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Lot Essay
Hilary Pyle (loc. cit.) comments on the present work: 'A painting, mainly in the blues of reminiscence, of a young man singing to the accompaniment of a golden-haired girl playing the piano. Through the french window is a view of a green landscape, with water and sky, stretching to infinity. In the left foreground two figures listen intently; while to the right a man, painted in blues and dark blue, starts up, resting his hand on the end of the sofa, his inspired face, turning towards the singer, seen in silhouette against the tossed sky'.
Although Yeats claimed to have no ear he was greatly moved by the ballads of the acclaimed Irish poet, Thomas Moore (1779-1852) (see lot 25). In the present composition a small group are engaged in and enthralled by Moore's melodies. The sense of artistic release evident in the rapt expressions and stances of the subjects is strengthened by the extensive landscape seen through the open french windows, and by the picture of a galloping horse, seen hanging on the wall above the piano.
Although Yeats claimed to have no ear he was greatly moved by the ballads of the acclaimed Irish poet, Thomas Moore (1779-1852) (see lot 25). In the present composition a small group are engaged in and enthralled by Moore's melodies. The sense of artistic release evident in the rapt expressions and stances of the subjects is strengthened by the extensive landscape seen through the open french windows, and by the picture of a galloping horse, seen hanging on the wall above the piano.