DOI issue:
No. 384 (March 1925)
DOI article:Gaunt, William: The art of Mr. Harry Morley
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21402#0133
THE ART OF MR. HARRY MORLEY
" HOLY FAMILY." BY
HARRY MORLEY
myth containing similar elements, such as of a long, wistful line of early Italian
The Death of Hyacinth, appeals to the prototypes, and in his Nymphs and Fauns
artist. Into this picture, indeed, a certain there is something of the fascination of
classical scholar read far more than was Botticelli, who looked back towards
intended. Such is the danger of being Christian art and whose paganism was
symbolic: but Mr. Morley is often but half-grown. a a a a
merely playful in his introduction of these Withal Mr. Morley reserves for himself
symbols, and places the clear design before a certain freedom and does not become
the hidden meaning. a a a hidebound. He introduces modern dress
The spirit of his pictures, too, is pre- boldly into his religious pictures, frankly
Raphaelite. The Holy Family and the grappling with its difficulties and over-
Miracle at Cana have all the calm beauty coming them by this recognition. In
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" HOLY FAMILY." BY
HARRY MORLEY
myth containing similar elements, such as of a long, wistful line of early Italian
The Death of Hyacinth, appeals to the prototypes, and in his Nymphs and Fauns
artist. Into this picture, indeed, a certain there is something of the fascination of
classical scholar read far more than was Botticelli, who looked back towards
intended. Such is the danger of being Christian art and whose paganism was
symbolic: but Mr. Morley is often but half-grown. a a a a
merely playful in his introduction of these Withal Mr. Morley reserves for himself
symbols, and places the clear design before a certain freedom and does not become
the hidden meaning. a a a hidebound. He introduces modern dress
The spirit of his pictures, too, is pre- boldly into his religious pictures, frankly
Raphaelite. The Holy Family and the grappling with its difficulties and over-
Miracle at Cana have all the calm beauty coming them by this recognition. In
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