FRENCH, FLEMISH AND BRITISH ART ROGER FRY Coward-McCann, Inc. NEW YORK FOREWORD THE three books here reprinted, Characteristics of French Art, Flemish Art, and Reflections on British Painting, were each k of them originally given as lectures at the time of Burlington House Ex hibitions, We believe they will be welcomed by a new genera tion of readers since in spite of their occasional origin they contain much of permanent interest. It has not been possible under present conditions to reproduce all the original illustrations where these have been omitted slight verbal alterations in the text have had to be made. MARGERY FRY PAMELA DIAMAND Contents CHARACTERISTICS OF FRENCH ART PART PAGE 1 Primitive 3 2 Classic 14 3 Rococo 33 4 Neo-Classic and Romantic 51 5 Realism 65 6 Impressionism 80 FLEMISH ART PART 1 99 2 117 REFLECTIONS ON BRITISH PAINTING 137 Illustrations Figure Following Page 1 THIRTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH A Musician 12 Rheims 2 FOURTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH Jeanne de Bourbon Giraudon Photo Poitiers 3 FIFTEENTH CENTURY BURGUNDIAN Virgin and Child Toulouse 4 JAN VAN EYCK Man with a Pink Bruckmann Photo Berlin 5 FOUQUET Virgin and Child Bruckmann Photo Antwerp ERRATA PAGE X, FIGURE 35 For Collection of Sir Herbert Cook, Bt, read Privately owned in Holland. PAGE 107, LINE 9 Read JFormer y in Sir Herbert Cooks Collection. n 11 POUSSIN Bruckmann Photo Leningrad 12 LE SUEUR St. Bruno and Raymond Diocres Louvre 13 INGRES Voeue de Louis XIII Bulloz Photo Cathedral, Montaubdn 14 POUSSIN Baptism Copyright of the Earl ofEtlesmere Bridge water House 15 CHARDIN Still Life Giraudon Photo Louvre 1 6 CLAUDE Landscape water colour 60 British Museum 17 GERICAULT Slaves holding a Horse, , Bulloz PhotoRouen ix x ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Following Page 1 8 RUBENS The Garden of Love 60 Anderson Photo Praclo 19 WATTEAU Fetes Venitieunes . Annan Photo Edinburgh 20 COROT Nude Giraudon Photo Private Collection 21 COURBET Demoiselles au bord de la Seine, , Archives Photographiques 22 COROT Venice Rosenberg Melbourne 23 DAUMIER The Chess-players Bulloz Photo Ville de Paris 24 COURBET La Toilette de la Mariee 76 Bernheim Jeune Photo Smith College, U. S. A. 25 MANET Portrait of his Parents Courtesy ofMme. Rouart 26 DEGAS Dans les coulisses, , Collection Rouart 27 BAZILLE Reunion de famille, Giraudon Photo Louvre 28 SEURAT Le Port de Gravelines Vizzavona Photo Cargill Collection, Lanark 29 CEZANNE Maisons a LEstaque Vizzavona Photo 30 RENOIR Mme Charpentier 92 Vizzavona Photo Metropolitan Museum, Neiv York 3 1 DEGAS Le Comte Le pic, Durand-Ruel Photo 32 CONSTABLE Dedham Granville-Proby Collection 33 ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN Portrait of a Lady Formerly in the Mellon Collection 34 Miniature from the Heures de Turin Turin 35 HUBERT VAN EYCK The Three Maries at the Sepulchre Collection of Sir Herbert Cook, Bt. ILLUSTRATIONS xi Figure Following Page 36 JANVANEYCK Portrait of the Artists Wife 108 Bruges 37 PETRUS CHRISTUS Portrait of a Carthusian 38 ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN Deposition from the Cross Private Collection 39 ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN Deposition from the Cross Brussels 40 METSYS Madonna and Child with Angel Dyson Perrins Collection 41 METSYS Madonna and Child with Two Angels Lionel Harris Collection 42 BOSCH St. Jerome Ghent 43 PIETER BRUEGHEL The Fall of Icarus 5 Brussels 44 RUBENS Adoration of the Magi K 132 Antwerp 45 RUBENS Martyrdom of St. Ursula Brussels 46 RUBENS Portrait of Yrsselius 5JCopenhagen 47 HOLBEIN Portrait 148 Metropolitan Museum, New York 48 LELY Nell Gwynn National Portrait Gallery, London 49 KNELLER Marquis of Tweeddale National Gallery, London 50 HOGARTH The Rakes Levee Sir John Soane Museum, London by permission of the Trustees 51 MORLAND Landscape 172 National Gallery, London 52 ZOFFANY Garrick entertaining Dr. Johnson Earl of Durham Collection 53 REYNOLDS Self Portrait Royal Academy, London 54 GAINSBOROUGH Viscountess Folkestone Mrs. G. Holt U. S. A...
