Art Movements & Schools

Pierhead Painters

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a distinctive group of maritime artists emerged along the busy ports of Britain, Northern Europe, and the Unit...
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Barbizon School

During the 1830s, a group of painters began to gather in and around the village of Barbizon, situated on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau in France. D...
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Staithes Group

Towards the end of the 19th century, the North Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes became enlivened with the buoyant spirits of various artists seeking the...
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Manchester School of Painters

During the 1870s, several young painters rebelled against the formulaic and rigid tuition offered by Manchester Art School and sought greater freedom of expr...
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