DOI issue:
Nr. 181 (April 1908)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20777#0268
Studio-Talk
We have few examples of the artist’s
work done in the summer-time or in
bright daylight, perhaps because on
clear sunny days the Finnish colours
are peculiarly bard and cold. The
trees, the moss-covered rocks, even the
patches of meadow land are uncom-
promisingly vivid and clearly defined,
the outlines are sharp and the tran-
sitions abrupt, and the minutest details
seem to stand out clearly before you.
Even the blades of grass seem to chal-
lenge your attention and demand a
recognition of their independence.
PORTRAIT OF MISS J. STROM BY COUNT LOUIS SPARRE
When Nature in her gayer moods
leaves so little to the imagination, an
artist whose feeling is rather for the
subtle charm of suggestion than for the
stern reality of definite fact, and who
yet has a love of warm and beautiful
colours, can perhaps only find vent for
his genius by turning to portraiture. It
is not surprising, therefore, that Count
once more to painting grew so strong
that Count Sparre gave up his work in
Borga, and moved to Helsingfors to
seek the inspiration of a new environ-
ment and the more varied interests of
a larger town. In the spring of that
year he spent several months in
England, where he devoted himself
with great assiduity and enthusiasm to
his art. The pictures he painted about
this time are, peihaps, too studied, and
the detail in them is worked out with
too great conscientiousness, but the
sketches and etchings of fisher boats
made in the late afternoon or on misty
days are full of the subtle intangible
charm of the sea, and show the sure
hand and quick eye of the trained
artist. One of the best examples of
the artist’s ability to seize just the
right moment to perpetuate what he
sees is exemplified in his November
Twilight, when a view quite unlovely
in broad daylight becomes in a misty
twilight full of poetic suggestion. The
colour scheme of the picture is delight-
fully soft and harmonious.
“the spring brook”
BY COUNT LOUIS SPARRE
249
We have few examples of the artist’s
work done in the summer-time or in
bright daylight, perhaps because on
clear sunny days the Finnish colours
are peculiarly bard and cold. The
trees, the moss-covered rocks, even the
patches of meadow land are uncom-
promisingly vivid and clearly defined,
the outlines are sharp and the tran-
sitions abrupt, and the minutest details
seem to stand out clearly before you.
Even the blades of grass seem to chal-
lenge your attention and demand a
recognition of their independence.
PORTRAIT OF MISS J. STROM BY COUNT LOUIS SPARRE
When Nature in her gayer moods
leaves so little to the imagination, an
artist whose feeling is rather for the
subtle charm of suggestion than for the
stern reality of definite fact, and who
yet has a love of warm and beautiful
colours, can perhaps only find vent for
his genius by turning to portraiture. It
is not surprising, therefore, that Count
once more to painting grew so strong
that Count Sparre gave up his work in
Borga, and moved to Helsingfors to
seek the inspiration of a new environ-
ment and the more varied interests of
a larger town. In the spring of that
year he spent several months in
England, where he devoted himself
with great assiduity and enthusiasm to
his art. The pictures he painted about
this time are, peihaps, too studied, and
the detail in them is worked out with
too great conscientiousness, but the
sketches and etchings of fisher boats
made in the late afternoon or on misty
days are full of the subtle intangible
charm of the sea, and show the sure
hand and quick eye of the trained
artist. One of the best examples of
the artist’s ability to seize just the
right moment to perpetuate what he
sees is exemplified in his November
Twilight, when a view quite unlovely
in broad daylight becomes in a misty
twilight full of poetic suggestion. The
colour scheme of the picture is delight-
fully soft and harmonious.
“the spring brook”
BY COUNT LOUIS SPARRE
249