Studio: international art (57.1913)

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“THE HARROW

FROM A CHALK AND I’ASTEL DRAWING BY L. D. LUARD

notes, all of them little paramount
truths, executed with vigour
and excellent design, of animal
life. He seldom if ever misses the
character and action of the subjects
that arrest his pencil, the essence of
his power of detailed restraint being
most notable in his On the Top of the
Bank and The Seine in Winter. His
chalk and pastel drawing Pulling is a
typical example of an everyday occur-
rence in the building and rebuild-
ing of Paris and its surroundings.
In it Mr. Lua-rd has suggested the
sound of the boisterous whip-cracking,
as well as the energy of men and
submissive beasts, which again is so
well expressed in The Harrow.

It is in chalk and pastel that
Mr. Luard seems to attain
his most masterly achievements,
both mediums lending themselves
agreeably to the speed neces-
sary in depicting the fleeting move-
ments he so keenly observes. In his
small oil croquis, the same vitality
is never lacking, and many of them
formed part of a recent interesting
exhibition of his work held in the gal-
leries of Georges Petit. Though Mr.
Guard chiefly confines himself to the
study and painting of horses, he in
no way evinces narrowness of mind in
dealing with the widely different art of

BUST OF KING NICHOLAS I. OF MONTENEGRO

(See p. 162) BY PROF. RUDOLF VALDEC

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