DOI Heft:
Nr. 45 (December 1896)
DOI Artikel:Thomson, George: Henry Herbert La Thangue and his work
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0188
H. H. La Thangue and his Work
renderings of many phases of a rustic life which sun upon the landscape. A most fascinating effect,
has still many picturesque elements. For the but perhaps as tantalising as anything in Nature,
steam plough and the threshing machine have not His method in painting is substantially the same,
driven manual labour out of the country. The however, so that whatever the effect may be the
ploughman has by no means worked his last furrow individuality of the painter is well maintained. One
in sleepy Sussex, and the travelling harvester with can always tell a La Thangue in any exhibition,
scythe on shoulder and his little stock of house- There is no quality of his mind perhaps to which
hold gods is even now taking form upon the Mr. La Thangue owes more than that which Mr.
painter's latest canvas. In the little peninsula Clausen used to call his " magnificent obstinacy."
between Bosham and Itchenor, where Mr. La With a self-centred individuality he is by no means
Thangue lives, the country is as beautiful as one of those whose susceptibility to impression leads
could find. The soil is fertile, and well farmed by them off into experiment in varied directions, and
methods still comparatively
simple. The clothing of
the country people too fre-
quently comes from the
towns ; but nevertheless,
they in their varied occupa-
tions afford an abundance
of picturesque material to
one who looks for it. The
labourers have been Mr. I -a
Thangue's most frequent
sources of inspiration in the
fields and woods, for agri-
cultural life is an out-of-
door life. Indoors, and in
winter, the labourer's life
is a sort of hibernation,
and he takes no holiday.
In going about among the
people there are subjects
for painting in plenty, and
in depicting these Mr. La
Thangue is, to some extent
consciously perhaps, pro-
ducing a series of pictures
of theagriculturallife of our
time which is sure to have
a permanent historic value.
While dealing with con-
siderable range of subject,
Mr. LaThangue has adven-
tured not a little in variety
of effect. His pictures at
the beginning, more sombre
than now, were sometimes
of grey effects and some-
times of strong sunlight.
He has painted effects of
gas or lamplight, and
latterly has been much
attracted by the full rich ,, TT _ .
3 "IN THE ORCHARD FROM A PAINTING H. II LA THANGLE
glow of an almost setting . , r ~ .., ~ p x
° ° (By permission of Isaac Smith, Esq., J.F.)
176
renderings of many phases of a rustic life which sun upon the landscape. A most fascinating effect,
has still many picturesque elements. For the but perhaps as tantalising as anything in Nature,
steam plough and the threshing machine have not His method in painting is substantially the same,
driven manual labour out of the country. The however, so that whatever the effect may be the
ploughman has by no means worked his last furrow individuality of the painter is well maintained. One
in sleepy Sussex, and the travelling harvester with can always tell a La Thangue in any exhibition,
scythe on shoulder and his little stock of house- There is no quality of his mind perhaps to which
hold gods is even now taking form upon the Mr. La Thangue owes more than that which Mr.
painter's latest canvas. In the little peninsula Clausen used to call his " magnificent obstinacy."
between Bosham and Itchenor, where Mr. La With a self-centred individuality he is by no means
Thangue lives, the country is as beautiful as one of those whose susceptibility to impression leads
could find. The soil is fertile, and well farmed by them off into experiment in varied directions, and
methods still comparatively
simple. The clothing of
the country people too fre-
quently comes from the
towns ; but nevertheless,
they in their varied occupa-
tions afford an abundance
of picturesque material to
one who looks for it. The
labourers have been Mr. I -a
Thangue's most frequent
sources of inspiration in the
fields and woods, for agri-
cultural life is an out-of-
door life. Indoors, and in
winter, the labourer's life
is a sort of hibernation,
and he takes no holiday.
In going about among the
people there are subjects
for painting in plenty, and
in depicting these Mr. La
Thangue is, to some extent
consciously perhaps, pro-
ducing a series of pictures
of theagriculturallife of our
time which is sure to have
a permanent historic value.
While dealing with con-
siderable range of subject,
Mr. LaThangue has adven-
tured not a little in variety
of effect. His pictures at
the beginning, more sombre
than now, were sometimes
of grey effects and some-
times of strong sunlight.
He has painted effects of
gas or lamplight, and
latterly has been much
attracted by the full rich ,, TT _ .
3 "IN THE ORCHARD FROM A PAINTING H. II LA THANGLE
glow of an almost setting . , r ~ .., ~ p x
° ° (By permission of Isaac Smith, Esq., J.F.)
176