DOI Heft:
No. 260 (November 1914)
DOI Artikel:West, W. K.: A South African painter: R. Gwelo Goodman
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21211#0115
P. Gwelo Goodman, Painter
In 1898 he came to London, where he has made
his headquarters ever since; and in 1899 he
appeared for the first time at the Royal Academy
—he exhibited three pictures in that year—and
again in 1900 he showed a large canvas, The Diver,
in which he handled with marked success theproblem
of flesh painting in the air. His work attracted
immediate attention : unlike most painters, who
have to build up a reputation by slow and painful
stages, he made good his claim to consideration at
once, and as the years have gone on his reputation
has steadily advanced. He ranks now among the
ablest of our younger painters of landscape and
open-air subjects, for though at first he produced
several figure pictures and some portraits, he has
latterly devoted himself almost entirely to landscape.
That his work is very widely appreciated is made
evident enough by the large number of his paintings
which have already found their way into public
galleries in England and abroad, and by the still
larger number which have been acquired by private
collectors. He is represented in the Liverpool,
Dudley, Southport, Huddersfield, and Oldham
municipal collections as well as in the galleries at
Toronto, Ottawa, and Cape Town ; he has a host
of admirers who seem always ready to back their
opinion of his pictures in the most practical manner
possible ; and that his fellow artists think well of him
is shown plainly by the prominent positions given
to the things he sends to the more important
exhibitions. Altogether, there can be no doubt
that he is to be counted as a definitely prominent
figure in the art world of to-day.
There is, however, not the least reason for
surprise at his success. The position he has earned
is honestly due to him as a reward for his ex-
ceptional capacity, his amazing energy, and his
remarkable originality and independence of outlook.
He has a masterly control over details of technical
practice, and his skill in handling various mediums
is especially satisfying—the decision and freedom
of his oil-paintings, the breadth and certainty of his
water-colours, and the freshness and power of his
pastel paintings claim the sincerest approval. He
"THE GREAT BEYOND—DARJEELING " BY R- GWELO GOODMAN
I IO
In 1898 he came to London, where he has made
his headquarters ever since; and in 1899 he
appeared for the first time at the Royal Academy
—he exhibited three pictures in that year—and
again in 1900 he showed a large canvas, The Diver,
in which he handled with marked success theproblem
of flesh painting in the air. His work attracted
immediate attention : unlike most painters, who
have to build up a reputation by slow and painful
stages, he made good his claim to consideration at
once, and as the years have gone on his reputation
has steadily advanced. He ranks now among the
ablest of our younger painters of landscape and
open-air subjects, for though at first he produced
several figure pictures and some portraits, he has
latterly devoted himself almost entirely to landscape.
That his work is very widely appreciated is made
evident enough by the large number of his paintings
which have already found their way into public
galleries in England and abroad, and by the still
larger number which have been acquired by private
collectors. He is represented in the Liverpool,
Dudley, Southport, Huddersfield, and Oldham
municipal collections as well as in the galleries at
Toronto, Ottawa, and Cape Town ; he has a host
of admirers who seem always ready to back their
opinion of his pictures in the most practical manner
possible ; and that his fellow artists think well of him
is shown plainly by the prominent positions given
to the things he sends to the more important
exhibitions. Altogether, there can be no doubt
that he is to be counted as a definitely prominent
figure in the art world of to-day.
There is, however, not the least reason for
surprise at his success. The position he has earned
is honestly due to him as a reward for his ex-
ceptional capacity, his amazing energy, and his
remarkable originality and independence of outlook.
He has a masterly control over details of technical
practice, and his skill in handling various mediums
is especially satisfying—the decision and freedom
of his oil-paintings, the breadth and certainty of his
water-colours, and the freshness and power of his
pastel paintings claim the sincerest approval. He
"THE GREAT BEYOND—DARJEELING " BY R- GWELO GOODMAN
I IO