DOI issue:
No. 388 (July 1925)
DOI article:[Studio-talk]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0077
MONTREAL
" MONTREAL IN SNOWY WEATHER." BY
MRS. C. H. EASTLAKE (M. A. BELL)
(Bought by the National Gallery of Canada)
as well as sound knowledge of her acterisation of her portraits and figure
craft. 0 a a a 0 0 subjects is excellent. Her landscapes do
A charming naivete is implicit in Mrs. not aim at being transcripts from nature,
Eastlake's work ; a certain suggestion of but are conceived as decoration. She excels
the Primitives in the way things present in depicting babies and young children,
themselves to her mind, which is truly At the first glance the landscapes by
refreshing. This quality, so much sought this artist have a certain strangeness,
after by some moderns, is innate with her, Here is a view of nature as it might appear
the direct outcome of her temperament, to those whose vision has not been in-
Her art is characterised by singleness of fluenced by looking at nature through
mind, and if her range has its limitations, the eyes of others. A certain fantastic
she has much imagination and knows quality which we associate with romance
how to carry through what she has in makes it felt in all this work. One can
mind, a a a a a a imagine that a child would instinctively
Mrs. Eastlake's work is essentially de- be attracted to Mrs. Eastlake's pictures,
corative. She has a strong sense of though a child could not recognise the
rhythm and pattern. Her colour, which thought and the trained observation they
is pure and strong, is usually put down reveal. 0 a a a a
in flat tones, whether the medium be Pastel is a favourite medium with this
pastel, oil colour, or gouache. The char- artist, and she uses it in a very individual
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" MONTREAL IN SNOWY WEATHER." BY
MRS. C. H. EASTLAKE (M. A. BELL)
(Bought by the National Gallery of Canada)
as well as sound knowledge of her acterisation of her portraits and figure
craft. 0 a a a 0 0 subjects is excellent. Her landscapes do
A charming naivete is implicit in Mrs. not aim at being transcripts from nature,
Eastlake's work ; a certain suggestion of but are conceived as decoration. She excels
the Primitives in the way things present in depicting babies and young children,
themselves to her mind, which is truly At the first glance the landscapes by
refreshing. This quality, so much sought this artist have a certain strangeness,
after by some moderns, is innate with her, Here is a view of nature as it might appear
the direct outcome of her temperament, to those whose vision has not been in-
Her art is characterised by singleness of fluenced by looking at nature through
mind, and if her range has its limitations, the eyes of others. A certain fantastic
she has much imagination and knows quality which we associate with romance
how to carry through what she has in makes it felt in all this work. One can
mind, a a a a a a imagine that a child would instinctively
Mrs. Eastlake's work is essentially de- be attracted to Mrs. Eastlake's pictures,
corative. She has a strong sense of though a child could not recognise the
rhythm and pattern. Her colour, which thought and the trained observation they
is pure and strong, is usually put down reveal. 0 a a a a
in flat tones, whether the medium be Pastel is a favourite medium with this
pastel, oil colour, or gouache. The char- artist, and she uses it in a very individual
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