-
the directness and cules Wrestling

strength of expres- with Death, the

sion which charac- ^^j^'^Uji^^^^^^ W^^^^S^^^^^^r^ZZ'_A St. Jerome, the
in is. the produc- pMJ^^y^^^^^^. ^S^^^^^^E': * "^\^fj0k Egyptian Slinger,
tions of this artist, I ^Smm^^^^MSl^^M^^J^~ ?' *' >'' nl'-^ra?6d^@ no less than in the
were never more ^mfc T^^^^^^^ffir^' ' ' ^'JBI381 Harvest Moon (all

apparent than in F^P^Eil^^'t-^^-Bi '^BPSSlMBfNsS charmingly repru-

some of the plates ^^^^a'"^^^^^^^^^^^' ■"' '■'■'=i^^^^^^^S^^^^ duced by Swan-
now before us. "^^^j^^^|^S^^^^^fs,^^^^^^qE Hp^ photogravures),

Mr. Goulding's ifX «B ralsr ^^^^M^'^WBSK^m Blgl theDaphnephoria,
sympathetic print- miH- toBB^^P^ _ jCT!:f''/^^8ffli ^ie Cymon an(^

in-, and the excel- ^^^rr ^^ll^H^aH Lphigenia, the ex-

lent setting the iSm ^1I«^HH wfllP^ quisitely artificial

publisher has ^^mI^^^^I^^^^'' .'' Greek Girls Play-

Sfiven to these SBiHPy^^^^^^pTOHi^^^ ■• ///;'' at Ball, and

illustrations, are K^i^^Hm^^^'i^^M'" ^S^^:^ C<*-^5a several others, you

notable aids to the t#-^BH^>^^j^«E: IHH^^^^^^^^^I arrive at the works

attractions of an P*^^;ww^^S^Kc' ^ w8BK&3^=ssA which will pro-

r •••'Vv.;-'^yji|^H^Hpi|HB^^.";.. •• wKKBS^^^M
alto-ether charm- F^Mi^BdH IHP^'-^wBP'-""'' .flBHBggOfl bably be accepted

ing book. We have Br^ . -jJ^^^^^HBI ultimately as most
pleasure, through 6^%^^H| <^&r*- ■'■^^r^^^^^^^^^SSfi typical and com-
the courtesy of the ^^^^^^^Sfcu...,"? Jg". H plete.
publisher and the ^^^^^^^^^^^SB |t ^M^i v^^^^^^^^^^P Specially inter-
artist, in here pre- ^^^^^^^^^jMlp^N 0m wk M ". ,E esting are some
senting our readers Hh^PhS^wIii ^^^SUHHsnl*^^^^^ early studies of

with a reduced n wife

nifi| Florentine heads,

production in H^^S^ ^H^^^^PPBp an elaborate pen-

" half-tone," of HPP^HHBH^^BHHHn^^^||i. . ^Q^^SB^Ih drawing of a

Eve Tempted by ' ^^mgKK^^i>$J^^^M well-head, and

Satan, as an ex- 'jr. -- . ^ - *3J^fflpP^■•■ jj^^^^^^^^ the famous Lemon

ample of the U.— - > s— ''.s^--"-^'^^^B^AfiS^S^^^^^^g 7V^ reproduced

series. "eve tempted by satan " from an etching by w. strang from The Studio.

Sir Frederic The figure studies

Leighton, Bt., are mainly fresh,

P.R.A. An Illustrated Chronicle. (London : and not replicas of those before reproduced, and
George Bell & Sons, ^3 3s.)—This volume, among the purely decorative works are several
uniform in size and general style with the pre- which we do not remember being illustrated pre-
vious monographs on Sir Edward Burne-Jones viously. The book may be accepted as a very
and Albert Moore, is certainly far in advance full record of an artist whose work stands the
of either of its predecessors in the quality, not test of time. Indeed, the first impression the book
less than in the quantity, of its illustrations. The gives you is a feeling akin to remorse. We all
text, by Mr. Ernest Rhys, supplies a not over- accept Sir Frederic as a most accomplished
full chronicle, and the critical preface by Mr. F. President, but perhaps also forget how great and
G. Stephens is also reticent in its statements, consistent is his record as an artist. The taste of
But the best record of a painter is surely in his the day is opposed to his particular handling, yet
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