DOI Heft:
No. 292 (July 1917)
DOI Artikel:Finch, Arthur: The paintings of Joseph Southall
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21263#0069
The Paintings of Joseph Southall
BERTHA
HOPE
That the essentials of
art are unchangeable, the
work of Joseph Southall
demonstrates. To delight
men and women a pic-
ture must be beautifully
painted, and the form
must be lovely in its
lucid outline. That is all
the art-lover looks for.
This artist rarely fails in
these two essentials; his
miniatures, as well as
the larger panel pictures,
embody these points.
There are no brilliant
effects ; but his media do
allow for rich translu-
cence of colour. His art
keys are tone, clear out-
line, and meritable
draughtsmanship. Thus
he is of the fraternity of
the Early Florentines.
His work is not of the
ephemeral class. Care in
the selection of his pig-
ments, especially of the
body colours, and his own
grinding of them, their
selection for purity and
permanency, will ensure
long life for his work.
~—-m Proposed Monument
to General Gallieni in
"A PORTRAIT FROM THE TEMPERA PAINTING BY JOSEPH E. SOUTHALL
Madagascar. We have
received from Madagascar
learned the use of this medium at the feet of brief particulars of a competition which has
Joseph Southall. What success has attended recently been organized for the purpose of pro-
its adoption is due entirely to his patient, curing designs for a monument in honour of
unrelenting research into the lost art of the General Gallieni, formerly Governor of the
Primitives; and of the decorative school island. The monument, the cost of which is to
carrying on Pre-Raphaelite traditions he is be defrayed by public subscription, is to be
pre-eminent. erected in Antananarivo, the capital, and the
It was, I think, Sir Martin Conway who said documents necessary for the guidance of artists
somewhere that " a picture one can describe in regard to location, etc., will in due course
is not likely to be good picture." Whether this be sent to France. The competition will remain
generalization is true or not, the definition often open for a year after peace is concluded, and a
applies to this artist's work. Description full programme may be obtained on application
proves insufficient; the decorative composi- to M. A. J. Bourdariat, President du Comite
tions in particular elude the narrator's medium ; Central d'Execution du Monument Gallieni, Rue
they grip the beholder's imagination. Berge, Tananarive, Madagascar.
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BERTHA
HOPE
That the essentials of
art are unchangeable, the
work of Joseph Southall
demonstrates. To delight
men and women a pic-
ture must be beautifully
painted, and the form
must be lovely in its
lucid outline. That is all
the art-lover looks for.
This artist rarely fails in
these two essentials; his
miniatures, as well as
the larger panel pictures,
embody these points.
There are no brilliant
effects ; but his media do
allow for rich translu-
cence of colour. His art
keys are tone, clear out-
line, and meritable
draughtsmanship. Thus
he is of the fraternity of
the Early Florentines.
His work is not of the
ephemeral class. Care in
the selection of his pig-
ments, especially of the
body colours, and his own
grinding of them, their
selection for purity and
permanency, will ensure
long life for his work.
~—-m Proposed Monument
to General Gallieni in
"A PORTRAIT FROM THE TEMPERA PAINTING BY JOSEPH E. SOUTHALL
Madagascar. We have
received from Madagascar
learned the use of this medium at the feet of brief particulars of a competition which has
Joseph Southall. What success has attended recently been organized for the purpose of pro-
its adoption is due entirely to his patient, curing designs for a monument in honour of
unrelenting research into the lost art of the General Gallieni, formerly Governor of the
Primitives; and of the decorative school island. The monument, the cost of which is to
carrying on Pre-Raphaelite traditions he is be defrayed by public subscription, is to be
pre-eminent. erected in Antananarivo, the capital, and the
It was, I think, Sir Martin Conway who said documents necessary for the guidance of artists
somewhere that " a picture one can describe in regard to location, etc., will in due course
is not likely to be good picture." Whether this be sent to France. The competition will remain
generalization is true or not, the definition often open for a year after peace is concluded, and a
applies to this artist's work. Description full programme may be obtained on application
proves insufficient; the decorative composi- to M. A. J. Bourdariat, President du Comite
tions in particular elude the narrator's medium ; Central d'Execution du Monument Gallieni, Rue
they grip the beholder's imagination. Berge, Tananarive, Madagascar.
53