DOI issue:
No. 337 (April 1921)
DOI article:Salaman, Malcolm C.: The water-colours of Mr. Stafford Leake
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21392#0162
WATER-COLOURS BY STAFFORD LEAKE
DAMAGE ON THE CENTRAL RAILWAY
AT MIKESSE." BY STAFFORD LEAKE
built on the slopes, have moved the artist
to a drawing of strange beauty in which
he has yielded with pictorial advantage to
his fondness for glamour. In A Courtyard
in Vienne he gives us a suggestive vision
of that very ancient historic town, an
allure of mystery investing the silver
grey tones that fill the design. No less
than the South does Northern France
inspire the art of Mr. Leake, Brittany
more potently perhaps than Normandy j
yet our colour-reproduction of Entrance
to the Ruins, Beaumont le Roger, shows
that in the precincts of what time has left
of the ancient abbey of that storied town
our artist has found his vision stimulated
to pictorial expression of simple charm.
In no drawing of his, perhaps, have
form and tone responded in more delicate
harmony to the sensitiveness of his art
and the romantic suggestion of his tempera-
ment. In Brittany it is the rugged land-
scape in the neighbourhood of Carhaix,
146
that has inspired his most expressive
draughtsmanship in tonal scheme and
design of a distinguished reticence.
Morlaix, on the other hand, is apt to
tempt Mr. Leake to a revel with his
favourite blues. It is well that the varied
charm of his work may be enjoyed in
London during the present month in the
galleries of the Fine Art Society. 0 a
The picture galleries at the Victoria and
Albert Museum, occupied during the war
by the Board of Education, are undergoing
redecoration before being reopened to the
public. In the meantime a temporary ex-
hibition of selected water-colours has been
arranged in Rooms 88 and 90. Drawings
by Cogens, Girtin, Turner, Crome, Cotman,
De Wint, David Cox, and others are hung
in Room 88, while in the other room are
shown a number of more recent acquisi-
tions, with special reference to Brabazon
and Sir Alfred East.
DAMAGE ON THE CENTRAL RAILWAY
AT MIKESSE." BY STAFFORD LEAKE
built on the slopes, have moved the artist
to a drawing of strange beauty in which
he has yielded with pictorial advantage to
his fondness for glamour. In A Courtyard
in Vienne he gives us a suggestive vision
of that very ancient historic town, an
allure of mystery investing the silver
grey tones that fill the design. No less
than the South does Northern France
inspire the art of Mr. Leake, Brittany
more potently perhaps than Normandy j
yet our colour-reproduction of Entrance
to the Ruins, Beaumont le Roger, shows
that in the precincts of what time has left
of the ancient abbey of that storied town
our artist has found his vision stimulated
to pictorial expression of simple charm.
In no drawing of his, perhaps, have
form and tone responded in more delicate
harmony to the sensitiveness of his art
and the romantic suggestion of his tempera-
ment. In Brittany it is the rugged land-
scape in the neighbourhood of Carhaix,
146
that has inspired his most expressive
draughtsmanship in tonal scheme and
design of a distinguished reticence.
Morlaix, on the other hand, is apt to
tempt Mr. Leake to a revel with his
favourite blues. It is well that the varied
charm of his work may be enjoyed in
London during the present month in the
galleries of the Fine Art Society. 0 a
The picture galleries at the Victoria and
Albert Museum, occupied during the war
by the Board of Education, are undergoing
redecoration before being reopened to the
public. In the meantime a temporary ex-
hibition of selected water-colours has been
arranged in Rooms 88 and 90. Drawings
by Cogens, Girtin, Turner, Crome, Cotman,
De Wint, David Cox, and others are hung
in Room 88, while in the other room are
shown a number of more recent acquisi-
tions, with special reference to Brabazon
and Sir Alfred East.