International studio . ssor or that there i- noother artist who<a!i tit into hisplace. Nor i- it:!. to pajinsincere tribute-tei hi- memory andto write exagger-ated complimentson his position in the alt WOrld so as to keep upthe customaryobituary would be diffi-cult to rank himtoo high as apainter, with ami—ion which hehad indisputablytlic power to fulfil,and as a man witha temperamentwhich gave a verymarked characterand quality to thewhole of his pro-duction ; and itwould be just asdifficult to suggestwhere we can lookfor another whocould reproduce the charm and the distinc-tio
International studio . ssor or that there i- noother artist who<a!i tit into hisplace. Nor i- it:!. to pajinsincere tribute-tei hi- memory andto write exagger-ated complimentson his position in the alt WOrld so as to keep upthe customaryobituary would be diffi-cult to rank himtoo high as apainter, with ami—ion which hehad indisputablytlic power to fulfil,and as a man witha temperamentwhich gave a verymarked characterand quality to thewhole of his pro-duction ; and itwould be just asdifficult to suggestwhere we can lookfor another whocould reproduce the charm and the distinc-tion of Mr. Watcrhouses work. Men moremasterly in their management of the materialsof the painters craft, men with a morerobust and assertive outlook on life, andmen with a more forcible manner of statingtheir convictions there undoubtedly are, butto find one with the subtle sympathy ofMr. Waterhouse, or with his sensitivenessand tender appeal, would be a task to taxthe powers of the best-informed student ofmodern STUDY IN OILS For emphatically we had in him a personalitywhich was as attractive as it was exceptional,a personality which quite possibly many peoplewvii unable to understand but which to manyothers had a particular fascination. ArtisticallyIn ! i longed to a world of his own creation, andhi peopled this world with a type of humanitythat was very rightly related to its surround-ings. These beings, the product of his fancy,lived in an atmosphere of romance and keptstrictly aloof fromthe materialism ofmodern existence ;they were investedwith an air ofdainty melan-choly, which, how-ever, was not al-lowed to degene-rate into mor-bidity, and theyroamed languor-ously throughshady groves orin tii Ids starredwith flowers. Nohint of stress orstruggle, no jar-ring note of vio-lent emotion,brokethe quiet of thisworld ; it was aplace apart inwhich life movedplacidly and fol-lowed a peacefulcourse and inwhich dream-people playedtheir appointedparts with nothought for the st
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