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Title: Catalogue of paintings and drawings.
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Worcester Art Museum
Subjects: Art Catalogs
Publisher: Worchester, Massachusetts
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
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aints, but rather creates a workIn which each Incident Is an essential part of the whole—oftenachieving a distinguished sense of design and quality of line.Ryders paintings have unity of tone and a common spiritwherein some strange power appears to have swept throughspace with hurricane force, transforming all objects with aspirit of mysticism. The subject of this painting Is that often used theme, Pegasus,one in which Ryder found Inspiration on several occasions.It Is poetic in spirit w^th reiined Intensity of feeling and a sugges-tiveness of line that has grace and delicacy. The drawing isnot notable for accuracy, but only those who are unable to feelthe Imaginative appeal of the picture will be perturbed by thisdeficiency. A more pertinent criticism would be that the artistused obsolete technique. Often the preeminently Imaginativeartists do not excel technically and depend upon traditionalmethods. This was the case with Albert P. Ryder. Oil on panel, 12 inches by iii^ inches 127
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THE GALEWINSLOW HOMER 128 WINSLOW HOMER American, 1836-1910THE CALK The Gale is signed and dated, Winslow Homer, 1893.The picture belongs to that decade from 1886-1896 in whichwere produced such works as Eight Bells (1886), The West Wind(1891), The Fox Hunt (1893), and The Maine Coast (1896). The colour is sombre, rich rather than harsh. The heavylowering grc) of the sky overhead and the shale beneath shutin the white and green-blue of the sea in a way that might toomuch suggest parallel bands were it not for the dark silhouetteof the figures of woman and child and the deep black of therocks. The green-blue colour of the water in the foregroundis clear and the tossing spray delicate and suggestive, but towardthe horizon the tone becomes neutralized and dull. A threadof scarlet running through the womans shawl lends a warmnote. Homer painted more than the superficial aspects of the sea;he felt its depth, volume, and vastness. Oil on canvas, 29>^2 inches by 48 inches. Signed and date

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