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Burlesques
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Mr. H. M. Bateman possesses in remarkable degree that rare gift, a real power of comic draughsmanship. He is capable not only of comic vision, but of comic expression. His "line" is an instinctive expression of the it reveals an innate feeling for the essentially humorous. To put it briefly, if somewhat vaguely, he "draws funnily." He is the terse and witty pictorial raconteur - a shrewd observer who can sum up a character, or conjure up a scene, with a few strokes of such penetrating insight that they carry instant conviction.
Humour of the kind which the drawings in this volume embody is so spontaneous, and the expression of it so direct and incisive, that there is perhaps a tendency to overlook the intensity of the effort which produces the seemingly effortless result. Mr. Bateman's method is sometimes described as caricature, but that is to miss its true significance, though the term may seem, upon the surface, appropriate enough. Caricature is the art of inducing humour, by dint of satirical exaggeration, in a subject not necessarily humorous of itself. Mr. Bateman's more difficult function is to reveal humour, not to impose it.
There is no trace of the self-conscious humorist in these drawings. Facetiousness is a quality conspicuously and gratefully absent.
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Mr. H. M. Bateman possesses in remarkable degree that rare gift, a real power of comic draughsmanship. He is capable not only of comic vision, but of comic expression. His "line" is an instinctive expression of the it reveals an innate feeling for the essentially humorous. To put it briefly, if somewhat vaguely, he "draws funnily." He is the terse and witty pictorial raconteur - a shrewd observer who can sum up a character, or conjure up a scene, with a few strokes of such penetrating insight that they carry instant conviction.
Humour of the kind which the drawings in this volume embody is so spontaneous, and the expression of it so direct and incisive, that there is perhaps a tendency to overlook the intensity of the effort which produces the seemingly effortless result. Mr. Bateman's method is sometimes described as caricature, but that is to miss its true significance, though the term may seem, upon the surface, appropriate enough. Caricature is the art of inducing humour, by dint of satirical exaggeration, in a subject not necessarily humorous of itself. Mr. Bateman's more difficult function is to reveal humour, not to impose it.
There is no trace of the self-conscious humorist in these drawings. Facetiousness is a quality conspicuously and gratefully absent.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
84 pages, Paperback
First published May 19, 1916
About the author
H.M. Bateman
23 booksHenry Mayo Bateman was a British humorous artist and cartoonist.
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