The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . set behind the trees on the right : the lastbeams of parting day infuse a pathetic solemnity intothe scene. It is another perfect rendering, different fromall others, of the strain :— Sweet is evenings tranquil time,When the day of toil is clone. The man watering his horses and the smoke from thebarges add the one touch of human interest needed tocomplete the sentiment. So entirely does the pathos of the landscape over-power the beholder, that it is only after an effort, andan intentional exertion of the will, that his thoughtsturn to the artist and
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . set behind the trees on the right : the lastbeams of parting day infuse a pathetic solemnity intothe scene. It is another perfect rendering, different fromall others, of the strain :— Sweet is evenings tranquil time,When the day of toil is clone. The man watering his horses and the smoke from thebarges add the one touch of human interest needed tocomplete the sentiment. So entirely does the pathos of the landscape over-power the beholder, that it is only after an effort, andan intentional exertion of the will, that his thoughtsturn to the artist and the splendid qualities of art 102 VIC AT COLES LIFE AND WORKS. revealed in the painting. Here again, brilliantly as thedetails are worked out, and clearly as the paintersspecial skill, knowledge and power are shown, it isthe unbroken unity of the picture which makes thedeepest impression. Everything else is made to yieldto this unity, and the result is a landscape perfectas a whole, imbued with one complete and mostimpressive STUDY AT GREAT MARLOW. IDOKHA M. COOKHAM.
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