The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . he Thameswill now be arranged, not by date, but, in accordancewith his own idea, by locality. The chief reason forthe maintenance of the order of time—namely, toshow the gradual development of the artists powers—no longer exists. He has now reached his prime,and stands an acknowledged master in his art. Notthat he ceased to show a, continual growth of poweryear by year, for there is no standing still in art;the moment the artist ceases to advance he falls for his fame, Vicat Cole did not live, as toomany do, to reach the period when feeb
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . he Thameswill now be arranged, not by date, but, in accordancewith his own idea, by locality. The chief reason forthe maintenance of the order of time—namely, toshow the gradual development of the artists powers—no longer exists. He has now reached his prime,and stands an acknowledged master in his art. Notthat he ceased to show a, continual growth of poweryear by year, for there is no standing still in art;the moment the artist ceases to advance he falls for his fame, Vicat Cole did not live, as toomany do, to reach the period when feebleness of handor failing eyesight deprives the painter of vigour oftouch or sense of proportion and colour. The picturesof the Thames will, therefore, be arranged so as tocarry out his idea of a series in order of locality,from the source to the sea. It is characteristic ofthe man that he did not actually paint the subjects THE THAMES. 3 in the proposed order. Change was essential to hishappiness in his work, and, to avoid monotony, he. THE BLANCHE. flitted, year by year, to spots which offered the varietyfor which he craved. To save time, and to gain readier access to distantpoints on the river, he bought a steam-launch, whichhe named The Blanche, after his eldest daughter. Thelaunch, of which a representation is given with theartist on deck, soon became well-known on the Thames,and its owners consideration for others in the matterof speed, as attested by Mr. Leslies note, caused itspresence to be viewed with good-will, whilst that of 4 VIC AT COLES LIFE AND WORKS. many others was justly regarded as an intolerablenuisance. It would be almost impertinent to offer any de-scription of scenes which are so familiar to most people,
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