Bursts of sunlight, storms,atmospheres, all pleased him.
Wyllie is a painterof
more than average merit. There were two sources from which theEnglish
landscapists drew. By dint of native force andgrace he made rules unto himself.
He was a pupil ofHudson, but owed his art to many sources. He was a very
cunning observer, and knew how toarrange for grace of line and charm of color.
The Landseer animal has too much sentiment about it. Then followed
Lawrence(1769-1830), a mixture of vivacious style and rather
meretriciousmethod. There are comparatively few English pictures in America.
He
is draughtsman,colorist, brushman--in fact, almost everything in art that can
becultivated. Bursts of sunlight, storms,atmospheres, all pleased him. In grace
ofform and feeling of motion he was excellent. There is no doubt about the
sincerity thatentered into this movement. Hence the name pre-Raphaelitism, and
the signatures ontheir early pictures, P. Even here he was more impressiveby
his broad truth of facts than by his artistic feeling.
His pictures areusually
small, but exquisite in delicacy and decorative charm.
He was a painter of
ability, if at times hot in color and dry inhandling.
This is quite as true of
his technic as of his point of view.
The work is perhaps correct enough, but
the aim of it is somewhatafield from pure painting. Not always profound in
matter he generallymanages to be entertaining in method. The work is perhaps
correct enough, but the aim of it is somewhatafield from pure painting.
Copley
was more ofan American than West, and more of a painter.
Hornel, Lavery,
Melville, Crawhall, Roche, Lawson,McBride, Morton, Reid Murray, Spence,
Paterson.
In the Louvre there are some indifferent Constables and some good
Boningtons.
He disliked all conventionalities and formulas.
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