Fic: Art in the Blood: G

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Title: Art in the Blood
Form/Word Count: 221B
Characters/Pairing: Mr Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson
Rating: G
Warning/Content: Holmes has met the painter, Claude Monet.
Because it is not just inventions which March in Time
Inspired by an exhibition at the Tate Gallery.  Monet's pictures can be seen here

“I’ve been having a very interesting conversation with M Monet,” Holmes told me when he returned to our rooms late one afternoon.  “His art is quite extraordinary.”

“I’m surprised you like it,” I replied, “Surely his paintings are far too interpretative for your taste.”

“That is where you are wrong, my dear fellow.  Whilst he does not depict the Palace of Westminster brick by brick, and really there are plenty of artists capable of so doing, his genius lies in capturing the light.  Of course, a tourist, wishing to visit the building might avail themselves of a picture postcard so they could recognise the location when they found it.  But we, for whom it is a familiar sight, do not need to be reminded of the outline, which is easily recognisable; instead M Monet shows us how the light falls, and that varies every time.”

“If you say so, Holmes.”

“I see you are not convinced.  Well, I shall leave you to Sisley and Pisarro, whose works you claim would enable you to identify the exact scene which they had painted, and remind you that art never stands still, and what may seem modern and avant-garde now, will, in fifty years time, be regarded as completely passé.”

I nodded, for when Holmes speaks in such fashion he will not be budged.

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Very forward thinking, our Holmes!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Indeed he is!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Once photography became ubiquitous, art no longer needed to be as picture-perfect. Holmes always availed himself of modern ideas (telephone, telegraph) when he wasn't coming up with his own improvements, so I can see an artist appreciating Impressionism rather than lamenting the loss of the old realism.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Exactly. From then on a painting needed to convey a more personal representation of a scene.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

"But we, for whom it is a familiar sight, do not need to be reminded of the outline, which is easily recognisable; instead M Monet shows us how the light falls, and that varies every time." I really like that - it's such an interesting interpretation from Holmes.

And it's lovely to see you inspired by the exhibition ^__^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I thought it would appeal to Holmes - he picks up on the little details, so I could imagine him liking Monet's paintings.

Thank you. It was a very interesting exhibition - I even bought the accompanying book (they had it on offer).

[debriswoman]

Clearly an artistic eye:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Very much so :)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Have a little two-stepping tribute to Claude and Co.:
Impressionists' Two-Step (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIFIaal2bYk)