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... Is a realist in his choice of subjects but a decorator in his form of expression.
His pictures are full of the spirit of Northern Spain, as regards both people and landscape,
and they are designed and painted with a restrained force that wins immediate
respect... —(de «The Standard»), Londres 1919.
... His figures are all statuesque, while his colouring is rich and yet sombre were
it not for his characteristic use of light. His fondness for a thick dark outline contributes
to the feeling of power in his work... —(de «Challenge»), Londres 1919.
... Maeztu would, as we think, be at his best in the mural decoration, completely
reasoned, yet imaginative, of a great public edifice or monument... —Claude Phillips
(de «The Daily Telegraph»), Londres 1919.
... His forms, too, are more summary, more suggestive of carving, whilst his colours,
his flesh-tints, his blues and red and greens are more intense than nature's. For
all that he regards himself as a realist, or defines, at all events, his great Trilogy «Order-Force-Death»,
as coceived in the painting... —Tis (de «Colour Magazine»), Londres
1920.
... A large number of drawings and sketches of heads and animal are included in
the exhibition. Most of these are executed in charcoal or soft chalk, and they show us
Señor de Maeztu as a clever exponent of the art of summarising either in tone or line...
—(de «Sheffield Daily Telegraph), Sheffield 1920.
... The glowing, Indian-red skin daring against a fringed shawl-girdle of cobalt, the
skirt, the blue and red drapery held by one upraised hand, the green landscape background
obviously designed in simulation of stained glass forms and colors... —Augusta
Owen Patterson (de «Town & Country»), New York 1920.
... A realist in search of beautiful adventure. Il Greco seems to have been his spiritual
master, although his presentment has the monumental quality of Michael Angelo...
—(de «Drawing and Design»), Londres 1921.
... Voici un peintre au talent très puissant et très coloré, mais qui semble encore
chercher avec passion son expression définitive... —G. Palowski (de «Le Journal»),
París 1922.