Studio: international art (90.1925)

BOURNEMOUTH

" CORFE CASTLE." ETCHING
BY S. H. BRAITHWAITE

BOURNEMOUTH.—Bournemouth has
produced, or gathered in its neighbour-
hood, a number of artists of ability,
among them Mr. S. H. Braithwaite, in
whose etchings are to be found great
•charm and individual character. a
Mr. Braithwaite sees nature with a
certain austerity and uses a fine and
delicate line in the task of reproducing
her. He is fully alive to the capacity of
etching in the suggestion of atmosphere,
a matter in which the etcher has an
advantage over the painter. The distrac-

tions of colour and of paint make the
painter's task more difficult than the
etcher's in this direction, and the etcher
who is sufficiently wise and has the neces-
sary ability makes the most of his oppor-
tunity. Corfe Castle shows the sense of
mysterious beauty which can result from
a thoughtful study of atmosphere and of
line. The reticence and suggestiveness
which may be found together in a good
etching bring a happiness to many which
is not found in other arts in full measure.

J. W. S.

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