DOI Heft:
No. 60 (March, 1898)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18391#0126
Studio-Talk
EASTON FROM A PAINTING BY G. S. ELGOOD
was certainly expected, and that of Mr. Napier though they were to one class of subject they were
Hemy was thought to be probable; but Mr. by no means lacking in variety, and the exhibition
Lionel Smythe was not known to have any chance, was, as a consequence, notably free from monotony,
admirable artist though he has proved himself to The reproductions given here of some of the draw-
be, and his success was, therefore, the surprise of ings show the extent of Mr. Elgood's range. The
the occasion. One great feature of the group of contrast between the rusticity of the cottage garden
elections was the support given to Mr. Alfred On the Skirts of the New Forest and the formal
East and Sir George Reid, both of whom were dignity of the clipped hedges at the Villa Pallombo,
prominently placed in the voting. Mr. East, between the order of Great Tangley and the
indeed, was only beaten by Mr. Hemy by a single splendid irregularity of The Dean's Garden,
vote, a defeat which emphasises the importance Rochester, is fascinating enough; and there is
of the position he holds among contemporary little in common between the Easton, with its leafy
artists. That he is fully entitled by the excellence sundial planted in the turf, and The Terrace, Reni-
of his work to the official recognition implied by shaw, with its mellow red walls and lines of flower
election to membership of the Academy cannot be beds. The only general characteristic is a delightful
denied ; painters of his rank, whom unprejudiced air of peaceable old age, a touch of venerable
experts declare to be leaders of their profession, antiquity which marks each one of the artist's sub-
are obviously in their right place under the roof of jects and gives to his work a charm which is denied
such an institution as exists at Burlington House, to representations of modern surroundings. The
So long as they remain outside the prestige of the exhibition proved as plainly as those that he has
Academy must suffer, and the public interest in its held before how sincere he is in his study, and
operations must be diminished. how ready he is to subordinate any inclination for
- technical display to the desire to put patiently on
As examples of happy choice of material and record his respect for nature when refined and
dainty elegance of treatment the drawings of old civilised and invested with quaint grace,
gardens in England and Italy, which Mr. G. S. -
Klgood showed lately in the galleries of the Fine To find so many women turning their attention to
Art Society, could hardly be surpassed. Limited bookbindings is distinctly a hopeful sign : for it is
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EASTON FROM A PAINTING BY G. S. ELGOOD
was certainly expected, and that of Mr. Napier though they were to one class of subject they were
Hemy was thought to be probable; but Mr. by no means lacking in variety, and the exhibition
Lionel Smythe was not known to have any chance, was, as a consequence, notably free from monotony,
admirable artist though he has proved himself to The reproductions given here of some of the draw-
be, and his success was, therefore, the surprise of ings show the extent of Mr. Elgood's range. The
the occasion. One great feature of the group of contrast between the rusticity of the cottage garden
elections was the support given to Mr. Alfred On the Skirts of the New Forest and the formal
East and Sir George Reid, both of whom were dignity of the clipped hedges at the Villa Pallombo,
prominently placed in the voting. Mr. East, between the order of Great Tangley and the
indeed, was only beaten by Mr. Hemy by a single splendid irregularity of The Dean's Garden,
vote, a defeat which emphasises the importance Rochester, is fascinating enough; and there is
of the position he holds among contemporary little in common between the Easton, with its leafy
artists. That he is fully entitled by the excellence sundial planted in the turf, and The Terrace, Reni-
of his work to the official recognition implied by shaw, with its mellow red walls and lines of flower
election to membership of the Academy cannot be beds. The only general characteristic is a delightful
denied ; painters of his rank, whom unprejudiced air of peaceable old age, a touch of venerable
experts declare to be leaders of their profession, antiquity which marks each one of the artist's sub-
are obviously in their right place under the roof of jects and gives to his work a charm which is denied
such an institution as exists at Burlington House, to representations of modern surroundings. The
So long as they remain outside the prestige of the exhibition proved as plainly as those that he has
Academy must suffer, and the public interest in its held before how sincere he is in his study, and
operations must be diminished. how ready he is to subordinate any inclination for
- technical display to the desire to put patiently on
As examples of happy choice of material and record his respect for nature when refined and
dainty elegance of treatment the drawings of old civilised and invested with quaint grace,
gardens in England and Italy, which Mr. G. S. -
Klgood showed lately in the galleries of the Fine To find so many women turning their attention to
Art Society, could hardly be surpassed. Limited bookbindings is distinctly a hopeful sign : for it is
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