The Collection of Mr. Denys Hague
masterly painting of the sky and water and the istic, and beautiful in its tonality, its luminosity,
judicious management of the light and shade and in the spirit of enchantment and mystery
are worthy of careful study. which pervades the whole composition. These
Few artists have rendered the beauties of two pictures belong to the artist's second Venice
Paris and its surroundings with such instinctive series and were completed in 1907. They were
charm and refinement of vision as Lepine, and included in the special exhibition held that year
Mr. Denys Hague is the fortunate possessor of at the Goupil Gallery in Regent Street, London,
eighteen of his works. Indeed, it may be said and also figured at the Paris Salon in the same
that in this remarkably interesting series and year. Other delightful works by Le Sidaner
in the eight notable examples of the work of in the collection are La Salute, Matin d'Hiver,
Le Sidaner lies the chief claim of the collection Venise, a misty effect; The Canal, Bruges ;
to distinction. Of the Lepines one painting, and Houses on the Canal, Moonlight.
Near Paris, has been selected for illustration Two works by Fantin Latour well display
(P- 37)- In this small landscape breathes the his wonderful gifts as a painter of flowers,
spirit of the poet. The beauty of the delicate Technically they are fine achievements and in
light of the evening sky is accentuated by the them is expressed the artist's sympathetic
rich colouring and tonality of the foreground. feeling for his subject. Two pastels by Leon
It may not be so characteristic as some of the Lhermitte and a small painting of a farmyard
other paintings by Lepine in the collection, but by Adolphe Hervier complete the French
it is undoubtedly the most arresting. pictures in the collection.
The subtle charm of the art of Le Sidaner was Of the examples of the Modern Dutch School
never more impressively
displayed than in the
eight canvases just re-
ferred to. The particular
technique this artist em-
ploys enables him to
render with sympathetic
touch his impressions
(perhaps one should say
his reveries) and to wrap
them in a veil of mystery
and romance, informing
them with a beauty which
is irresistible in its appeal.
The qualities which dis-
tinguish the work of Le
Sidaner from that of any
other artist present con-
siderable difficult}- to the
engraver, and the paint-
ing shown here in colours,
Le Palais Blanc, Automne,
Venise (p. 39), has been
chosen, not because it is
considered the finest
example, but because it
lends itself more readily
to reproduction than any
of the other works. Place
St.Marc ,Creftuscule ,V'enise
(p. 38), is more important
as it is more character- "silvery waters" by James maris
42
masterly painting of the sky and water and the istic, and beautiful in its tonality, its luminosity,
judicious management of the light and shade and in the spirit of enchantment and mystery
are worthy of careful study. which pervades the whole composition. These
Few artists have rendered the beauties of two pictures belong to the artist's second Venice
Paris and its surroundings with such instinctive series and were completed in 1907. They were
charm and refinement of vision as Lepine, and included in the special exhibition held that year
Mr. Denys Hague is the fortunate possessor of at the Goupil Gallery in Regent Street, London,
eighteen of his works. Indeed, it may be said and also figured at the Paris Salon in the same
that in this remarkably interesting series and year. Other delightful works by Le Sidaner
in the eight notable examples of the work of in the collection are La Salute, Matin d'Hiver,
Le Sidaner lies the chief claim of the collection Venise, a misty effect; The Canal, Bruges ;
to distinction. Of the Lepines one painting, and Houses on the Canal, Moonlight.
Near Paris, has been selected for illustration Two works by Fantin Latour well display
(P- 37)- In this small landscape breathes the his wonderful gifts as a painter of flowers,
spirit of the poet. The beauty of the delicate Technically they are fine achievements and in
light of the evening sky is accentuated by the them is expressed the artist's sympathetic
rich colouring and tonality of the foreground. feeling for his subject. Two pastels by Leon
It may not be so characteristic as some of the Lhermitte and a small painting of a farmyard
other paintings by Lepine in the collection, but by Adolphe Hervier complete the French
it is undoubtedly the most arresting. pictures in the collection.
The subtle charm of the art of Le Sidaner was Of the examples of the Modern Dutch School
never more impressively
displayed than in the
eight canvases just re-
ferred to. The particular
technique this artist em-
ploys enables him to
render with sympathetic
touch his impressions
(perhaps one should say
his reveries) and to wrap
them in a veil of mystery
and romance, informing
them with a beauty which
is irresistible in its appeal.
The qualities which dis-
tinguish the work of Le
Sidaner from that of any
other artist present con-
siderable difficult}- to the
engraver, and the paint-
ing shown here in colours,
Le Palais Blanc, Automne,
Venise (p. 39), has been
chosen, not because it is
considered the finest
example, but because it
lends itself more readily
to reproduction than any
of the other works. Place
St.Marc ,Creftuscule ,V'enise
(p. 38), is more important
as it is more character- "silvery waters" by James maris
42