DOI Heft:
Nr. 44 (November 1896)
DOI Artikel:Jope-Slade, Robert: A man of Liverpool and his art
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0109
A Man of Liverpool and his Art
host, and still more a grey and black full-length steps down, representing, of course, Dawn or the
of Mrs. Fowler, who gave Maurice Greiffenhagen Coming Day. In the foreground of the composi-
a rare opportunity of handling an excellent sub- tion are the Muses nine—Mr. Fowler refuses to
ject in the mode Whistlerian. Every room, label them ; those furthest back rise joyously with
"THE STREAMLET" FROM A PAINTING BY ROBERT FOWLER, R.I.
(In possession of Ernest Seeger, Esq.)
in screen or other detail, bespeaks something of extended arms, others seem still half asleep ; and
Japan. again, some are just on the eve of realising what
Perhaps the greatest surprise of Fowler's life was has happened. The figures are draped and semi-
occasioned by the success at the Royal Academy draped, and are all variously loveiy. I give it as
gained by his painting, The Coming of Apollo my deliberate and well-considered opinion that
(see page 91), which I consider to be quite the feminine figure nearest the spectator was the
his best effort. In this work the advancing most gracious and the nearest to perfection of all in
Apollo, beautiful in the strong light of beyond, the Academy. A cascade falling from the higher
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host, and still more a grey and black full-length steps down, representing, of course, Dawn or the
of Mrs. Fowler, who gave Maurice Greiffenhagen Coming Day. In the foreground of the composi-
a rare opportunity of handling an excellent sub- tion are the Muses nine—Mr. Fowler refuses to
ject in the mode Whistlerian. Every room, label them ; those furthest back rise joyously with
"THE STREAMLET" FROM A PAINTING BY ROBERT FOWLER, R.I.
(In possession of Ernest Seeger, Esq.)
in screen or other detail, bespeaks something of extended arms, others seem still half asleep ; and
Japan. again, some are just on the eve of realising what
Perhaps the greatest surprise of Fowler's life was has happened. The figures are draped and semi-
occasioned by the success at the Royal Academy draped, and are all variously loveiy. I give it as
gained by his painting, The Coming of Apollo my deliberate and well-considered opinion that
(see page 91), which I consider to be quite the feminine figure nearest the spectator was the
his best effort. In this work the advancing most gracious and the nearest to perfection of all in
Apollo, beautiful in the strong light of beyond, the Academy. A cascade falling from the higher
97