DOI Heft:
No. 62 (May, 1898)
DOI Artikel:Keyzer, Frances: Some American artists in Paris
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18391#0275
Some American Artists in Paris
clothed, but he is young and he is happy. And I his brush. But it is in the expression of the face
fancy that notwithstanding the praise the artist has and hands that the strong sensibility of the artist
received from critics all over the world on his re- is felt We expect great things of Humphreys
markable sea-pieces, and his later work generally, Johnston.
so far in his career it is this little boy that has P. Marcius-Simons, known in the art world as
given him most pleasure. Harrison has gone " Pinkey," is not an exhibitor at the Paris Salons,
through the usual course of study—Gerome, Beaux- but there are few private collectors who have not at
Arts, the nude—has been most prolific and varied least one example of his talent. Our first impres-
in his subjects, only to return to his early love for sion of Marcius-Simons' work is a curious one; we
the sea, to portray it with a knowledge and a ten- are involuntarily reminded of Turner. But this
derness born of this love. His studio in the Latin impression is only momentary, for we at once dis-
Quarter, in the midst of the American students cover that the similarity lies in the subject and
whom he constantly helps with advice, is typical of even in the colouring, but not in the treatment,
his tastes in art. However great his admiration Like Turner, he is a remarkable colourist, and re-
may be for the artists of the day, he is evidently produces colour a thousand times more beautiful
not inclined to make a collection of their works, than that seen by the untrained eye ; it is by the
for the walls in his studio are bare, and all that help of such men that we find in nature that which
meets the eye is a very fine Rodin and a full- at one time we failed to appreciate. In character,
sized copy of the famous Victory from the stair- however, they are widely apart, and after a while we
case in the Louvre. No
artist is better known in
cosmopolitan Paris than
Harrison, whose tall figure
can be seen towering over
the guests at nearly every
important social function,
from a five o'clock tea to an
official reception. Yet he
gives forth good work and
plenty of it. He went away
to America a few months
ago, after finishing the pic-
ture that represents him in
this year's Salon.
J. Humphreys Johnston
has resided in Paris for
about seven years. He is
a rapidly rising artist, with
a keen sense of the beauti-
ful and a great gift in the
portrayal of it—a man in
the "right swim," as they
say here. The portrait of
his mother, which was ex-
hibited at the Champ-de-
Mars Salon of last year,
first attracted the attention
of critics. The colouring
in the sofa, the screen, and
the table harmonising with
the black robe and the
clever study of fur, all
denote the experience with
which the painter handles
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PORTRAIT OK THE ARTIST'S MOTHER BY J. HUMPHREYS JOHNSTON
clothed, but he is young and he is happy. And I his brush. But it is in the expression of the face
fancy that notwithstanding the praise the artist has and hands that the strong sensibility of the artist
received from critics all over the world on his re- is felt We expect great things of Humphreys
markable sea-pieces, and his later work generally, Johnston.
so far in his career it is this little boy that has P. Marcius-Simons, known in the art world as
given him most pleasure. Harrison has gone " Pinkey," is not an exhibitor at the Paris Salons,
through the usual course of study—Gerome, Beaux- but there are few private collectors who have not at
Arts, the nude—has been most prolific and varied least one example of his talent. Our first impres-
in his subjects, only to return to his early love for sion of Marcius-Simons' work is a curious one; we
the sea, to portray it with a knowledge and a ten- are involuntarily reminded of Turner. But this
derness born of this love. His studio in the Latin impression is only momentary, for we at once dis-
Quarter, in the midst of the American students cover that the similarity lies in the subject and
whom he constantly helps with advice, is typical of even in the colouring, but not in the treatment,
his tastes in art. However great his admiration Like Turner, he is a remarkable colourist, and re-
may be for the artists of the day, he is evidently produces colour a thousand times more beautiful
not inclined to make a collection of their works, than that seen by the untrained eye ; it is by the
for the walls in his studio are bare, and all that help of such men that we find in nature that which
meets the eye is a very fine Rodin and a full- at one time we failed to appreciate. In character,
sized copy of the famous Victory from the stair- however, they are widely apart, and after a while we
case in the Louvre. No
artist is better known in
cosmopolitan Paris than
Harrison, whose tall figure
can be seen towering over
the guests at nearly every
important social function,
from a five o'clock tea to an
official reception. Yet he
gives forth good work and
plenty of it. He went away
to America a few months
ago, after finishing the pic-
ture that represents him in
this year's Salon.
J. Humphreys Johnston
has resided in Paris for
about seven years. He is
a rapidly rising artist, with
a keen sense of the beauti-
ful and a great gift in the
portrayal of it—a man in
the "right swim," as they
say here. The portrait of
his mother, which was ex-
hibited at the Champ-de-
Mars Salon of last year,
first attracted the attention
of critics. The colouring
in the sofa, the screen, and
the table harmonising with
the black robe and the
clever study of fur, all
denote the experience with
which the painter handles
250
PORTRAIT OK THE ARTIST'S MOTHER BY J. HUMPHREYS JOHNSTON