. International studio. obvious statements of fact which come so oftenfrom the figure painter who goes out to look atnature in his spare moments ; they are felt andunderstood in a way that is possible only to theman who can see beyond mere actualities intothe subtleties which nature suggests, and who isby temperament responsive to poetic inspiration,There is unquestionably poetic sentiment of a verydelightful type in such pictures as the Winter Sun- rise on the Aide, the decoratively treated Heming-ford Grey, the Harbour Lights, Lowestoft, and thespacious composition, Exeter from the CountessW
. International studio. obvious statements of fact which come so oftenfrom the figure painter who goes out to look atnature in his spare moments ; they are felt andunderstood in a way that is possible only to theman who can see beyond mere actualities intothe subtleties which nature suggests, and who isby temperament responsive to poetic inspiration,There is unquestionably poetic sentiment of a verydelightful type in such pictures as the Winter Sun- rise on the Aide, the decoratively treated Heming-ford Grey, the Harbour Lights, Lowestoft, and thespacious composition, Exeter from the CountessWeir; and in others, like the Ancient Fort, Suffolk,Christchurch, Twilight: the Banks of the Orwell,Sundown, Orford, and On the Waveney, and espe-cially the Wells Cathedral—Sunset, there is thehappiest appreciation of the charm of natures quietmoods, and there is thorough understanding, too,of her inexhaustible variety. This acuteness ofunderstanding can, however, be perceived in every-thing that Mr. Cotman sundown, orford (oil) (III the possession of H. M. fackaiuan, Esq.) BY F. G. COTMAN
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