DOI issue:
No. 80 (November, 1899)
DOI article:Baldry, Alfred Lys: Artists' treasures, [1]: Mr. E. A. Waterlow's collection
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0111
A rtists Treasures
collection as that of Mr. E. A. Waterlow, A.R.A.
His walls are hung with paintings and drawings
that have been plainly selected with no little care,
and yet, at the same time, without any prejudice in
favour of any one class of production.
He has ranged about with true catholicity, and
has impartially recognised the merit of men who
represent very different standpoints in artistic
expression. Equal prominence is given to figure
pictures, portraits, and landscapes, to oil paintings,
water-colours, and drawings in chalk or pen and
ink, and the only thing that is common to them all
is a touch of inspiration which suggests that in
each example the mind and hand of the executant
have been in perfect accord, and no hesitation as to
what he wished to set clown has hampered him in.
the revelation of his real self. The art is all spon-
taneous and sincere throughout, as frank in its
intention as it is direct in its technical accomplish-
ment, and no discordant note of affectation, mars
its complete agreement.
Among the .most interesting of all Mr. Waterlow's
possessions are the sketches by G. J. Pinwell. Of
these there are four or five, mostly slight notes for
pictures or rapid records of incidents in modern
life. The most important is.the oil sketch,;The-
Enclianted Prince, an excellent instance of his ima-
ginative treatment of a romantic subject. It is
notable especially for its strength and decision, and
for the sense of character in the freely-handled
figures. The pose of the girl who sits in the fork
of the tree and listens carelessly to the talk of ;the.
not very prepossessing prince is most happily ren-
dered, and there is a curious amount of dramatic
suggestion in the composition of the group. The
same dramatic quality makes impressive another
sketch, A Danish Legend, a hasty but yet perfectly
assured first rub in of an ambitious picture. Pro-
minent in the foreground is the figure of a girl
seated on a rock beside a pool shaded by trees,
and leaning over her is a knight in armour with a
shield slung on his back and flowers wreathed
'GIRLS NUTTING" BY G. II. BOUGIITON, R.A.
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collection as that of Mr. E. A. Waterlow, A.R.A.
His walls are hung with paintings and drawings
that have been plainly selected with no little care,
and yet, at the same time, without any prejudice in
favour of any one class of production.
He has ranged about with true catholicity, and
has impartially recognised the merit of men who
represent very different standpoints in artistic
expression. Equal prominence is given to figure
pictures, portraits, and landscapes, to oil paintings,
water-colours, and drawings in chalk or pen and
ink, and the only thing that is common to them all
is a touch of inspiration which suggests that in
each example the mind and hand of the executant
have been in perfect accord, and no hesitation as to
what he wished to set clown has hampered him in.
the revelation of his real self. The art is all spon-
taneous and sincere throughout, as frank in its
intention as it is direct in its technical accomplish-
ment, and no discordant note of affectation, mars
its complete agreement.
Among the .most interesting of all Mr. Waterlow's
possessions are the sketches by G. J. Pinwell. Of
these there are four or five, mostly slight notes for
pictures or rapid records of incidents in modern
life. The most important is.the oil sketch,;The-
Enclianted Prince, an excellent instance of his ima-
ginative treatment of a romantic subject. It is
notable especially for its strength and decision, and
for the sense of character in the freely-handled
figures. The pose of the girl who sits in the fork
of the tree and listens carelessly to the talk of ;the.
not very prepossessing prince is most happily ren-
dered, and there is a curious amount of dramatic
suggestion in the composition of the group. The
same dramatic quality makes impressive another
sketch, A Danish Legend, a hasty but yet perfectly
assured first rub in of an ambitious picture. Pro-
minent in the foreground is the figure of a girl
seated on a rock beside a pool shaded by trees,
and leaning over her is a knight in armour with a
shield slung on his back and flowers wreathed
'GIRLS NUTTING" BY G. II. BOUGIITON, R.A.
93