. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. s Mr. W. to the writer hasever seemed an etcher morethan a painter. At allevents, Mr. Lee builds uphis effects, not so muchwith line as with tone,214 and the distribution of masses, as may clearlybe seen in his Yprcs Tower, Rye, whose whitemass of masonry looms impressively on the be-holder. Mr. Lee belongs to the group of deco-rative romanticists in etching, a group whose pro-tagonist is Mr. Alfred East. There was a timewhen Mr. Easts almost forcible decorationthreatened to go beyond legitimate bounds, andit is p
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. s Mr. W. to the writer hasever seemed an etcher morethan a painter. At allevents, Mr. Lee builds uphis effects, not so muchwith line as with tone,214 and the distribution of masses, as may clearlybe seen in his Yprcs Tower, Rye, whose whitemass of masonry looms impressively on the be-holder. Mr. Lee belongs to the group of deco-rative romanticists in etching, a group whose pro-tagonist is Mr. Alfred East. There was a timewhen Mr. Easts almost forcible decorationthreatened to go beyond legitimate bounds, andit is pleasant to record that he has regained com-plete control of his undoubted power. The Edgeof a Coppice, A Spanish Garden, The SwollenRiver and Eve?iing are charming examples of hisdecorative romanticism, and seem technically alsoto be an advance on his exhibits of recent years. Among these decorative etchers, Mr. Charles earns a conspicuous place by his Barge onthe Thames, full of tonal beauties, remarkable inits happy suggestion of movement, and redolent of. THE SWOLLEN RIVER BY ALFRED EAST,
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