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To learn more of the history and background of the Edwardian period please visit Edwardian Promenade
The following links are to the works of artists working Then. Only works from 1904 or earlier are linked.
My teacher in the art of landscape painting, Mr Alfred East A.R.A.
Autumn, Oil on Canvas, 60” x 40 1/4”, 1887
I should like to recommend a visit to the Alfred East Gallery in Kettering, Northamptonshire to see more of Mr East’s work. He turned away from the family shoemaking business to pursue a life as an artist studying in Glasgow and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Inspired by the Barbizon school and Corot he embraced naturalism in painting and was part of a group of artists seeking to bring about a new grand manner in British art with the coming of a new century.
Gwen John
Self Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 448x349mm, 1902
Gaining her art education at the Slade School in London Gwen John left this city to live in Paris. A Google Earth tour of her Paris addresses can be had on request.
Walter Sickert
St Mark’s, Venice, Oil on Panel, 20x24.6cm, 1901/02
Bathing Huts, Dieppe, Oil on Panel, 14x24.8cm, 1890
A Shop In Dieppe, Oil on Cavas, 35x27, 1886/88
Mr Whistler
Nocturne, Blue an Silver -
The River Thames, Etching, 16x23.3cm, 1859
Cezanne
The Etang des Soeurs, Osny, near Pontoise, Oil on Canvas, 60x73.5cm, 1875
Henri Matisse
Notre Dame, Oil on Canvas, 460x375mm, 1900
Berthe Morisot
Monet
Antibes, Oil on Canvas, 65.5x92.4cm, 1888
Renoir
From an earlier time, Mr Constable
East Bergholt House, 225.686mm, 1809
Hampstead Heath, Branch Hill Pond, Oil on Canvas, 1828
Mr Constable’s work was not highly regarded through much of his lifetime, and even when his name was known and his work respected he continued to struggle to make a living.
Millais
Mariana, Oil on Wood, 597x495mm, 1851
Ford Madox Brown
Carrying Corn, Oil on Mahogany, 197x276mm, 1854/55