Well sparked once more by a fellow blogger Debby made me remember a favourite artist. The trigger was bee skeps and how I had written about them, I had a picture of a painting of skeps done by Heywood Sumner, friend of William Morris. I loved the light paint wash Sumner did of the New Forest with its trees. His black and white archaeological drawings as well. Also, having a bit of a fight with myself about acquiring another print. This time of Yorkshire countryside, but there is just around the corner - the owner, he might even be the artist himself, he tried to lure me in a few weeks back but I was steadfast and refused - but his work is good. His gallery is here. So maybe.....
Anyway I have collected the blogs I wrote at the time when I came across his work in a library book and a few of his paintings for your. Enjoy, pleasant England at its best, sadly he could not draw horses though.
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| And of course the bee skeps that started this train of thought. In the blog I found this picture is a lovely poem of despair by by R.S. Thomas, Also, one of my favourite writers, Richard Jeffries on 'Humble bees' Funnily enough in contrast to my last blog, which showed the hard side of agriculture in England, the artwork of this time about the countryside was fairly soft and romantised. |
His name sounds like the title of a painting too!
ReplyDeleteI'd not heard of him but I like the muted colours
They are very soothing Ellen, especially in these times.
DeleteSo lovely. I enjoyed the link to the gallery.
ReplyDeleteWait! What's the scooter about?
ReplyDeletewhen I fractured my ankle Ellen, shown for someone. It has gone now.
ReplyDeletei feel your pain..... quite literally!
DeleteIt wasn't so much the pain as having to sit on urine smelling stairs for about two hours waiting for an ambulance, luckily my daughter sat with me.
Deletei really love the colour palette.. very much of the time.... such warm hues....... reminded me instantly of the palette of Mabel Lucie Attwell or something like that - art deco..... i guess..... Clarice Cliff may have also been a good reference (there's probably an artistic insult in there due to my untrained eye) - but i love how those colours evoke the bygone age, instantly. Very grounding, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSumner was a an archaeology illustrator as well. Though he isn't brilliant there is a quiet peace to his paintings.
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