DOI Heft:
No. 155 (February, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Halton, Ernest G.: Independent British art at Messrs. Agnew's
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20714#0046
Independent British Art at Messrs. Agnews
portrait of a lady holding a dog. This picture, cellent setting, while the sunlit field in the back-
bearing the title L'Entente Cordiale, shows to ground adds to the general impression of a bright
advantage all those qualities which stamp the midsummer day. The painting is direct and force-
artist as one of the most distinguished portrait- ful and the brushwork free and strong. Equally
painters of our time. That he is a master of successful is Mr. William Orpen's Washhouse, of
technique is especially obvious in the skilful hand- which we give a coloured plate. This picture dis-
ling of the shot-silk dress. The colour scheme, plays undoubted skill in the handling of deep,
an arrangement in violet and gold, is interesting warm shadows and the subtle gradation of tones,
and agreeable, while the posing of the figure is The colouring is rich and of fine quality, but per-
natural and unaffected. The second work by the haps the most striking feature of this excellent work
same artist is a portrait of a young girl seated is the treatment of the figure in the foreground,
holding a cat. Though not so important as the Both as regards the drawing and colour it is
Entente Cordiale, it attracts by its simplicity and skilfully executed, while the artist has cleverly
freshness. overcome the difficulties due to the awkwardness
Summer-time, by Mr. Wilson Steer, is one of the of the pose,
most successful canvases this intensely individual Mr. Charles Conder's La Belle Antonia can
artist has produced. From a decorative point of hardly be said to show the high decorative qualities
view it is an admirable achievement, and the we are accustomed to look for in the work of this
figure possesses a certain touch of piquancy which artist. It exhibits, however, all his fine feeling for
adds greatly to its attractiveness. The delicate colour, the blue and pink of the lady's dress and
shades of the pale-green dress are enhanced by the the red tunic of the man being especially fine
deeper tones of the creeper which forms an ex- in quality. The flesh tint is not very agreeable
"by the arran sea"
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by charles sims
portrait of a lady holding a dog. This picture, cellent setting, while the sunlit field in the back-
bearing the title L'Entente Cordiale, shows to ground adds to the general impression of a bright
advantage all those qualities which stamp the midsummer day. The painting is direct and force-
artist as one of the most distinguished portrait- ful and the brushwork free and strong. Equally
painters of our time. That he is a master of successful is Mr. William Orpen's Washhouse, of
technique is especially obvious in the skilful hand- which we give a coloured plate. This picture dis-
ling of the shot-silk dress. The colour scheme, plays undoubted skill in the handling of deep,
an arrangement in violet and gold, is interesting warm shadows and the subtle gradation of tones,
and agreeable, while the posing of the figure is The colouring is rich and of fine quality, but per-
natural and unaffected. The second work by the haps the most striking feature of this excellent work
same artist is a portrait of a young girl seated is the treatment of the figure in the foreground,
holding a cat. Though not so important as the Both as regards the drawing and colour it is
Entente Cordiale, it attracts by its simplicity and skilfully executed, while the artist has cleverly
freshness. overcome the difficulties due to the awkwardness
Summer-time, by Mr. Wilson Steer, is one of the of the pose,
most successful canvases this intensely individual Mr. Charles Conder's La Belle Antonia can
artist has produced. From a decorative point of hardly be said to show the high decorative qualities
view it is an admirable achievement, and the we are accustomed to look for in the work of this
figure possesses a certain touch of piquancy which artist. It exhibits, however, all his fine feeling for
adds greatly to its attractiveness. The delicate colour, the blue and pink of the lady's dress and
shades of the pale-green dress are enhanced by the the red tunic of the man being especially fine
deeper tones of the creeper which forms an ex- in quality. The flesh tint is not very agreeable
"by the arran sea"
26
by charles sims