DOI issue:
No. 312 (March 1919)
DOI article:Salaman, Malcolm C.: The art of Miss Sibyl Meugens
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21357#0069
The Art of Miss Sibyl Meugens
the other, comfortably seated, being Confucius, singular beauty are the lines, the lines, especially,
the practical sage of social ideals. The sages of the face and the fall of the veil. The colour
of the East appeal to Miss Meugens's sense of too—the plum-coloured head-dress, the blue hair,
pictorial synthesis, one of her most remarkable the green and gold-spotted veil, with border of
studies being named The Sage, while The blue, terra-cotta, and black, the dress of blue and
Hypocrite is the title she gives to the subtly plum, the mouth of gold, and the background of
ironical portraiture of a priest hailing, one may black and silver. The colour-charm of Elaine
suppose, from the Near East. must be imagined from our black-and-white re-
The winsome little Burmese Girl must production; in the suggestive drawing of the
suffice now to represent Miss Meugens as a lace may be traced the value of the artist's full-
colourist, but I wish it had been possible to toned studies in still-life. So too in the grace of
reproduce in colours, instead of black-and-white, her decorative flower arrangements, two of which,
the Kama Rupa, which, not forgetting the Fuchsias and The Fig-Tree, are reproduced,
lovely Santa Maria, reaches, perhaps, the high- That Miss Meugens makes decorative use of
water mark of the artist's
achievement in the pre-
sent phase of her art. . www'^^Py^^:3l*TJpi-^P^y^
With its harmonious opu- pP ' ^^^fmmmtKl^^kfJKKBHSSmm jP
lence of colour and its \W^Mj^m%^"W \ JjHK
suave charm of line, it iIEERf dmrnKRW^mi TbagplB
is a picture of strange ■JWBi K .mUM BP^C^IHL
beauty that leaves you fP& Kwfci j^^BU»jj|fBp^HBBL
wondering, first as to its VHhI H^^|||Kj4MPj Wk ^m^KS^k
drawing that ^^J^HEMHHB^^^jBjHkS^^^HPF JHM
commands the suggestion **wm|||M ^^QtBa
of modelling with perfectly « tAHL tJH^^^HffiMBM^BOiiBffllltfVllB^B
flat tones, next as to its Jk JLjjfcJjtfc^^pBl fc\a»ft>. wtttp \jMBHHWi
significance. Who is this sm~£MS^3m WjrW-T^tmry^ t/tw _^0Yfw7lffl \\
beautiful woman with the ft^SHSSHn^HP^ilntaT^ j*m 11 ^Cmiffdffl^^Jflfffllfl ill
veiled eyes heavy-lidded, Wt^^SBBKu^W^fKK%.^H^j^wlB^k ffittNH 1
the full golden lips, and 1 .iSH BWWBBjMfc 'mSjtr mtJKNKk
the . swelling throat ? B^flyiitiJBpjjL ^Jff%!!plj||3BB^^b^^^^^**^^
" Kama Rupa " ? If you tflV^fBHHHI ^^^^"tSmB, MP^Ii^ffiiPM^lP' ™BHM
have a smattering of theo- KB V 4ttKKtKHm^UMF^i
sophy you may pluck out ft ' fjfgBVSg 4pSPa tAY ^t^^jMB|jEjFJBa|
the heart of her mystery. r '"'JHT" ]Hftl» iSbi i tS&tSUKBBF ^Bf^wL
She is Our Lady of De- yMf ' fJRm ^Bfc^Jftk ^Wfc' mm v^jHI
sire. She personifies the !2hhbl^)tjK |jlh« wfl
fourth of the seven" prin- K _ jm W^^By^^JBrT^tl^Bj
ciples " in man's (and \Jmj .* ^Aflha. .jiBBmiiiMl ifflMMMi™™™"
woman's) nature, as the ^BKr^mmaBtt Jmw^Hk
artist interprets theo- Bf tnBBESrwQt^'^^^^ ILmwm
sophist doctrine; this Hp mf |B^jQ^aP^M^HBft^J|KM^H||^^^^|
the " principle " of Desire, <AA A^y^P8® *^HhBI BBBWE^^BMbBlJ
the " principle " that can- jmrnkA j WL *mk^ ^^KpBftK jgJTJUH|jHR^^H
not reason, but can bring tmms4m\WTm fmk^^mr&!3F'
one anything from the far pPP^B ft ^oEv^Hr Jr*mm\ K^tF^KtmQI
ends of the world; she ItBHiBMB^ i^Pf^w JB BmH
represents, in fact, the BaiMWBLjftw^ wKh ^Hjfciii^^M
will to live and enjoy. HH ildk.frwJIiP'W^ BJ
But apart from occult WKBBT... 1. AmOm
meaning, the pictorial con- *""* "* l^*'***^-J^-~^-*"""""™*""""'
