Studio: international art (49.1910)

Albert Goodwin, R.IV.S.

shown the more effectively because each of these
reproductions illustrates a different phase of his
practice. The Westminster is not a representation
of a familiar London landmark or a piece of
painted topography; it is a record of a dramatic
episode in nature. The towers of the Houses of
Parliament certainly localise the scene, but they
add nothing to the real interest of a picture the
motive of which is purely the realisation of the

glories of an amazing sunset, and the setting forth
of the climax in a romance which nature has
invented. The Bristol, on the other hand, is not
a drama, but a decoration exquisitely adjusted
and lovely in its quiet grace—a pattern of delicately
treated lines which, despite its actual complexity,
has I the appearance of absolute simplicity. The
Boat Braider's Yard strikes yet another note, a
gentle note of nature’s poetry ; it has no intentional


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BY ALBERT GOODWIN, R.W.S.

CASTELLAMMARE

(In the possession of William Vivian, Esq.)