The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . ATE HAMPTON1. HE next picture, A Cornfield by Gate-hampton, was also painted in 1886, from aspot a little higher up the stream, where ;iwider view opens out. Here the reapers arebusy and a soft breeze is stirring ; masses ofclouds are drifting slowly over the sky ; there isnothing suggestive of sultry heat. Subject is, asusual, penetrated by effect—an effect which sets thescene and its chief characteristics before the eye intheir loveliest aspect, It is a typical English view,one which would deeply touch the heart of an English-man living in distant
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . ATE HAMPTON1. HE next picture, A Cornfield by Gate-hampton, was also painted in 1886, from aspot a little higher up the stream, where ;iwider view opens out. Here the reapers arebusy and a soft breeze is stirring ; masses ofclouds are drifting slowly over the sky ; there isnothing suggestive of sultry heat. Subject is, asusual, penetrated by effect—an effect which sets thescene and its chief characteristics before the eye intheir loveliest aspect, It is a typical English view,one which would deeply touch the heart of an English-man living in distant climes, recalling the fair fieldsof his native land as none other could. To such aone the harvest-field would be as rich in sentimentas it is in colour. Everything breathes memories ofthe old home ; the farm-house sheltered by the trees, thelane passing by it, the bits of common below wherethe sheep are feeding, the men at work, the stubble,the sheaves—he remembers them all. To him it islike looking at the portrait of the mother he has. 56 VIC AT COLES LIFE AND WORKS. lost; to an Englishman at home it is the likeness ofa mother still with him. The beauty of the scene is apparent to all, andin this the artist at once asserts his power, but therare qualities of the picture as a work of art are tobe perceived only by observation and study of thepainting itself. With all its apparent finish, it ispainted with great breadth ; the sky is finely designed,the clouds are soft and luminous and lend a delightfulvariety of light and shade to the landscape ; the dis-tance is worked out with infinite gradations of tendertones, and the colonring throughout is as truthful asit is rich and harmonious. \51923
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