DOI issue:
No. 133 (April, 1904)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19881#0282
Studio- Talk
I do not admire his paintings without reserve.
Sometimes I find them extravagant in their force,
and there are occasions on which the artist indulges
in an unpleasant accumulation of material. On
the other hand, his observation is so accurate that
he may be expected to make considerable progress
in this direction.
As draughtsman, as pastellist, and as engraver
he is almost final. Even after Degas he has found
something new in the danseuse, whom he has
" caught" with incomparable boldness of line in
his pastels. Indeed, he has turned his eye on the
most diverse sights. Rustic life, particularly, in-
spires some of his healthiest and most beautiful
ideas : Le chemin creux, Aux champs, and La Vache
et la Monche, for example. Then he will turn to
the brave Bretons, dealing most feelingly with the
maternal side. Then, again, we have the life of
Paris, whose multiple spectacles he knows and
shows: balls, theatres, restaurants, and streets.
In each and all his true and beautiful view of
things finds free play.
BY C. SPICER-SIMSON
A new group of artists, styling themselves
" Certains," has been displaying a charming col-
lection of works, first and foremost among them
being the water-colours of M. Gaston Prunier, who,
as may be remembered, was the faithful notator of
certain aspects of Paris, especially those of the
and a case of beautiful glass and crystal by Dufrene. Exhibition of 1900. In this instance he shows us
All these things add to the charm of a delightful lovely and warmly-felt visions—most richly treated
exhibition, and one will hope that " Les Arts —of the Cotes de Bretagne, alternately grey and
Reunis " may have many such displays. sunlit. His near neighbour, the sculptor Dejean,
Artists too often organise
ensemble exhibitions, which
reveal nothing of a painter's
progress, and simply serve
to convince one of the
uselessness of experiments
of this sort. Such, how-
ever, is not the case with
M. Louis Legrand, an
artist whose gift is alto-
gether personal. He
displayed recently in
Georges Petit's gallery a
large number of works,
which show him to be an
artist of varied methods.
We saw him here as
painter, as draughtsman, '-danseusbs s'habillant" by louis legrand
and as engraver. Frankly, (In the Collection of M. 0. Saiml-re)
263
I do not admire his paintings without reserve.
Sometimes I find them extravagant in their force,
and there are occasions on which the artist indulges
in an unpleasant accumulation of material. On
the other hand, his observation is so accurate that
he may be expected to make considerable progress
in this direction.
As draughtsman, as pastellist, and as engraver
he is almost final. Even after Degas he has found
something new in the danseuse, whom he has
" caught" with incomparable boldness of line in
his pastels. Indeed, he has turned his eye on the
most diverse sights. Rustic life, particularly, in-
spires some of his healthiest and most beautiful
ideas : Le chemin creux, Aux champs, and La Vache
et la Monche, for example. Then he will turn to
the brave Bretons, dealing most feelingly with the
maternal side. Then, again, we have the life of
Paris, whose multiple spectacles he knows and
shows: balls, theatres, restaurants, and streets.
In each and all his true and beautiful view of
things finds free play.
BY C. SPICER-SIMSON
A new group of artists, styling themselves
" Certains," has been displaying a charming col-
lection of works, first and foremost among them
being the water-colours of M. Gaston Prunier, who,
as may be remembered, was the faithful notator of
certain aspects of Paris, especially those of the
and a case of beautiful glass and crystal by Dufrene. Exhibition of 1900. In this instance he shows us
All these things add to the charm of a delightful lovely and warmly-felt visions—most richly treated
exhibition, and one will hope that " Les Arts —of the Cotes de Bretagne, alternately grey and
Reunis " may have many such displays. sunlit. His near neighbour, the sculptor Dejean,
Artists too often organise
ensemble exhibitions, which
reveal nothing of a painter's
progress, and simply serve
to convince one of the
uselessness of experiments
of this sort. Such, how-
ever, is not the case with
M. Louis Legrand, an
artist whose gift is alto-
gether personal. He
displayed recently in
Georges Petit's gallery a
large number of works,
which show him to be an
artist of varied methods.
We saw him here as
painter, as draughtsman, '-danseusbs s'habillant" by louis legrand
and as engraver. Frankly, (In the Collection of M. 0. Saiml-re)
263