DOI Heft:
Nr. 100 (July 1901)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19788#0169
Studio- Talk
Hit, a sketch design for a monument, by Mr.
C. Douglas Richardson—to be erected in memory
of the Victorians who fell in South Africa—is a
realistic piece of work, and will no doubt be
extremely popular with the people. It repre-
sents one of the Victorian Bushmen with his
horse, which has been hit by a bullet and has
fallen down on a rocky declivity. This work,
designed for bronze and bluestone, will probably
be carried out life-size. A terra-cotta statuette by
the same artist, entitled His First Fish, is note-
worthy for its realism and for grace of treatment.
^ The expression of the boy, as he gazes in surprise
at his "catch," is pretty and amusing. The Siren,
also by Mr. Douglas Richardson, is a clever
piece of work in high relief. She sits near the sea-
shore, holding a harp formed like a dolphin, while
in the distance may be seen a boat with rowers,
suggestive of the story of Ulysses. A life-sized
X
GOETHE MEDAL DESIGNED BY
J. KOWARZIK
Melbourne, including as it did sculpture, wood
carving, oil paintings, water - colours, pastels,
etchings, and black-and-white drawings; but,
nevertheless, sculpture was the most important
feature of the exhibition.
Mr. C. Douglas Richardson, with his life-sized
statue, The Cloud, showed the finest piece of
work he has yet done, choosing for illustration the
opening lines of Shelley's lovely poem of " The
Cloud " :
" I bring fresh showers
To the thirsting flowers."
The female figure, which is treated with great deli-
cacy and refinement, is depicted as rising from the
earth as if from a mist; it fully suggests the lifting
motion of a cloud, and the drapery being wind-blown
and wet clings to the form in graceful lines. She
supports a jar on the wrist of the right arm, while
with the other hand she directs the rain on to the
" thirsting flowers " below. The pose of the head
and figure and the expression of the face are in
perfect harmony; they suggest that she is in
sympathy with the kindly office that she performs.
The modelling is good and the figure as a whole
may be considered as one of the most graceful
statues executed in Melbourne.
THE CLOUD BY C. DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON
144
Hit, a sketch design for a monument, by Mr.
C. Douglas Richardson—to be erected in memory
of the Victorians who fell in South Africa—is a
realistic piece of work, and will no doubt be
extremely popular with the people. It repre-
sents one of the Victorian Bushmen with his
horse, which has been hit by a bullet and has
fallen down on a rocky declivity. This work,
designed for bronze and bluestone, will probably
be carried out life-size. A terra-cotta statuette by
the same artist, entitled His First Fish, is note-
worthy for its realism and for grace of treatment.
^ The expression of the boy, as he gazes in surprise
at his "catch," is pretty and amusing. The Siren,
also by Mr. Douglas Richardson, is a clever
piece of work in high relief. She sits near the sea-
shore, holding a harp formed like a dolphin, while
in the distance may be seen a boat with rowers,
suggestive of the story of Ulysses. A life-sized
X
GOETHE MEDAL DESIGNED BY
J. KOWARZIK
Melbourne, including as it did sculpture, wood
carving, oil paintings, water - colours, pastels,
etchings, and black-and-white drawings; but,
nevertheless, sculpture was the most important
feature of the exhibition.
Mr. C. Douglas Richardson, with his life-sized
statue, The Cloud, showed the finest piece of
work he has yet done, choosing for illustration the
opening lines of Shelley's lovely poem of " The
Cloud " :
" I bring fresh showers
To the thirsting flowers."
The female figure, which is treated with great deli-
cacy and refinement, is depicted as rising from the
earth as if from a mist; it fully suggests the lifting
motion of a cloud, and the drapery being wind-blown
and wet clings to the form in graceful lines. She
supports a jar on the wrist of the right arm, while
with the other hand she directs the rain on to the
" thirsting flowers " below. The pose of the head
and figure and the expression of the face are in
perfect harmony; they suggest that she is in
sympathy with the kindly office that she performs.
The modelling is good and the figure as a whole
may be considered as one of the most graceful
statues executed in Melbourne.
THE CLOUD BY C. DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON
144