DOI Heft:
No. 163 (October, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Halton, Ernest G.: The collection of Mr. Alexander Young, [1]: the Corots
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0040
The Alexander Yoimg Collection—/. The Corots
his infallible sense of colour,
harmony, and, above all,
his poetic rendering of
nature, he stands with the
greatest masters of the
brush.
Unfortunately the oppor-
tunities of studying Corot
in London are very limited,
but Mr. Young was always
ready to lend his pictures
to public exhibitions, and
some of the works men-
tioned above will be re-
"the pond" by j. b. c. corot membered as having been
on view at the Guildhall
do not remember ever having seen the finished Art Gallery. It is hoped that Messrs. Agnew
picture. Painted on a very coarse canvas, as will may exhibit a selection of the more important
be seen in the reproduction (p. 21), the Pond Near pictures in the collection during the present
a Farm possesses a certain breadth of treatment month, and the public will then have an
and an almost entire absence of detail which opportunity of seeing some of these beautiful
attracts attention. There is atmosphere and light Corots, besides some of the fine works by other
together with an effective scheme of colour. In artists.
strong contrast to this is The Well (p. 22), which Mr. Young stipulated, when selling his collection,
is characterised by careful and precise drawing of that certain of the pictures should be offered to the
the details. This is probably the earliest work by nation before being disposed of in the ordinary
Corot in the collection. way, but up to the present we have not heard of
The pictures mentioned in this article com- any move on the part of the authorities, while the
prise only one-half of the Corots in this unique National Art Collections Fund can hardly be
collection, but we have endeavoured to refer to all expected to give any very substantial aid so soon
those of chief importance. From these notes and after its strenuous efforts to raise the necessary
the accompanying reproductions it will be seen that amount for the " Rokeby" Velasquez. It is, however,
the master is represented almost entirely by works sincerely to be hoped that at least one of these
illustrating the more important phases of his art. splendid examples of Corot's art may be secured
It is generally admitted that his range of subject for our national collection. E. G. Halton.
was limited and his out-
look on life restricted; and .
that this statement is not
without foundation is ap-
parent in considering this
large group of his works.
At the same time he was
one of the first and greatest
exponents of romantic land-
scape painting, and his in.
fluence is unmistakably
seen in the higher forms
of modern landscape art.
On his own ground there
have been none who could
approach him, and in his
powers of selection, com-
position and expression, his
wonderful feeling for tone, "the fisherman" by j. b. c. corot
his infallible sense of colour,
harmony, and, above all,
his poetic rendering of
nature, he stands with the
greatest masters of the
brush.
Unfortunately the oppor-
tunities of studying Corot
in London are very limited,
but Mr. Young was always
ready to lend his pictures
to public exhibitions, and
some of the works men-
tioned above will be re-
"the pond" by j. b. c. corot membered as having been
on view at the Guildhall
do not remember ever having seen the finished Art Gallery. It is hoped that Messrs. Agnew
picture. Painted on a very coarse canvas, as will may exhibit a selection of the more important
be seen in the reproduction (p. 21), the Pond Near pictures in the collection during the present
a Farm possesses a certain breadth of treatment month, and the public will then have an
and an almost entire absence of detail which opportunity of seeing some of these beautiful
attracts attention. There is atmosphere and light Corots, besides some of the fine works by other
together with an effective scheme of colour. In artists.
strong contrast to this is The Well (p. 22), which Mr. Young stipulated, when selling his collection,
is characterised by careful and precise drawing of that certain of the pictures should be offered to the
the details. This is probably the earliest work by nation before being disposed of in the ordinary
Corot in the collection. way, but up to the present we have not heard of
The pictures mentioned in this article com- any move on the part of the authorities, while the
prise only one-half of the Corots in this unique National Art Collections Fund can hardly be
collection, but we have endeavoured to refer to all expected to give any very substantial aid so soon
those of chief importance. From these notes and after its strenuous efforts to raise the necessary
the accompanying reproductions it will be seen that amount for the " Rokeby" Velasquez. It is, however,
the master is represented almost entirely by works sincerely to be hoped that at least one of these
illustrating the more important phases of his art. splendid examples of Corot's art may be secured
It is generally admitted that his range of subject for our national collection. E. G. Halton.
was limited and his out-
look on life restricted; and .
that this statement is not
without foundation is ap-
parent in considering this
large group of his works.
At the same time he was
one of the first and greatest
exponents of romantic land-
scape painting, and his in.
fluence is unmistakably
seen in the higher forms
of modern landscape art.
On his own ground there
have been none who could
approach him, and in his
powers of selection, com-
position and expression, his
wonderful feeling for tone, "the fisherman" by j. b. c. corot