. Studio international . and colourthe artist has had to sacrifice the more profound,the more essential poetry of Nature. That he hasachieved distinct success in his special line isunquestionable; that he is producing evet finetconceptions and renderings of light is madeequally obvious by his work recently executed inVersailles. His work is undoubtedl) clever, frequent!) 1mlliant; and cleverness is a fascinating quality, thoughit does not play an essential part in the reation ol1 wi H I, of art. Ilevi 1 ties:. w hen tl is sell 1 ? m « tou .becomes a possession fatal to the artist; it
. Studio international . and colourthe artist has had to sacrifice the more profound,the more essential poetry of Nature. That he hasachieved distinct success in his special line isunquestionable; that he is producing evet finetconceptions and renderings of light is madeequally obvious by his work recently executed inVersailles. His work is undoubtedl) clever, frequent!) 1mlliant; and cleverness is a fascinating quality, thoughit does not play an essential part in the reation ol1 wi H I, of art. Ilevi 1 ties:. w hen tl is sell 1 ? m « tou .becomes a possession fatal to the artist; it end in itself, obscuring the finer and more\ functions ol art, a< rificing art to virtui 1 ;il j In a picture in which the authors aim has bi produce men clevet ness, then- is always something ol thi l irag ;ai I tething ol tl oun With \li xandei Jamie v in bt illiam ; ol expriis an inborn gift, not cultivated for its own sake;it is nam 1. ini Mit 11. and adds to the 1 hatm olhis work. ? Alexander Tamieson. ol Versailles, so beautifully formal,its proportions, so ri jui^itf etttoui rkling fountains and spacious and subjects best pit hires ; he Ins made its lliarl) his own ; in r. nil. tout h ol the artifii ial) ins dis 11 ? ctraordinar), varii d, and - tting which is a piquanl nmingling ol the natural and •in through ! bin hurried i I re • Mini ili: art of mural decora-tion, it must suffice, owingto the exigencies of mention the most im-portant, and that is, hiswork executed in Bridge-water House. Here hehad the difficult task ofpainting twelve spandrelslor the great hall, a taskwhich he has completedwith striking success. Theessential condition ofmural decoration is thatil shall form an integralpart of the wall itself, remaining in precisely thesame plane as the wall,not. as is ioo frequentlythe case, standing outapparently some distancein fn int of the wall plane ami thus destroying allfeeling of rest and le
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