The Spring Number of Etchings of To-day, published by The
Studio, allows us to observe that to-day, if individually
we are specialized, collectively we are exceedingly versatile. The collection attempts to represent fairly the important schools in all countries, an impossible task, but at least it refutes one charge made against art in general to-day, that it is - uncertain of itself. From the conventional self-con- fidence of Mr. Brangwyn in the famous self-portrait, to the subtlety in line of Alexander Friedrich, and in texture of Mr. C. R. W. Nevinson, the artists are supremely certain of their objective, though not all are as successful as these are in attaining it The possibility of making so large a collection of such a standard is evidence of the vitality of an art in which Great Britain, for once, takes at least as good a place as any. The volume is enhanced in value by the Directory of Etchers" at the beginning, and by the short, but discreet, accounts given of the schools of etching represented.
* * * *
Previous page
