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Title: Frank Brangwyn and his work. 1911
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-
Subjects: Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956
Publisher: Boston : Dana Estes
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ntally, and it is made more noticeable by means of abeasts hide that a Briton chieftain holds out temptingly toa disdainful Phoenician. Again, wishing to blot out asmuch of the sea as he could, lest its pale colour and itsmovements should breach the walls surface, Leightoncarried a wide length of drapery across from the Phoeniciansto the British women on our left, and its purple tint is notto my eyes a thing of beauty and a joy for ever. I preferthe two Leighton decorations at South Kensington, andparticularly the one representing the arts of war. Oh, this art of mural painting is full of pitfalls! Thecomposition of an opera for a troupe of jealous singers isnot more troublesome. It is what the French call a workof long breath, and what we may describe as a long-distance run in art, a Marathon race in emotion anddisciplined design. Most of the endeavours of our RoyalExchange are patched with blunders, arising mainly from140 MODERN COMMERCE.From the Fresco in the RoyalExchange, London.
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^^^Sr^^^V9r^^Vr^ggSi^Ui^ Uecorative l^aintincy <3 inexperience. In one an active little page-boy stands rightoutside the composition, so far removed is he from thegeneral atmosphere that unites all the other characters.But, as a rule, the later decorations show that progresscreeps and then jumps forward. The last one of all isthe most masterly as a genuine mural-painting. Yet its subject is not only the most difficult to managein an appropriate way; it is also least likely to attractchance-comers. To realise this you have but to think for amoment about Modern Commerce—a thin^- world-wide inits adventures, and trafficking with so many commoditiesthat the mind knows not which to choose as the moreimportant in the national life of Great Britain. For we asa nation have fallen into the perilous position of owingnearly all our food-stuffs to seafaring imports from distantand foreign orchards and farms. There is a coming tragedyin that one fact. No economist can believe that a nationcan

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