Paul Henry, Irish Artist.

sandyRoe | 14:33 Mon 22nd Aug 2016 | Arts & Literature

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I was talking to some dog walkers in the park this morning and said I thought his work derivative. They disagreed. Do you?

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chanel5

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I most certainly would agree with you that Henry's work is indeed derivative. The work of Paul Henry derives from and was influenced by the French movement, known as the Barbizon School, which moved art away from the depiction of decadent Parisian scenes and toward the depiction of rural scenes that were meant to capture the reality of the land. The artist who...

15:26 Mon 22nd Aug 2016

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jno

the paintings of people look like Sickert's, who was about 20 years older, so that's possible. The landscapes have bright colours rather like those of the fauves, but he's obviously not a fauve himself; I rather like them. Perhaps a little less cumulus and more stratus would have varied his skies.

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sandyRoe

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That's an exegesis and a half, and no mistake. ^^^
When I first saw them I think I had an experience of déjá vu. I thought I'd seen them, or their like, before.
Something similar happened when I first saw Lowry's work. I wondered was he painting scenes in a part of Belfast I didn't know. The answer there was simpler, a mill in Manchester looks pretty much like one in Belfast.

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weecalf

I thought he was Benny and post by sandy isnt there a connection to crossroads there .

sandyRoe

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Chanel5, I just thought your answer at 16:26 was an excellent one.

Weecalf, I'd sometimes wonder if part of the wobbly scenery in Crossroads collapsing on top of Sandy was the reason he was in a wheelchair.

weecalf

I know sandy miss Diane do say ,now where is that spanner .

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