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4°. XIV, 1 Bl., 328 SS. OLn. (grün, Rücken verblasst/verfärbt) mit vergold (R-) Titel. Portr.-Front., zahlr. Tfn., Abbn., Illustrationen. Mehrere Lagen unaufgeschnitten. Etwas Alters- u. Lagerungs-, wenig eigentliche Gebrauchsspuren. Gesamthaft recht gutes Exemplar. Frederick (Fred) Walker (Marylebone 1840-1875 S. Fillans / Perth County), peintre de paysages et aquarelliste et de sujets rustiques et dessinateur pour la gravure sur bois. Anfangs als Illustrator tätig, begann Walker ab 1863 mit seinen gemalten Werken an Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland teilzunehmen. ?Frédérick Walker eut une influence notable sur le développement de la peinture en Angleterre.? (Bénézit). - ?The inconsistencies of genius were never better shown than in Frederick Walker. Art was a passion with him, yet it is doubtful if he would have made any mark had he not been spurred to work by sheer necessity. From his early years he gave evidence of his skill yet when he was finally allowed to study seriously, he proved a most dilatory pupil. Only his great talent saved him from himself. [.] Three distinct stages mark his work. The first was devoted to line drawing, and he achieved fame by his illustrations of Thackeray's novels. Then came a time when he painted water-colours; and finally in 1867, he exhibited in the Royal Academy the first of his famous series of oil paintings. Walker was original in everything that he undertook. He created a school of illustrating, just as in later years he inspired contemporary painters to copy his methods. ?The Vagrants? was one of his favourite pictures, and may therefore be taken as representative of him. It shows his power of interpreting the beauty, as well as the realism, of rustic life, and also bears the mark of the influence of the British Museum in the classical grace of the gipsy girl. The scene of the picture is laid at Beddington, near Croydon, and the autumnal loveliness of the landscape, with its harmonies of warm colour, throws into bold relief the figures of the gipsies, grouped with an air of destitution around the fire.? (from: gardenofpraise, online). Sprache: en. Seller Inventory # K060187
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