DOI issue:
No. 164 (November, 1906)
DOI article:Halton, Ernest G.: The collection of Mr. Alexander Young, [2]: the Daubignys
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0134
The Alexander Young Collection—II. The Daubignys
the picture is not easily understood. It is indeed
a work which requires considerable contemplation
before its real beauties can be fully appreciated.
Amongst the other river scenes specially notice-
able was Les Laveuses (page 102), a striking study
of river and sky with figures and trees introduced
with remarkable skill. It is broad in treatment
and is evidently a direct study from Nature.
Another picture, Inundation (page 100), with its
grey watery sky reflected in the muddy river, is not
so harmonious in colouring, the rich green of the
trees contrasting too strongly with the sombre tones
of the sky and water. The colour scheme of Les
Bords de la Riviere (page 101) is more pleasing,
and there is a strong feeling of freshness and the
open air which attracts. The painting of the fore-
" THE RIFT IN THE CLOUD "
114
BY C. F. DAUBIGNY
the picture is not easily understood. It is indeed
a work which requires considerable contemplation
before its real beauties can be fully appreciated.
Amongst the other river scenes specially notice-
able was Les Laveuses (page 102), a striking study
of river and sky with figures and trees introduced
with remarkable skill. It is broad in treatment
and is evidently a direct study from Nature.
Another picture, Inundation (page 100), with its
grey watery sky reflected in the muddy river, is not
so harmonious in colouring, the rich green of the
trees contrasting too strongly with the sombre tones
of the sky and water. The colour scheme of Les
Bords de la Riviere (page 101) is more pleasing,
and there is a strong feeling of freshness and the
open air which attracts. The painting of the fore-
" THE RIFT IN THE CLOUD "
114
BY C. F. DAUBIGNY