DOI Heft:
No. 375 (June 1924)
DOI Artikel:Richmond, Leonard: The lure of Wembley
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21399#0335
THE LURE OF WEMBLEY
pictorial art, with its dome and towers of
noble proportions, 0 0 0 0
There is a dainty charm about the
general contours of the Burmese Pavilion
that might be described as “ lyrical.”
Nearly all the Burmese goods are hand-
made, showing beautiful examples of ivory,
bronze, mother-of-pearl, lacquer, and re-
pousse work. 0000
Special mention must be made of the
Indian Pavilion and courtyard. The design
is partly taken from the famous Taj Mahal
at Agra and the Jama Masjid at Delhi. By
sunlight the courtyard is fascinating with
its purity of high lights and heavenly
coloured shadows of pearly grey, blue,
yellow, light green, and so on. To produce
a replica of it in colour would test to the
uttermost the ability of the cleverer artists,
owing to the varied number of tints
linked together in one broad tone. No one
with any feeling for colour should miss
seeing the courtyard at twilight, where,
embedded in the roof of each archway over
the corridors, a red light dispels a pinkish
glow in its immediate vicinity, with shades
of purple and warm grey shadows further
afield. From then until dusk there is a
never-ending change of delicate colours on
the originally white archways and walls
of this romantic edifice. As the time
advances one colour replaces another in so
rapid and stealthy a manner that it is
difficult to follow such a quick transforma-
tion of gloriously tinted harmonies. Finally
when night arrives the upper part of the
building reflects moonlight colour (aided
by artificial lighting) of pale greenish and
turquoise tint, also primrose yellow inter-
spaced with specks of light violet, whilst the
floor of the courtyard appears to be dark
purple brown, relieved by the rectangular
shaped pond in the centre, which reflects
the gamut of colours from above. Figures
at this hour are indistinct and shadowy in
profile, and their costumes partake of some
of the local colours, giving them a fan-
tastic appearance. 0000
316
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, THE
INDIAN PAVILION. PASTEL SKETCH
BY LEONARD RICHMOND, R.O.I.
pictorial art, with its dome and towers of
noble proportions, 0 0 0 0
There is a dainty charm about the
general contours of the Burmese Pavilion
that might be described as “ lyrical.”
Nearly all the Burmese goods are hand-
made, showing beautiful examples of ivory,
bronze, mother-of-pearl, lacquer, and re-
pousse work. 0000
Special mention must be made of the
Indian Pavilion and courtyard. The design
is partly taken from the famous Taj Mahal
at Agra and the Jama Masjid at Delhi. By
sunlight the courtyard is fascinating with
its purity of high lights and heavenly
coloured shadows of pearly grey, blue,
yellow, light green, and so on. To produce
a replica of it in colour would test to the
uttermost the ability of the cleverer artists,
owing to the varied number of tints
linked together in one broad tone. No one
with any feeling for colour should miss
seeing the courtyard at twilight, where,
embedded in the roof of each archway over
the corridors, a red light dispels a pinkish
glow in its immediate vicinity, with shades
of purple and warm grey shadows further
afield. From then until dusk there is a
never-ending change of delicate colours on
the originally white archways and walls
of this romantic edifice. As the time
advances one colour replaces another in so
rapid and stealthy a manner that it is
difficult to follow such a quick transforma-
tion of gloriously tinted harmonies. Finally
when night arrives the upper part of the
building reflects moonlight colour (aided
by artificial lighting) of pale greenish and
turquoise tint, also primrose yellow inter-
spaced with specks of light violet, whilst the
floor of the courtyard appears to be dark
purple brown, relieved by the rectangular
shaped pond in the centre, which reflects
the gamut of colours from above. Figures
at this hour are indistinct and shadowy in
profile, and their costumes partake of some
of the local colours, giving them a fan-
tastic appearance. 0000
316
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, THE
INDIAN PAVILION. PASTEL SKETCH
BY LEONARD RICHMOND, R.O.I.