DOI Heft:
No. 300 (March 1918)
DOI Artikel:Marriott, Charles: Recent drawings by Walter Bayes, A.R.W.S.
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21356#0070
Recent Paintings by JValter Bayes, A.R.IV.S.
the artist with brains. On the one hand he will of painting which is not only individual and
be less encouraged as a " luxury " tradesman, happily " placed," as between a realistic and a
and on the other he will be asked to take a far decorative interpretation of nature, but is
larger part in the practical amelioration of peculiarly well adapted to the needs and con-
everyday life. That is where such an artist as ditions of life as it is lived to-day—an important
Mr. Bayes will come in. The case will be put advantage, often overlooked. The picture ob-
to him, as to a technical expert, and he will be viously painted for exhibition is not the only
trusted to make a good job of it. All this, of picture that is out of touch with life. There are
course, will only be a deliberate return to pictures that seem to imply for their setting
conditions that were once a commonplace of the stuffy dining-room or overcrowded drawing-
artistic occupation. room that most of us have outgrown; and,
That enables us to look at Mr. Bayes at closer on the other hand, there are pictures that cry
quarters. Possibly in part because he is well out for the cave that few of us, even the
known to be a member of a distinguished family youngest, would seriously prefer. The pictures
of craftsmen and women, his work always strikes of Mr. Bayes assume the domestic interior that
one as being far more the
a ^bsse^s^
pose for which the par-
ticular piece of work
was required. Whether
or not this was actually MM- WKV.' 'r**ff?'ff^- - «*~-
the case does not affect g jt ■ _JBS§BL ' , ^■^BMafe^8^jlff*n,Tii
the question; the point 'wfr ■ \?'
is^ that his work is re- (SSW^^^-' ^j^HIP^^Hj
weaknesses that have ap- i.^HH^. PBr^^^^^^^l^
peared in art since the ^ . <t
At the same time it ,■..&T_, r ■ . Ka ' ^
has a full share of the
it more elastic. !: TvV ■Mmntim/tr
In practice he has ar- - ~" ' • -™
rived at a general style "conversation on a beach' by walter bayes, a.r.w.s.
64
the artist with brains. On the one hand he will of painting which is not only individual and
be less encouraged as a " luxury " tradesman, happily " placed," as between a realistic and a
and on the other he will be asked to take a far decorative interpretation of nature, but is
larger part in the practical amelioration of peculiarly well adapted to the needs and con-
everyday life. That is where such an artist as ditions of life as it is lived to-day—an important
Mr. Bayes will come in. The case will be put advantage, often overlooked. The picture ob-
to him, as to a technical expert, and he will be viously painted for exhibition is not the only
trusted to make a good job of it. All this, of picture that is out of touch with life. There are
course, will only be a deliberate return to pictures that seem to imply for their setting
conditions that were once a commonplace of the stuffy dining-room or overcrowded drawing-
artistic occupation. room that most of us have outgrown; and,
That enables us to look at Mr. Bayes at closer on the other hand, there are pictures that cry
quarters. Possibly in part because he is well out for the cave that few of us, even the
known to be a member of a distinguished family youngest, would seriously prefer. The pictures
of craftsmen and women, his work always strikes of Mr. Bayes assume the domestic interior that
one as being far more the
a ^bsse^s^
pose for which the par-
ticular piece of work
was required. Whether
or not this was actually MM- WKV.' 'r**ff?'ff^- - «*~-
the case does not affect g jt ■ _JBS§BL ' , ^■^BMafe^8^jlff*n,Tii
the question; the point 'wfr ■ \?'
is^ that his work is re- (SSW^^^-' ^j^HIP^^Hj
weaknesses that have ap- i.^HH^. PBr^^^^^^^l^
peared in art since the ^ . <t
At the same time it ,■..&T_, r ■ . Ka ' ^
has a full share of the
it more elastic. !: TvV ■Mmntim/tr
In practice he has ar- - ~" ' • -™
rived at a general style "conversation on a beach' by walter bayes, a.r.w.s.
64