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Library of On Demand Talks
related to
Great Britain
- North of the Alpes was very much affected by the Protestant Reformation. As Protestantism spread, artists turned away from overtly religious subjects and chose more secular imagery. Genre paintings and Landscape art make their appearance, and the court of Henry VIII introduces new displays of power!
- Founded in 1885 as an alternative to the RA, the club encouraged techniques & subjects of French Impressionists. Members incl P.W.Steer & W.Sickert steered art away from RA conventions, whilst Roger Fry promoted post-Impressionism in his own London exhibitions in turn influencing Bloomsbury painters
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