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Nr. 117 (December 1902)
DOI Artikel:Jenkins, Will: A Canadian artist in the Azores: H. Sandham, R. C. A.
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19877#0188
A Canadian Artist in the Azores
where success is measured by material rather than as well as private commissions, and there is
by aesthetic standards. practically no private collection of importance or
At the beginning of his career a painter of public gallery in Canada that does not contain
marine subjects along the St. Lawrence River, one or more of his works. After some years
he afterwards took up landscape, and finally of work in Canada he came to England and
figure and portrait painting. On the formation painted much both there and on the Continent,
of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, under during which time he made many lasting and
the patronage of H.R.H. the Princess Louise and happy friendships in the Motherland. Returning
the able direction of the then Marquis of Lome, home, he was called to Boston, United States, to
he was one of the first group of Canadian artists execute some private portrait commissions, intend-
called to the organisation; and further honours fell ing to remain but a few weeks. The warmth of
to him by the purchase of several of his more welcome from the Bostonians to the young Canadian
important works for the National Gallery at painter, and their generous appreciation of his work,
Ottawa, and later the commission to paint the led to a residence there of nearly twenty years,
portrait of the late Sir John A. MacDonald for during which time he has been a conspicuous figure
the Senate Chamber. He has also executed in the social and artistic life of that city. Unani-
many prominent Canadian official portraits, mously chosen as the head of their principal
organisation of artists, he has
received several important com-
missions from the State, while
his portraits and historical
pictures have been acquired for
the Massachusetts State House,
Lexington Town Hall, the Wash-
ington and Baltimore Galleries,
as well as many private col-
lections. His black-and-white
work has also been an important
feature of his career. He
has illustrated in this medium
many important books, as well
as special articles, on such
out-of-the way places as Peru,
Mexico, Southern California,
and Hayti. The series of
drawings for the works on
ranch life and the West by
President Roosevelt, so pleased
the distinguished author as to
call forth his direct personal
praise. Notwithstanding the
largeness of his output, there
has invariably been a spirit
of conscientious conviction in
all his efforts, as well as gocd
workmanship, and a distinction
of clear, logical thought. The
expression is characteristic of the
man—the kind, studious gentle-
man who lives with good read-
ing, good breeding, and earnest
minds, loving purity of thought
and an outdoor life.
" LOOK-OUT ON A HOUSETOP FROM THE WATER-COLOUR j
AZORES" BY H. SANDHAM. WILL JENMNb.
176
where success is measured by material rather than as well as private commissions, and there is
by aesthetic standards. practically no private collection of importance or
At the beginning of his career a painter of public gallery in Canada that does not contain
marine subjects along the St. Lawrence River, one or more of his works. After some years
he afterwards took up landscape, and finally of work in Canada he came to England and
figure and portrait painting. On the formation painted much both there and on the Continent,
of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, under during which time he made many lasting and
the patronage of H.R.H. the Princess Louise and happy friendships in the Motherland. Returning
the able direction of the then Marquis of Lome, home, he was called to Boston, United States, to
he was one of the first group of Canadian artists execute some private portrait commissions, intend-
called to the organisation; and further honours fell ing to remain but a few weeks. The warmth of
to him by the purchase of several of his more welcome from the Bostonians to the young Canadian
important works for the National Gallery at painter, and their generous appreciation of his work,
Ottawa, and later the commission to paint the led to a residence there of nearly twenty years,
portrait of the late Sir John A. MacDonald for during which time he has been a conspicuous figure
the Senate Chamber. He has also executed in the social and artistic life of that city. Unani-
many prominent Canadian official portraits, mously chosen as the head of their principal
organisation of artists, he has
received several important com-
missions from the State, while
his portraits and historical
pictures have been acquired for
the Massachusetts State House,
Lexington Town Hall, the Wash-
ington and Baltimore Galleries,
as well as many private col-
lections. His black-and-white
work has also been an important
feature of his career. He
has illustrated in this medium
many important books, as well
as special articles, on such
out-of-the way places as Peru,
Mexico, Southern California,
and Hayti. The series of
drawings for the works on
ranch life and the West by
President Roosevelt, so pleased
the distinguished author as to
call forth his direct personal
praise. Notwithstanding the
largeness of his output, there
has invariably been a spirit
of conscientious conviction in
all his efforts, as well as gocd
workmanship, and a distinction
of clear, logical thought. The
expression is characteristic of the
man—the kind, studious gentle-
man who lives with good read-
ing, good breeding, and earnest
minds, loving purity of thought
and an outdoor life.
" LOOK-OUT ON A HOUSETOP FROM THE WATER-COLOUR j
AZORES" BY H. SANDHAM. WILL JENMNb.
176