DOI Heft:
No. 34 (January, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Way, T. R.: Mr. Whistler's lithographs
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17295#0237
Mr. Whistler s Lithographs
on the completion of the centenary of his dis- etching, although there Rembrandt had been before
covery, from the most distinguished artist who has him.
yet used it. Mr. Pennell, in his charming account It is now about twenty years since Mr. Thomas
of Senefelder which formed the introduction to the Way. a lithographic printer, first brought to Mr.
catalogue, seems to hint at this idea; and as the Whistler's notice the possibilities of lithography,
exhibition was held here in London, it goes far to put and he entered into the matter with his usual
us on an equal footing with Paris, where a general enthusiasm, producing during 1878-9 some very
beautiful works. The four
_ lithotints—Nocturne, Early
Morning, Limehouse, and
The Toilet—were done dur-
ing this period, and they are
not only most exquisite
works of art in themselves,
"'^^^"H1 nWiir"iiii'i>in'i|......1 mini, 1, but they are technical mas-
;~ . terpieces in the art of litho-
sjL graphy, and it would be dif-
ficult to point to anything
produced in any country up
to that time to equal them
as such. In the early part
of the century Hulmandel,
the prince of English litho-
graphic printers, had in-
vented and perfected a pro-
cess of wash drawing on
stone which gave excellent
results; it may be seen fre-
quently in the drawings of
Harding, Nash, and Cater-
lj mole; unfortunately with the
death of Hulmandel the
secret was lost. Mr. Way
Ihad spent many years in
trying to recover it, and had
fortunately arrived at a suffi-
p^fe 1/ €- ciently satisfactory result to
be able to put this process
before Mr. Whistler, along
with the others more gene-
rally in use. But in the
hands of any one but a
master the result is not often
satisfactory, as from the
"confidences dans le jardin " by j. mcneil whistler beginning of a drawing he
must know exactly at what he
exhibition of lithography to celebrate the event was is aiming, and go right to his end in the most direct
lately held. Only a short time ago a distinguished way. The Nocturne illustrated in this article shows
artist said that lithography has not had its Rem- this in a very perfect manner. A difficulty seems
brandt as etching has, although the possibilities to have arisen in the minds of some people as to
open to the artist by its varied processes were the locality of the Nocturne and Early Morning,
greater. True; but this collection showed that it can but those who know the river as it runs past
claim a master of the same rank, who has brought Chelsea will have no difficulty in finding the sub-
distinction to it, even as he did to the art of jects, if they will remember that the prints are
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on the completion of the centenary of his dis- etching, although there Rembrandt had been before
covery, from the most distinguished artist who has him.
yet used it. Mr. Pennell, in his charming account It is now about twenty years since Mr. Thomas
of Senefelder which formed the introduction to the Way. a lithographic printer, first brought to Mr.
catalogue, seems to hint at this idea; and as the Whistler's notice the possibilities of lithography,
exhibition was held here in London, it goes far to put and he entered into the matter with his usual
us on an equal footing with Paris, where a general enthusiasm, producing during 1878-9 some very
beautiful works. The four
_ lithotints—Nocturne, Early
Morning, Limehouse, and
The Toilet—were done dur-
ing this period, and they are
not only most exquisite
works of art in themselves,
"'^^^"H1 nWiir"iiii'i>in'i|......1 mini, 1, but they are technical mas-
;~ . terpieces in the art of litho-
sjL graphy, and it would be dif-
ficult to point to anything
produced in any country up
to that time to equal them
as such. In the early part
of the century Hulmandel,
the prince of English litho-
graphic printers, had in-
vented and perfected a pro-
cess of wash drawing on
stone which gave excellent
results; it may be seen fre-
quently in the drawings of
Harding, Nash, and Cater-
lj mole; unfortunately with the
death of Hulmandel the
secret was lost. Mr. Way
Ihad spent many years in
trying to recover it, and had
fortunately arrived at a suffi-
p^fe 1/ €- ciently satisfactory result to
be able to put this process
before Mr. Whistler, along
with the others more gene-
rally in use. But in the
hands of any one but a
master the result is not often
satisfactory, as from the
"confidences dans le jardin " by j. mcneil whistler beginning of a drawing he
must know exactly at what he
exhibition of lithography to celebrate the event was is aiming, and go right to his end in the most direct
lately held. Only a short time ago a distinguished way. The Nocturne illustrated in this article shows
artist said that lithography has not had its Rem- this in a very perfect manner. A difficulty seems
brandt as etching has, although the possibilities to have arisen in the minds of some people as to
open to the artist by its varied processes were the locality of the Nocturne and Early Morning,
greater. True; but this collection showed that it can but those who know the river as it runs past
claim a master of the same rank, who has brought Chelsea will have no difficulty in finding the sub-
distinction to it, even as he did to the art of jects, if they will remember that the prints are
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