Seule

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst British

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Brockhurst's etching of a dejected woman with long loose hair standing by a pool relates to a tempera painting (Wiggin Collection, Boston Public Library). He made the latter while living in Ireland between 1915 and 1918 and took as his subject, a local girl who committed suicide after being cast out by her village, using a background that conveys admiration for Italian fifteenth-century painting. The artist published a series of masterful etchings between 1920 and 1933 (plus one addition in 1942), most of which are portraits. Thematic subjects such as "Seule" (Alone) are rare.

Seule, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (British, Birmingham 1890–1978 Franklin Lakes, New Jersey), Etching; fourth state of four

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Seule, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (British, Birmingham 1890–1978 Franklin Lakes, New Jersey), Etching; fourth state of four
Seule, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (British, Birmingham 1890–1978 Franklin Lakes, New Jersey), Etching; fourth state of four

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