DOI Heft:
No. 123 (June, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Mr. Herbert Draper's painted ceiling: for the Livery Hall of the Drapers' Company
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19879#0053
A Painted Ceiling
occupies a comparatively small portion of the ceiling, wisely accentuated the vision-like conception of his
and is but a painted panel in a ceiling rather than a subject by the skill with which he has lighted the
painted ceiling, have called for a pictorial treatment figures from above, so that they seem to float in
leaning neither to^ architectural stability of repose, space. In this he is pictorial, but not more so than
on the one hand, nor, on the other, to an endeavour is justified by the strong mouldings by which his
after illusion by means of strained perspective. composition is framed in the middle of the ceiling.
Mr. Draper has worked in a gallant
spirit and with great intelligence,
enlarging his style, and ■ adding
greatly to his reputation as a painter. ' p
certainly proved that he can handle
with confidence and talent such vast
designs as the conditions of to-day
rarely bring within the province of
an artist's thought. His composition
is animated and well knit together
in all its parts, and is a piece of true i
decoration ; while the drawing
throughout is spirited and of high
excellence. It is, therefore, to be
hoped that Mr. Draper will have
many opportunities to continue the
decorative work thus well begun in
almost his first venture.
The canvas, as we have already
said, measures 30 ft. by 20, and one
illustration shows (p. 34) the manner
in which it was passed, at both ends,
over a roller, so that it might be
drawn up or down at a moment's
notice. Mr. Draper never saw the
whole of his completed work until > J|
opportunities for flying and cloud-
supported figures. The stern realities
of life look out of place in a ceiling
decoration, and Mr. Draper has study of a water-nymph by Herbert j. draper
36
occupies a comparatively small portion of the ceiling, wisely accentuated the vision-like conception of his
and is but a painted panel in a ceiling rather than a subject by the skill with which he has lighted the
painted ceiling, have called for a pictorial treatment figures from above, so that they seem to float in
leaning neither to^ architectural stability of repose, space. In this he is pictorial, but not more so than
on the one hand, nor, on the other, to an endeavour is justified by the strong mouldings by which his
after illusion by means of strained perspective. composition is framed in the middle of the ceiling.
Mr. Draper has worked in a gallant
spirit and with great intelligence,
enlarging his style, and ■ adding
greatly to his reputation as a painter. ' p
certainly proved that he can handle
with confidence and talent such vast
designs as the conditions of to-day
rarely bring within the province of
an artist's thought. His composition
is animated and well knit together
in all its parts, and is a piece of true i
decoration ; while the drawing
throughout is spirited and of high
excellence. It is, therefore, to be
hoped that Mr. Draper will have
many opportunities to continue the
decorative work thus well begun in
almost his first venture.
The canvas, as we have already
said, measures 30 ft. by 20, and one
illustration shows (p. 34) the manner
in which it was passed, at both ends,
over a roller, so that it might be
drawn up or down at a moment's
notice. Mr. Draper never saw the
whole of his completed work until > J|
opportunities for flying and cloud-
supported figures. The stern realities
of life look out of place in a ceiling
decoration, and Mr. Draper has study of a water-nymph by Herbert j. draper
36