“Frank Dicksee A.R.A.” (self-portrait?) (original) (raw)

Commentary from the Magazine of Art

The girl seated at the organ, the lover listening in rapt attention, the glory of the evening light through the stained-glass window forming an aureole round the girl's glistening hair, the subdued but beautiful colour, the carefully finished yet not too prominent details, all formed a veritable poem on canvas, bringing indefinite association with Adelaide Procter's ‘Lost Chord’ and ‘A twilight song; while the shadows sleep Dusk and deep,’ and, indeed, with all beautiful abstractions, whether of music, poetry, or painting.”

Bibliography

Hodges, Sidney. “Mr. Frank Dicksee, A.R.A.” The Magazine of Art. 10 (November 1886-October 1887): 217-22, Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 21 October 2014.

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