DOI Heft:
No. 124 (July, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Dewhurst, Wynford: Impressionist painting: Its genesis and development, [2]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19879#0128
Impressionist Painting
from Crozant, of pleasant memory. In the "... 1'atelier des artistes en vogue devient parfois
solitude of these winding, steep, cliff-hung valleys, lme ma™facture; les Sens de commerce sont la, a la
. . porte, qui pressent le crayon ou le pinceau, et Ton arrive
traversed by the limpid Creuse and Sedelle peu a peu a faire en leur collaboration des wuvles pure.
rushing down to the sea from the volcanic regions ment commerciales."
of the Cevenne Mountains near by, he works, year Many appreciations of this painter's art have been
in and year out, leading a hermit's life, two hundred written, notably those by Arsene Alexandre, Roger
miles from Paris and far removed from railways Marx, Htiysmans and Gustave Geffroy.
and civilisation. Both d'Espagnat and Maufra are new comers,
Guillaumin is an incredibly prolific worker, almost and welcome to the feast. They are artists of the
certain sign of the true artist nature, yet this ab- finest instinct, highly trained, and rapidly developing
normal output is greatly deplored by all admirers of a personal and very charming style. To men of
his art. In countless bits of sketches and frequent their stamp one may look with confidence for the
repetitions of the same theme, is being frittered continuance and enrichment of the Impressionist
away a talent capable of producing matchless ideal. The illustrations give some idea of their
chefs cPauvre. Born in 1840, at best but a few more composition, which is' in accordance with a
active years remain for him in which to crown the natural feeling for design.
glory of his career with some important master- That there are scores of other artists more or less
pieces which his record so clearly proves him intimately connected with the splendid develop-
capable of producing. Zola's reproach addressed ment of Impressionism goes without saying,
to Gustave Dore comes unbidden to mind, and my Space permits mention of but a few names—the
sincere admiration for Guillaumin's gifts will I trust student will follow up the analogy — such as
pardon its warning quotation. Claus, Besnard, Carriere, Pointelin, Liebermann,
' L'ARRIVEE DES BATEAUX DE PECHE, CAMARET " BY MAUFRA
III
from Crozant, of pleasant memory. In the "... 1'atelier des artistes en vogue devient parfois
solitude of these winding, steep, cliff-hung valleys, lme ma™facture; les Sens de commerce sont la, a la
. . porte, qui pressent le crayon ou le pinceau, et Ton arrive
traversed by the limpid Creuse and Sedelle peu a peu a faire en leur collaboration des wuvles pure.
rushing down to the sea from the volcanic regions ment commerciales."
of the Cevenne Mountains near by, he works, year Many appreciations of this painter's art have been
in and year out, leading a hermit's life, two hundred written, notably those by Arsene Alexandre, Roger
miles from Paris and far removed from railways Marx, Htiysmans and Gustave Geffroy.
and civilisation. Both d'Espagnat and Maufra are new comers,
Guillaumin is an incredibly prolific worker, almost and welcome to the feast. They are artists of the
certain sign of the true artist nature, yet this ab- finest instinct, highly trained, and rapidly developing
normal output is greatly deplored by all admirers of a personal and very charming style. To men of
his art. In countless bits of sketches and frequent their stamp one may look with confidence for the
repetitions of the same theme, is being frittered continuance and enrichment of the Impressionist
away a talent capable of producing matchless ideal. The illustrations give some idea of their
chefs cPauvre. Born in 1840, at best but a few more composition, which is' in accordance with a
active years remain for him in which to crown the natural feeling for design.
glory of his career with some important master- That there are scores of other artists more or less
pieces which his record so clearly proves him intimately connected with the splendid develop-
capable of producing. Zola's reproach addressed ment of Impressionism goes without saying,
to Gustave Dore comes unbidden to mind, and my Space permits mention of but a few names—the
sincere admiration for Guillaumin's gifts will I trust student will follow up the analogy — such as
pardon its warning quotation. Claus, Besnard, Carriere, Pointelin, Liebermann,
' L'ARRIVEE DES BATEAUX DE PECHE, CAMARET " BY MAUFRA
III