DOI issue:
No. 156 (March, 1906)
DOI article:The International Society's sixth annual Exhibition, [1]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20714#0133
The International Society s Exhibition. First Notice
to be attained. peculiarly his own. In this painting, and not in his
M. Cottet ex- reminiscent fans, as some think, Mr. Conder may be
hibited a trip- compared with Watteau ; for here, like Watteau,
tych, Au Pays he regards with romantic inspiration an ordinary
de la Mer, Re- scene, and like Watteau he is here an originator.
pas a Adieu, In Mr. Charles Ricketts' The Good Samaritan
Celles qui soni there was a Daumier-like treatment coupled with
restees, charac- lighting borrowed from some source which is not
terised by the nature. All its qualities seemed at first sight remini-
sombre, slightly scent more than actual, of art rather than of life,
pathetic note of but on looking closer we found virile execution
beauty that independent of modern conventions and tricks.
, The artist may be right in painting
allegory to escape life or to represent
it only in a glamour of artistic tra-
dition, but its obvious pedantry
seemed to us a pity.
The technique of M. Boldini,
amazing in its swift mastery and pre-
by alex. fisher ■ ■ cision, sometimes seems to carry that
painter into a kind of artistic bravado
seems a permanent quality in his which does not show him at his
work. best; such a case, we think, was his
In Mr. Lavery's The Ladies Evelyn portrait this year. M. Gaston La
and Norah Hely - Hutchinson the Touche in Le Mariage de Riquet
charm of femininity survived tech- ^i^^^^M^H^^B^ a la Houppe indulged in an effulgent
nique, as is seldom enough the case 11 fantasy of frankly artificial colour,
in modern portraiture of women. tablet hy alex. fisher
His portrait of The Bishop of Bir-
mingham was a unique combination
at once of some of the very best
traits of his art and of some of the
least pleasing.
In a little canvas by Mr. Anning
Bell, called The Palace Door, the
well-known decorative illustrator and
designer succeeded in a really poetic
rendering of his subject, united with
a purely painter-like conception of
it. His decorative instinct and
sensitive painting here went well pendant by alex. fisher
together. Mr. Conder gave us a river
scene overlooked by a terrace, the river painted with Mr. E. A.
much beauty in romantic light. Into this delicate Hornel still
fabric of natural fantasy was introduced a lady in a adhered to the
bright green dress. If she had come there as part same type of
of the fantasy we could have accepted her, for she subject, and
would have been different, but she was there as a any variety
fact no less important than that of actual portrai- that there was
ture, calling for an adherence to form which Mr. lay not in the
Conder had not given, and which he has yet to handling: in
prove to us would be antagonistic to his aims. In both his pic-
The Croquet Party the painter breathed freely in tures he had
an atmosphere of pure decoration, which has become contrived a pendant by alex. fisher
"3
to be attained. peculiarly his own. In this painting, and not in his
M. Cottet ex- reminiscent fans, as some think, Mr. Conder may be
hibited a trip- compared with Watteau ; for here, like Watteau,
tych, Au Pays he regards with romantic inspiration an ordinary
de la Mer, Re- scene, and like Watteau he is here an originator.
pas a Adieu, In Mr. Charles Ricketts' The Good Samaritan
Celles qui soni there was a Daumier-like treatment coupled with
restees, charac- lighting borrowed from some source which is not
terised by the nature. All its qualities seemed at first sight remini-
sombre, slightly scent more than actual, of art rather than of life,
pathetic note of but on looking closer we found virile execution
beauty that independent of modern conventions and tricks.
, The artist may be right in painting
allegory to escape life or to represent
it only in a glamour of artistic tra-
dition, but its obvious pedantry
seemed to us a pity.
The technique of M. Boldini,
amazing in its swift mastery and pre-
by alex. fisher ■ ■ cision, sometimes seems to carry that
painter into a kind of artistic bravado
seems a permanent quality in his which does not show him at his
work. best; such a case, we think, was his
In Mr. Lavery's The Ladies Evelyn portrait this year. M. Gaston La
and Norah Hely - Hutchinson the Touche in Le Mariage de Riquet
charm of femininity survived tech- ^i^^^^M^H^^B^ a la Houppe indulged in an effulgent
nique, as is seldom enough the case 11 fantasy of frankly artificial colour,
in modern portraiture of women. tablet hy alex. fisher
His portrait of The Bishop of Bir-
mingham was a unique combination
at once of some of the very best
traits of his art and of some of the
least pleasing.
In a little canvas by Mr. Anning
Bell, called The Palace Door, the
well-known decorative illustrator and
designer succeeded in a really poetic
rendering of his subject, united with
a purely painter-like conception of
it. His decorative instinct and
sensitive painting here went well pendant by alex. fisher
together. Mr. Conder gave us a river
scene overlooked by a terrace, the river painted with Mr. E. A.
much beauty in romantic light. Into this delicate Hornel still
fabric of natural fantasy was introduced a lady in a adhered to the
bright green dress. If she had come there as part same type of
of the fantasy we could have accepted her, for she subject, and
would have been different, but she was there as a any variety
fact no less important than that of actual portrai- that there was
ture, calling for an adherence to form which Mr. lay not in the
Conder had not given, and which he has yet to handling: in
prove to us would be antagonistic to his aims. In both his pic-
The Croquet Party the painter breathed freely in tures he had
an atmosphere of pure decoration, which has become contrived a pendant by alex. fisher
"3