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The Brotherhood of Ruralists Information Website Information for researchers and collectors of works by this outstanding group of English artists. |
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Join our email list and you'll be kept informed of all future events, publications, etc. CLICK HERE for more details. Forthcoming Exhibition - David Inshaw A selling exhibition of David Inshaw's work under the title 'Between Dreaming and Waking'. The Millinery Works, 85 Southgate Road, Islington, London, N1 3JS Website: http://www.millineryworks.co.uk
Forthcoming Publication
A cycle of 18 poems with reproductions of paintings For further details and to pre-order: Current Exhibition
This major exhibition begins with etchings by Samuel Palmer and plots the course of English Landscape painting to the present day following themes of Ancient Landscapes, Trees, the Gothic, the Traveller and Nocturnes. These themes are used to explore the Romantic response to the British countryside and the impact of man on the landscape. Sites, such as Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and the White Horse, Uffington, that have been venerated over the centuries certainly attracted artists Paul and John Nash, John Piper and David Inshaw. A review of the exhibition appeared in The Independent, 28 April 2008. Pity The Independent couldn't find someone better informed to write the piece. A much more intelligent piece appeared in The Observer, 17 September 2008 following the opening of the second of the two Bath showings. Originally shown at Southampton City Art Gallery - the exhibition is split into two parts - showing consecutively Bath and Falmouth. The first of the two Bath exhibitions has now opened and includes examples of work by each of the Ruralists. The second exhibition will include far more work by the Ruralists. Victoria Gallery, Bath Falmouth Art Gallery
The following event is scheduled to coincide with the exhibition. Please check with the appropriate venue before making irreversible arrangements. Saturday 20 September (2pm), Falmouth Art Gallery Gallery talk by Anne Anderson
Past Exhibition - Moving on to Birmingham This exhibition at the excellent Twenty Twenty gallery celebrates the art of landscape painting with original new work by four of the original Brotherhood of Ruralist members: David Inshaw, Annie Ovenden, Ann Arnold and Graham Arnold. The show also includes new paintings by Bob Bates, Sue Campion, Malcolm Ashman, Peter Tarrant, Norman Lamputt and work by featured ceramicist, Jon Barrett-Danes whose sheep, pigs and hens will continue the rural theme. Although the exhibition is no longer open at Twenty Twenty in Much Wenlock, the gallery is taking the exhibition on to Birmingham Art Fair, 18 to 21 September 2008. Click Here for more details (on one of the most annoying websites ever.)
Ground-Breaking Work - Now Published THE GREEN FUSE, PASTORAL VISION IN ENGLISH ART 1820-2000 To be published by: Antique Collectors’ Club, ISBN: 1 85149 532 0 This book traces for the first time a length of green heritage in English art. During the past two centuries especially, English artists have envisioned the pastoral mode. Their pastoral art uses landscapes of home – often quite specific localities – to shape vision. The history begins with Samuel Palmer, who transplanted the act of vision from his mentor William Blake’s heroic figures into the soil of English landscape art. Palmer’s landscape vision was more influential than has yet been recognised. His tradition has been enriched by artists of every subsequent generation, from Nash via Sutherland, Piper and Minton, to the current group of artists working under the name of Ruralists. It is a history of constant challenge and renewing response – a continuing story of intensely private men and women seeking and finding materials and sustenance for their visions in the nature and climate of their country. The end of the book shows fresh renewal against internationalist odds. In a country whose art has seldom been reckoned to show any continuity at all, this history may be definitive. It shows English art drawing visionary nourishment – even as the writings of Shakespeare and the music of Elgar – from the land. Available through The Aznet Online Store - sponsors of this website. |
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