Her Eyes Are with Her Heart and That is Far Away Antique Print Picture 1910 #92

Description: Her Eyes Are With Her Thoughts, And They Are Far Away by Philip Hermogenes Calderon Antique Print 1910A colour print from a disbound art book from 1910. The reverse side is blank. Suitable for framing, the actual picture size is approx 7" x 10" or 18 cm x 25.5 cm printed on textured paper and one side mounted to heavyweight textured paper which forms a border. Page size including border mount approx 9" x 11.875" This is an antique print from 1910 not a modern copy and does show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print including foxing or marks on the surrounding mount. Please view the scans as they form part of the description. All pictures will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit. While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item. Text taken from the opposite page. Please note this cannot be supplied with the print. Any spelling errors are due to the OCR program used. HER EYES ARE WITH HER THOUGHTS, AND THEY ARE FAR AWAY By P. H. CALDERON, R.A. (1838-1898) IN THE COLLECTION OF MRS. GEORGE HOLT In the later years of his life, that is to say while he occupied the position of Keeper of the Royal Academy, Calderon turned his attention almost entirely to classic subjects, probably from the opportunities they afforded for flesh and drapery painting. They were always pleasing, but they lacked the spirit of classicism which Leighton, for instance, imparted to his works of this nature. Calderon always loved a pretty face, and one felt that these classic figures of his depended merely upon the costume for their association with classic times the faces were unmistakably those of pretty English girls. This is amply illustrated in the picture now under notice. Mr. G. A. Storey, A.R.A., has told the following story of the critical period in Calderon's life, when the question whether art or commerce was to find employment for his future years. His first picture was exhibited at the Academy in 1853, and then followed a time when it seemed as though success as a painter was not to be his lot, and he felt that the city office would have to supply the means of livelihood. One more effort, however, was decided upon, and upon that his fate should turn one more picture should be painted and its effect should determine the future. "The subject he chose was 'Broken Vows,' probably suggested by Longfellow, a poet for whom, in those days, he had a great liking. And the young lady who sat for his principal figure was his future wife—even his wedding depended upon the success of this production. I remember with what interest his nearest friends watched the progress of the work, none having any doubt that the desired object would be attained by it, and that P. H. Calderon would not have to go into the city to seek employment. 'Broken Vows' was not only a subject likely to be popular, since it represented a young lady who accidentally discovers her lover to be faithless, but was painted in the new spirit of Pre-Raphaelitism ; and without doubt the heart of the painter was in his work, for he not only depicted the ivy leaves, the old_ wall, and the grey palings with loving care, but it may be supposed that he was still more interested in his fair sitter. The picture was finished, was well received by the Academy and the public, was sold, and was engraved. The battle was won! Henceforth the finances of a city firm, or the drawings in an engineer's office would have to do without the assistance of Philip Hermogenes Calderon, the descendant of Don Pedro Calderon de la Rarca, the great Spanish poet."

Price: 3.49 GBP

Location: Dereham

End Time: 2025-01-14T08:30:35.000Z

Shipping Cost: 19.73 GBP