. Frank Brangwyn and his work. 1911 . of grandeur and power. . There is alargeness, an inimitable sense of grandeur, in all that thisartist does ; and it is a vast quality that has been pitifullylacking in our native art. Mr. Brangwyn is the firstBritish painter, save only Turner, who has been grantedthis splendid gift. And how inherent this sense of thegrand manner is in him, we may see in his etchings andin his many moods. Nothing could be more profoundlysolemn than his etching of a Windmill at Bruges—the high building with its sails . . springs upwardswith a majestic dignity, as though it r
. Frank Brangwyn and his work. 1911 . of grandeur and power. . There is alargeness, an inimitable sense of grandeur, in all that thisartist does ; and it is a vast quality that has been pitifullylacking in our native art. Mr. Brangwyn is the firstBritish painter, save only Turner, who has been grantedthis splendid gift. And how inherent this sense of thegrand manner is in him, we may see in his etchings andin his many moods. Nothing could be more profoundlysolemn than his etching of a Windmill at Bruges—the high building with its sails . . springs upwardswith a majestic dignity, as though it realised in somestrange fashion its great importance, standing there againstthe immensity of the firmament, inviting with giantarrogance the stormy blasts that threaten out of thesombre miles of hollowness. This is no mere picture-making. It is the very intensity of nature, and of manswork in nature, wrought into poetic h <►J w Q 1 o ^ OS 5 ^ ^ kl t^ < z < CO ■5 I :^ ^ ^ ^. Stchings : and Summary of Characteristics One might quote from many other writers, Britishand foreign, but the gist of the whole matter is simplythis—that Brangwyn appeals to everybody who enjoysthe spirit of strife that man must share with nature. Thisnote of virile endeavour, this militancy in brave action,is seldom found among British artists, because art with usis rarely a dweller in the thronged highways of life; itfears invigorating gusts of rude air from the outside welterof human realities. Millets criticism on the delicatepeasant-girls painted by Jules Breton—They are toopretty to stay in the village! —is one that many Britishartists ought always to remember, because their stylesare too dainty to be in touch with the living forcesof society. 205 CHAPTER XV DESIGNS FOR HOUSE FURNISHING IS there any real danger in the natural versatility ofFrank Brangvvyn ? Till now it has been successful,but the vigour of youth has helped it greatly, andyouth slips away unperceived.
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