se. His simplepastoral scenes, such as belong to his middleand later periods, bathed in the golden light ofsunset, with dark and massive groups of treessilhouetted against a luminous sky, are veritablepoems in colour, which, in their restful serenityand repose, arouse the emotions. With an… … LE PIN MF.ISSONIEU BY HENRI HARPIGNIES 43 The Oil Paintings of Henri H arpignies Few artists have possessed such a fine senseof design in landscape, and his compositions areinvariably decorative and well-balanced. LikeTurner he did not hesitate to alter and adjustin order to preserve the balance…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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