DOI Heft:
No. 313 (April 1919)
DOI Artikel:Gobert, Ernest E.: In memoriam: Henry Charles Vine
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21357#0116
In Memoriam: Henry Charles Vine
was another happy creation. He comes from
a little book entitled " The Goose and Garter "
written in the early days of 1914 and replete
with the whimsical fancies of its two illustrators.
If there is a flavour of literary anecdotalism in
some of the drawings it was supplied by their
originator. Reversing the usual procedure, he
would execute a number of drawings, and pass
them on to the literary member of the trio with
the request that a story should be written
around them. This method was somewhat
confusing at first, but with their long asso-
ciation became regarded as nothing unusual.
The majority of his more important drawings
are too crowded with delicate and intricate
ornament to admit of being adequately repro-
duced, but The Good, Ship " Umquhile " is a fair
example of work designedly decorative.
Those whom the Gods love, we are told, die
young, and if " Chum " Vine was one of these, he
was moreover beloved of men. The departure
of his virile personality has brought regret to
: the marquis de st. pol and his good dog many a heart, for whilst genius may be fully
' mutton cutlets."' pen drawing appreciated'only by the discerning minority,
perfect comradeship is an attribute within the
comprehension of all.
pletely expressed his individuality through that
medium. Vine owed nothing of his skill to
tuition. It was self-created and self-developed.
Whilst appreciating and studying largely the
work of others, he was hardly susceptible to
extraneous influence, either literary or artistic.
His fertile imagination was continually con-
centrated on the evolution of fresh types of
things animate and inanimate. A story en-
titled " Among the Weirds " afforded him a rich
field for experiment. He designed the weird
colony, here reproduced, and all its inhabitants,
a strange and wonderful collection of creatures,
displaying remarkable invention and detail.
Patient John and Impatient Henry illustrates
another motif, repeated with endless varia-
tions during the past few years. Camaraderie
was a great and precious thing to him which
he was never tired of symbolizing. Sometimes
the friends were depicted as members of the
road fraternity, at others as belonging to the
leisured classes and ambling along on ridiculously
proportioned ponies, their arms affectionately
twined round each other's necjk.
The Marquis de St. Pol, shown here with his
good dog "Mutton Cutlets" and his blunderbuss,
ioo
"patient john and impatient henry "
pen drawing by h. c. l. vine
was another happy creation. He comes from
a little book entitled " The Goose and Garter "
written in the early days of 1914 and replete
with the whimsical fancies of its two illustrators.
If there is a flavour of literary anecdotalism in
some of the drawings it was supplied by their
originator. Reversing the usual procedure, he
would execute a number of drawings, and pass
them on to the literary member of the trio with
the request that a story should be written
around them. This method was somewhat
confusing at first, but with their long asso-
ciation became regarded as nothing unusual.
The majority of his more important drawings
are too crowded with delicate and intricate
ornament to admit of being adequately repro-
duced, but The Good, Ship " Umquhile " is a fair
example of work designedly decorative.
Those whom the Gods love, we are told, die
young, and if " Chum " Vine was one of these, he
was moreover beloved of men. The departure
of his virile personality has brought regret to
: the marquis de st. pol and his good dog many a heart, for whilst genius may be fully
' mutton cutlets."' pen drawing appreciated'only by the discerning minority,
perfect comradeship is an attribute within the
comprehension of all.
pletely expressed his individuality through that
medium. Vine owed nothing of his skill to
tuition. It was self-created and self-developed.
Whilst appreciating and studying largely the
work of others, he was hardly susceptible to
extraneous influence, either literary or artistic.
His fertile imagination was continually con-
centrated on the evolution of fresh types of
things animate and inanimate. A story en-
titled " Among the Weirds " afforded him a rich
field for experiment. He designed the weird
colony, here reproduced, and all its inhabitants,
a strange and wonderful collection of creatures,
displaying remarkable invention and detail.
Patient John and Impatient Henry illustrates
another motif, repeated with endless varia-
tions during the past few years. Camaraderie
was a great and precious thing to him which
he was never tired of symbolizing. Sometimes
the friends were depicted as members of the
road fraternity, at others as belonging to the
leisured classes and ambling along on ridiculously
proportioned ponies, their arms affectionately
twined round each other's necjk.
The Marquis de St. Pol, shown here with his
good dog "Mutton Cutlets" and his blunderbuss,
ioo
"patient john and impatient henry "
pen drawing by h. c. l. vine