Studio: international art (32.1904)

Reviews

but the example of his
style forming the frontis-
piece is hardly represen-
tative of impressionism.
It will be seen, therefore,
that this new historian of
the much-discussed move-
ment has his own prejudies,
for some of those he
includes amongst the elite
are not admired by cer-
tain of his fellow critics.
Many names—notably
that of Segantini—are con-
spicuous by their absence,
and the New English Art
Club, as well as the modern
Belgian Impressionist
school, are entirely ignored.
Another feature of the book
that is open to criticism is
the misleading inclusion

" A FINNISH FORTUNE-TELLER " BY JUHO RISSANEN amongst the illustrations of

works by Girtin, Boning-
ton, and Watts, who can

preach the doctrine of impressionism, particularly scarcely be included amongst the impressionists ;
in England, became the dominant ambition of Mr. and it would also have been a relief to find
Dewhurst's life; and he has since spent years in some less hackneyed Whistlers than the three
collecting everything that could bear upon the over-reproduced portraits. In spite of these slight
subject, contributing many articles, founded on the drawbacks, however, the volume is a most useful one,
information acquired, to art serials, some of which Its criticisms are thoroughly sound, and, although
are incorporated in this volume. The remainder of one of the chief peculiarities of impressionism is its
its contents represents the final and matured obstinate resistance to translation, the reproductions
result of what may be called an exceptionally of pictures are admirable. The quotations from the
thorough impressionist education. Beginning with opinions of other experts, given in the form of an
an able description of the first evolution of the appendix, are also most useful, if only to prove that
impressionist idea, this most enthusiastic author even now no final definition has yet been worked
passes on to consider the men he calls the fore- out of what impressionism really is.
runners: Jongkind, Boudin, and Cezanne; who William Adams: an Old English Potter.
are in their turn succeeded by Edouard Manet Edited by William Turner, F.S.S. (London :
and his immediate followers. Then come Pissarro, Chapman & Hall.) 30^. net.—The title of this
Renoir, Sisley, Carriere, Pointelin, and Maufra ; interesting and well illustrated volume is somewhat
the realist impressionists — Raffaelli, Degas, and misleading, for it deals not only with the chief person-
Toulouse-Lautrec. The concluding chapters deal ality of the famous Adams family, the founder of the
with a group of comparatively little-known women Greengates factory, but also with his namesakes—
painters; the younger men, Claus, Le Sidaner, William Adams of Burslem and William Adams
Besnard, and Didier - Pouget, who have only of Greenfield. Begun some years ago by a relation
recently become famous; the consideration of of the potters, the book was at first intended for
whose work is succeeded by a eulogy of private circulation only, but the scope of the enter-
Whistler, with whom it is somewhat of a prise gradually widened as materials accumulated,
surprise to find associated Alexander Harrison and in the end the services of Mr. William Turner,
and Childe Hassam. A short appreciation F.S.S., author of "The Ceramics of Swansea and
is also given of the one German re- Nantgarw," were secured, with the result that a
cognised by Mr. Dewhurst—Max Liebermann— standard work has been produced which will be
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