Collected Works of the Late John Samuel Raven

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Excerpt from Collected Works of the Late John Samuel Raven: CatalogueThis phase, however, was not destined to last long. The in¿uence of the new doctrines of pre-raphaelit'ism made a complete revolution in his aim and method of work, and its effects are very apparent in. The present exhibition. Under the new impulse, he suddenly deserted the broad and safe harmony of sober tints, and, in his search after a closer imitation of nature, launched out into more complicated and precarious effects of colourin'g, and a fuller elaboration of detail. The art which was competent, with the assistance of traditional aids, to deal with the simpler range of effect, was not always fully equal to the assimilation of such a wealth of fresh material as the new idea afforded, and the immediate effect of the new impulse was atleast critical to the artist. Whether the change was on the lwhole advantageous, or the reverse. Must be a question to be decided according to individual sympathies and idiosyncracies. It is certain that in the case of john Raven, though the, change was not uniformly productive of enhanced success, the more striking and poetical products of his pencil were subsequent to this revolution in his art. But in these he has attained a level, which is superior to any school or special method, and has shown a consummate skill in realising, by original means, effects which none-but a poetical mind could have conceived. Indeed, the. Distinguishing note of almost all his work is that it represents no mere transcript from external nature, but shows a constant effort, of whatever degree of success, to embody distinctly poetical ideas. This will probably be the impression.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.