. Studio international . ally to the British public, with its deep-rootedtraditions of the chase and of open-air life,Liljefors ought to be a painter of the right dis-position, stimulating and interesting, arousingsensations and memories which supplement andenhance the purely artistic enjoyment which, if Iam not mistaken, the British find it so difficult todispense with. As a painter of animal life, Bruno Liljefors isamong the few great ones. If he should be men-tioned together with any others, it would benames such as Pisanello, Rubens, and his suc-cessors Landseer and Troyon. But even amongt
. Studio international . ally to the British public, with its deep-rootedtraditions of the chase and of open-air life,Liljefors ought to be a painter of the right dis-position, stimulating and interesting, arousingsensations and memories which supplement andenhance the purely artistic enjoyment which, if Iam not mistaken, the British find it so difficult todispense with. As a painter of animal life, Bruno Liljefors isamong the few great ones. If he should be men-tioned together with any others, it would benames such as Pisanello, Rubens, and his suc-cessors Landseer and Troyon. But even amongthem he takes a place of his own, and can hardlybe compared with any, so absolutely original is hischoice of subject and his treatment thereof. Hedoes not confine himself to the tame domesticanimals, the companions of man, easy of accessand easy to study. As far as I know, he hasnever painted a horse, and only exceptionally thedog, with which he is, nevertheless, exceedinglywell acquainted. As to cattle, I suspect that he. 1 riuc panthers skin (ducks among the reeds) (In the Ernest T/iicl Collection, Stockholm) BY BRUNO I MM Bruno Liljcfors
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