In researching Leighton for my PhD I was eager to
identify innovatory classicism of the period 1855 to 1865. I was interested
in Edward Armitage just starting to develop a reputation as a muralist
and who had studied with Delaroche.
to Edward Armitage and St John's Islington. Sea Urchins is a rare treat.
PORTRAITS AND FIGURE PIECES
MURAL WORK
It is obviously from contemporary criticism
that Flandrin's mural scheme for the choir and sanctuary of the Chuch
of Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1842-1848) attracted much attention for
its abstracted forms, and flattened freize like compositions running
the length of the choir. I loved the mural work at the Church of S.Vincent
de Paul which was surrounded at the time of our visit by the Riot Squad. |