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Inspiration from Artists Week 17 Herbert F Royle
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.Welcome to week seventeen this weeks bonus artist is Herbert F Royle 1870- 1958. A landscaper painter born in Manchester and lived from 1924 onward in the hamlet of Nessfield near Ilkley where he did most of his paintings in a old army hut above his home . I hope you enjoy his work .
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by Robert Jones, NAPA
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Paul - I've edited the title for you.
This is another artist I'd never encountered - his snow scenes are great, his paintings full of light, air and space; I have a minor criticism of number two down, in that I think one of those clouds is a bit architectural, as it were - even menacing clouds are things of changing substance, but this is what's called a massive Nit-Pick (by a massive Nit).
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Thank you Robert I was hoping you would wave your magic wand or press a few buttons . I think your criticism of a part of the painting is justified, I hadn’t notice till you mentioned the cloud structure but then on small screens you do miss some details.
His work is new to me , he is one of the many that I have come across in the past few month whilst trawling the internet for artists to include in the thread. I do admit to liking it almost straight away, I haven’t real looked in depth as yet as I concentrate on each artist as they come up so I’m not able to say why I like his paintings other than the appeal to me.
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As has been said, he has produced some great light in his paintings, and his trees are excellent. I always find trees difficult to paint so really appreciate someone who does it well!
I also like the fact that he apparently painted fairly locally and obviously knew his subject matter well on that basis. Not all artists have or had the option to travel the world painting.
Another interesting choice.
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Is not that last one very reminiscent of a Constable painting? Not that I think that's a problem = who better to model yourself on? I do like his work - I also like traditional landscapes - and not abstraction from them. Which prompts me to ask - has anyone seen the RA Summer Exhibition? Can't get there, but what I've seen online hasn't entirely impressed.
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I like his paintings as they represent everyday images the people working in fields a cart on its way to the farm etc, it’s as if he is using his paintings like a camera to record what’s around him. I know that’s what we all aim to do with our own work but as most of his is local it built up a pictorial history of his era. It’s also the things he includes like hay been loaded by using sheerlegs as a crane etc. A few more the first been on the banks of the Mersey. 
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by Paul (Dixie) Dean
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‘Is not that last one very reminiscent of a Constable painting?,
It’s the classical landscape of the time, perfectly balanced rule of thirds grid plan, (golden ratio) and yes I’ve seen similar from Constable only trees in full leaf of course…
The RA Summer Exhibition … I’ve been to a fair few over the years, but not recently I may add.
From what I can see online of this years offerings, I won’t be making the trip south!
I much prefer the more traditional paintings that I’ve always associated with the RA.
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Fourth one down, the trees and gate, is an absolute dead-ringer for a scene down here on the Isle of Wight that I remember from donkey's years ago: the whole landscape is different now that the elms have gone (well, the mature ones have: it's surprising when you really look at hedgerow just how many elms still survive: they pop up - whether they're allowed to live or not my generation will never know ).
Anyway: my respect for Mr Royle increases - I like his crusty, thick paint. On the RA Summer Exhibition - there's a withering review from Jonathan Jones in the Guardian: not that JJ really understands what he's on about half the time, but he does stumble on uncomfortable truths now and then. It'd be interesting to read - in another thread - what others make of the exhibition, AND that criticism.
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Alan, you’ve hit the nail on the head re the golden ratio. It does make all his work have the correct balance and just ‘look right’.
I do like the way he has recorded daily life and work and I particularly like the riverside cottages.
As regards the RA summer exhibition I also haven’t been for a few years. I wasn’t impressed last time I viewed and especially dislike the way so many paintings are crammed in, some of them so high you either need to take a step ladder or come away with a cricked neck!
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