The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . A CORNFIELD AT (JOKING. HE next picture, A Cornfield at Goring, paintedin 1888, is different in subject and effect,but is equally charming. The sky is tranquil,and the wooded hills, slumbering in the after-noon sunlight, are varied and graceful in possible, the colouring is even richer and moreattractive than in the last. It is a perfect picture ofa happy valley at the happiest season of the year, andfew can be insensible to its beauties. Such simplescenes of rural beauty were dear to the heart of theartist. On his canvases they are transfuse
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . A CORNFIELD AT (JOKING. HE next picture, A Cornfield at Goring, paintedin 1888, is different in subject and effect,but is equally charming. The sky is tranquil,and the wooded hills, slumbering in the after-noon sunlight, are varied and graceful in possible, the colouring is even richer and moreattractive than in the last. It is a perfect picture ofa happy valley at the happiest season of the year, andfew can be insensible to its beauties. Such simplescenes of rural beauty were dear to the heart of theartist. On his canvases they are transfused with theglow of sunshine, radiant with a sense of happiness,and inspired with a sympathy for Nature and forhumanity. This is the last of the artists harvest scenes re-produced in this work, with the exception of that inthe next plate, where the cornfield is a minor admiration, excited by his vivid representation ofthe subject, is natural and reasonable. For, in truth,these harvest pictures of Vicat Coles are precious for. 60 VIC AT COLES LIFE AND WORKS. many rare qualities. They are renderings, perfectlyunaffected and free from mannerism, of sunny viewsfamiliar to all Englishmen. Knowledge of Nature andof every resource of Art is conspicuous of colouring, masterly designing, accuracyand feeling in the representation of tree-forms andfoliage, harmonious balancing of light and shade, andhappy grace in composition are noticeable featuresin all. Much as Vicat Cole disliked being classed as apainter of cornfields, he could not but be gratifiedby the universal and hearty admiration which thesepictures inspired. That admiration may be felt andexpressed without doing injustice to his fame, pro-vided that it does not cause the great range of theartists powers, and the force and beauty of hispainting of other scenes and effects, to be overlookedor undervalued.
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