ception is charming. Of " the fig-tree " by sibyl meugens
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the other, comfortably seated, being Confucius, singular beauty are the lines, the lines, especially,
the practical sage of social ideals. The sages of the face and the fall of the veil. The colour
of the East appeal to Miss Meugens's sense of too—the plum-coloured head-dress, the blue hair,
pictorial synthesis, one of her most remarkable the green and gold-spotted veil, with border of
studies being named The Sage, while The blue, terra-cotta, and black, the dress of blue and
Hypocrite is the title she gives to the subtly plum, the mouth of gold, and the background of
ironical portraiture of a priest hailing, one may black and silver. The colour-charm of Elaine
suppose, from the Near East. must be imagined from our black-and-white re-
The winsome little Burmese Girl must production; in the suggestive drawing of the
suffice now to represent Miss Meugens as a lace may be traced the value of the artist's full-
colourist, but I wish it had been possible to toned studies in still-life. So too in the grace of
reproduce in colours, instead of black-and-white, her decorative flower arrangements, two of which,
the Kama Rupa, which, not forgetting the Fuchsias and The Fig-Tree, are reproduced,
lovely Santa Maria, reaches, perhaps, the high- That Miss Meugens makes decorative use of
water mark of the artist's
achievement in the pre-
sent phase of her art. . www'^^Py^^:3l*TJpi-^P^y^
With its harmonious opu- pP ' ^^^fmmmtKl^^kfJKKBHSSmm jP
lence of colour and its \W^Mj^m%^"W \ JjHK
suave charm of line, it iIEERf dmrnKRW^mi TbagplB
is a picture of strange ■JWBi K .mUM BP^C^IHL
beauty that leaves you fP& Kwfci j^^BU»jj|fBp^HBBL
wondering, first as to its VHhI H^^|||Kj4MPj Wk ^m^KS^k
drawing that ^^J^HEMHHB^^^jBjHkS^^^HPF JHM
commands the suggestion **wm|||M ^^QtBa
of modelling with perfectly « tAHL tJH^^^HffiMBM^BOiiBffllltfVllB^B
flat tones, next as to its Jk JLjjfcJjtfc^^pBl fc\a»ft>. wtttp \jMBHHWi
significance. Who is this sm~£MS^3m WjrW-T^tmry^ t/tw _^0Yfw7lffl \\
beautiful woman with the ft^SHSSHn^HP^ilntaT^ j*m 11 ^Cmiffdffl^^Jflfffllfl ill
veiled eyes heavy-lidded, Wt^^SBBKu^W^fKK%.^H^j^wlB^k ffittNH 1
the full golden lips, and 1 .iSH BWWBBjMfc 'mSjtr mtJKNKk
the . swelling throat ? B^flyiitiJBpjjL ^Jff%!!plj||3BB^^b^^^^^**^^
" Kama Rupa " ? If you tflV^fBHHHI ^^^^"tSmB, MP^Ii^ffiiPM^lP' ™BHM
have a smattering of theo- KB V 4ttKKtKHm^UMF^i
sophy you may pluck out ft ' fjfgBVSg 4pSPa tAY ^t^^jMB|jEjFJBa|
the heart of her mystery. r '"'JHT" ]Hftl» iSbi i tS&tSUKBBF ^Bf^wL
She is Our Lady of De- yMf ' fJRm ^Bfc^Jftk ^Wfc' mm v^jHI
sire. She personifies the !2hhbl^)tjK |jlh« wfl
fourth of the seven" prin- K _ jm W^^By^^JBrT^tl^Bj
ciples " in man's (and \Jmj .* ^Aflha. .jiBBmiiiMl ifflMMMi™™™"
woman's) nature, as the ^BKr^mmaBtt Jmw^Hk
artist interprets theo- Bf tnBBESrwQt^'^^^^ ILmwm
sophist doctrine; this Hp mf |B^jQ^aP^M^HBft^J|KM^H||^^^^|
the " principle " of Desire, <AA A^y^P8® *^HhBI BBBWE^^BMbBlJ
the " principle " that can- jmrnkA j WL *mk^ ^^KpBftK jgJTJUH|jHR^^H
not reason, but can bring tmms4m\WTm fmk^^mr&!3F'
one anything from the far pPP^B ft ^oEv^Hr Jr*mm\ K^tF^KtmQI
ends of the world; she ItBHiBMB^ i^Pf^w JB BmH
represents, in fact, the BaiMWBLjftw^ wKh ^Hjfciii^^M
will to live and enjoy. HH ildk.frwJIiP'W^ BJ
But apart from occult WKBBT... 1. AmOm
meaning, the pictorial con- *""* "* l^*'***^-J^-~^-*"""""™*""""'
ception is charming. Of " the fig-tree " by sibyl meugens
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