DOI issue:
No. 163 (October, 1906)
DOI article:Halton, Ernest G.: The collection of Mr. Alexander Young, [1]: the Corots
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0038
The Alexander Young Collection—/. The Corots
Quite different in senti-
ment is Primroses (oppo-
site), with its delicate
tones of silvery grey. Here
everything is fresh and
beautiful; the softly waver-
ing taes^, ^e cool^ green
of light in this little pic-
"primroses" by j. b. c. corot ture ; indeed, it seems as if
the spirit of a bright spring
Near Fontainebleau (p. 16), though quite a morning had entered into it.
small canvas, is very broadly handled, the trees in Among the less important works we noticed
the centre being particularly interesting in this The Watering Place (p. 6), a small sketch, large in
respect. The motif is, the same as in several of the treatment, and chiefly remarkable for the delicate
pictures already described, but the execution is tints of the light clouds in the sky. Even in these
somewhat different. As an example of romantic sketches we cannot fail to notice how Corot, in his
impressionism, if such a term is permissible, it is own inimitable manner, introduced his figures into
exceedingly interesting. An atmosphere of quiet the composition merely as a subsidiary part of the
repose pervades the scene, giving to it a touch of whole. Never does he give undue prominence to
melancholy which has a certain charm of its own, them, and yet the picture would seem incomplete
a charm not entirely appreciated until the picture without them. The Landscape Sketch (p. u) is
has been seen two or three times. well balanced, and was evidently done direct from
Conceived in the spirit of romanticism too is nature, and as such it has its interest. It was
The Pond (p. 20), a work fine in quality and probably a note of an effect which the artist made,
admirably composed. Without any suggestion of intending to carry it out at a later period, but we
mannerism, it is neverthe-
less a typical example
of that phase of Corot's art
with which the public is
most familiar. A sense of
mystery reigns over these
dark, shadowy depths, while
a certain grandeur of ex-
pression adds to the effect.
The whole scene is bathed
in a vaporous atmosphere
which subdues all local
colour, giving to the canvas
a rich, harmonious quality
altogether agreeable. The
light in the sky penetrating
the thick foliage is just
sufficient to emphasise the
darker portions of the pic-
ture without interfering
with the general scheme. "the chateau de pierrefonds " by j. b. c. corot,
18
Quite different in senti-
ment is Primroses (oppo-
site), with its delicate
tones of silvery grey. Here
everything is fresh and
beautiful; the softly waver-
ing taes^, ^e cool^ green
of light in this little pic-
"primroses" by j. b. c. corot ture ; indeed, it seems as if
the spirit of a bright spring
Near Fontainebleau (p. 16), though quite a morning had entered into it.
small canvas, is very broadly handled, the trees in Among the less important works we noticed
the centre being particularly interesting in this The Watering Place (p. 6), a small sketch, large in
respect. The motif is, the same as in several of the treatment, and chiefly remarkable for the delicate
pictures already described, but the execution is tints of the light clouds in the sky. Even in these
somewhat different. As an example of romantic sketches we cannot fail to notice how Corot, in his
impressionism, if such a term is permissible, it is own inimitable manner, introduced his figures into
exceedingly interesting. An atmosphere of quiet the composition merely as a subsidiary part of the
repose pervades the scene, giving to it a touch of whole. Never does he give undue prominence to
melancholy which has a certain charm of its own, them, and yet the picture would seem incomplete
a charm not entirely appreciated until the picture without them. The Landscape Sketch (p. u) is
has been seen two or three times. well balanced, and was evidently done direct from
Conceived in the spirit of romanticism too is nature, and as such it has its interest. It was
The Pond (p. 20), a work fine in quality and probably a note of an effect which the artist made,
admirably composed. Without any suggestion of intending to carry it out at a later period, but we
mannerism, it is neverthe-
less a typical example
of that phase of Corot's art
with which the public is
most familiar. A sense of
mystery reigns over these
dark, shadowy depths, while
a certain grandeur of ex-
pression adds to the effect.
The whole scene is bathed
in a vaporous atmosphere
which subdues all local
colour, giving to the canvas
a rich, harmonious quality
altogether agreeable. The
light in the sky penetrating
the thick foliage is just
sufficient to emphasise the
darker portions of the pic-
ture without interfering
with the general scheme. "the chateau de pierrefonds " by j. b. c. corot,
18