Telegram-herald., 1889-07-28

3 Painter Who - Lover Of His Native
fngiish fiowers.

3 Painter Who - u Lover Of His Native
fngiish fiower..
SIR Alfred tsrsoas, who is stiil convenient
ig Young awakened 20 hls first vision of pleas
anr material 10 toe comprehensive county of
solaerser--l capital center ~ impression lor
painter II the bucolIc. he has been 70
America. he has even reprodu--d NTH TO
ultr aloi8 elimination ard trlRh some OF
me waysils objects ii that coUncry, not max
iug them look iu the east Ike their Engiish
equivalents. h equivalents they may be said
% have Was 10 there that Mr. Parsons
iearn=d 80 well how Americans would Ike
Ecglani 10 appearl ] asx TINS idlo question
simply becauss the England of bis pelcil and
nos Jess Il LIS brush lof b 5 eminent brush
taare Noula bs much % say. IS exactly the
El-ianl raat The american Imagination, re-
,rrieIei % itself. constructs from the poets
ths nove.ists. from al tho delightful testi-
nony II inLerifs. II vas scarcely 20 have
been supposed possible that the native point
o. view would embrace and observe 50 many
~ tae things that the more OF less famished
outsider Is. in vulgar parlance, after" In
other vcr'l5 though appear To utter fool
lsh paraGo1l, the danger might have been
nat Mr. Parsons knew his subject too well
@ feel IT, 70 feel IL, I mean, rArlericain. lie
Is as tender os is rs II he were vague about IT,
end as certain as II hs were blase.
Bur after having wished that bis country
sho..ld b. Just 50. We proceed - discover that
ir h 10 fact not a hit different Between
these phases of our consciousness he is an
uaGai'lns messenger. The reader win remem-
ter bow often he has accompanied with pic
tures the text e some aIqia6le paper describ-
i1g a pastoral regioa--W Warwickshire OF Sur
rey. uevoushire OF the Thames. He vii
remember bis exquisite designs Tor certain Of
Wordsworth sounets \ sonnet OF Words
worth Is a difficult thing 20 illustrate, but
Mr Parsons ripe taste has SHOWN him the
wav Then there are lovely morsels from bis
hand associatsd With tho drawings Of his
friend Mr Abbey-head pieces, tail pieces,
vignettes, charming combinations Of flower
ANA foliage. decorative clusters Of all sorts Of
pleasant rural emblens. II lie has an mex
falsti3ic feeling for the country IN general
hs .1se OF tte myriad English flowers is per
baQs taa i0udes- pert OF H. Ia draws them
wi-h rars perfection. ard always--httle, def
iui-a delicate, irsmnlous things as they are
with certain n0bleSSrsss This latter quail
iry indeed. I an prone 70 find IN all his work
/ aud should insist a il s-in more II might
/ re.er q hH Important paintings. SO com
posite are tle parts of which any distinguished
/ ta.eat IS made up that ws have 70 feel our
aav as We euuuerlte them. and yet that very
I ambiguity IS q challenge % analysis and 20
| charactcriza-ion. This n05lsress on Mr. Par
1 sons parr IS the element Of style something
I large ard manly, expressive OF the total char
actsr of his facts. Eiis landscape is the land
/ scapc of the male vision, and yet his touch is
/ ful ot sentiment. 4 curiosity and endear-
ment These things. aud others beside. make
I o.m the ulo-t living II TIE new workers ia
/ as lire Harper's Magazine.