Three Months On The Scottish Coast - A Series Of Sketches And Pictures - Painted During The Summer Of The Present Year - Accompanied By An Explanatory Essay

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Three Months On The Scottish Coast presents John Brett’s summer landscape work from 1886, consisting of forty-six outdoor sketches and three small finished pictures produced between June and September. The commentaries explain his method of painting in the open, address misconceptions about landscape practice, and describe the limitations of studio isolation and limited access to artists’ antecedent studies. The prefatory material includes the Fine Art Society’s conditions for publication and notes on the sketches’ dates, places, and pricing.

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Three Months

The Scottish Coast

A Series of Sketches and Pictures

Painted During the Summer of the Present Year

Accompanied by an Explanatory Essay

Prefatory Note

Note by the Director

The Commentaries

THREE MONTHS ON THESCOTTISH COAST,A SERIESOF SKETCHES AND PICTURESPAINTED DURING THE SUMMER OFTHE PRESENT YEAR(1886) JOHN BRETT Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781167153389 # Three Months On The Scottish Coast,ASeries Of Sketches And Pictures:PaintedDuring The Summer Of The Present Year John Brett In the interest of creating a more extensive selection ofrare historical book reprints,we have chosen toreproduce this title even though it may possibly haveoccasional imperfections such as missing and blurredpages,missing text,poor pictures,markings,darkbackgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond ourcontrol.Because this work is culturally important,wehave made it available as a part of our commitment toprotecting,preserving and promoting the world'sliterature.Thank you for your understanding. # THREE MONTHS ON THE # SCOTTISH COAST Series of Sketcbes ano IDictures PAINTED DURING THE SUMMER OF THE PRESENT YEAR ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPLANATORY ESSAY BY JOHN BRETT,A.R.A. LONDON THE FINE ART SOCIETY148,NEW BOND STREET 1886 [Copyright reserved] PREFATORY NOTE. AT the request of The Fine Art Society I have furnishedthem with some commentaries on the sketches to ex-plain my method of painting;and I did so on the strictcondition that the paper should be published exactly asit left my hands;so that the Society are not in anydegree answerable for the opinions expressed in it. JOHN BRETT. 38,HARLⅡY STR宜ET,November I4th,1886. NOTE BY THE DIRECTOR. The sketches and pictures are for sale at the prices charged by the artist athis own studio,a list of which can be seen by applying to the attendant. As regards the seven sketches marked with a star in the catalogue,Mr.Brett reserves the right to paint pictures from them during the winter,andspecial arrangements will be made as to the time of their delivery to theirowners. The sketches are not signed,Mr.Brett having always maintained the rulethat signature should be reserved for finished pictures only;but in all casesthey bear the date and name of the place in his handwriting. THE COMMENTARIES. THE object of this little exhibition as far as I am con-cerned is to place before the public an average summer'swork of a landscape-painter out of doors,with the viewof correcting some prevalent misapprehensions as tothe practice of this branch of the art.It consists offorty six sketches and three small pictures,paintedbetween June and September,1886.Many days wereof course unfit for sketching in the open,by reason ofthe badness of the weather,and some of those days weredevoted to the production of the finished pictures marked A,B,and C. A similar collection is produced every summer,chieflyfor the purpose of extending my own acquaintance withthe visible world,but hitherto they have only beenshown tomy personal friends;and The Fine Art Societyare responsible for placing them before the public on 4 the present occasion.I merely lend them at theirrequest. All painters labour under the disadvantage that thepublic and the critics when considering a contemporarypicture,have no access to the antecedent work leadingup to it. Pictures having been once shown at an exhibition gomostly into private houses,and the studies for themremain in the seclusion of the studib.This isolation isunfavourable to the understanding of any considerableartistic effort. As a rule,painters make no attempt to instruct thepublic,and are naturally reticent about their ownperformances. Press criticism too often falls to the lot of casualwriters,who have no technical education,and butlittle acquaintance with nature.The work is nearlyalways anonymous;the newspaper editors have nomeans of judging of its correctness,and the pay is soslender that they can hardly be very exacting;almostanything seems to answer the purpose if fluently ex-pressed;and it is a well-established practice that ifyou cannot

FAQs

What does the book present about John Brett’s work?

It presents sketches and pictures painted along the Scottish coast during the summer of 1886, along with explanatory commentaries by John Brett.

How many sketches and pictures are included, and when were they produced?

The commentaries describe forty-six sketches and three small pictures, painted between June and September, 1886.

Why does the author discuss misconceptions about landscape painting?

The author aims to correct prevalent misapprehensions about outdoor landscape practice by explaining his method and the context of the studies.

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