THE CONNOISSEUR VOL 11

ISBN: 9780266457329 Géneros: AB Sinópsis: Excerpt from The Connoisseur Vol 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors JanuaryApril 1905Constable Printsa certain section of them rather and that the most important the things engraved by Lucas in Constables own day Not mine to discourse here on the last large laborious successful effort of Mr Norman Hirst to render with elaboration an unfamiliar but surely admirable Salisbury Not mine to give here more than a passing notice to what has been accomplished by the sympathetic genius of Frank Short quite an ideal interpreter of noble Landscape whether simple or subtle a man who understands Constable as he under stands Turner and De Wint No I am confined to David Lucas because in confining myself to David Lucas paradox though it may sound at the first moment to those who do not know his history I am ever in the company of Constable himself Lucas was Constables instrument By the mezzotint of Lucas Constable sought to be popularised as Turner had sought to be popula rised at all events with connoisseurs some twenty years earlier by the several engravers who helped him to accomplish the monumental series the Liber Studiorzmz Not less monumental l think and if more limited then only because the art of the painter was itself more limited in aim and theme but no wise in accomplishment was that series of English Landscape which in concert with Lucas alone Constable createdAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfect