It was MrB who introduced to the work of the East London Group, and like him I have become a fan of art that is considered to be some of the ‘most innovative and productive to have flourished in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century’.

They were a group of thirty-three artists based in London, and the original members were attendees at an art club at the Bow and Bromley Evening Institute in East London. Consequently many of the artists were working class men and women who lived and worked in East London, a few though were Slade School of Fine Art-trained, like the art club’s teacher John Cooper.

In the 20s and 30s the group attracted huge support and attention, however the group didn’t reform after World War Two and their work was almost forgotten. Fortunately however for us it wasn’t completely forgotten and the group’s realistic drawings and paintings of buildings, streets, and ways of life in east London is now an incredible legacy,

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  3. There are lots of artists down here, I like visiting the galleries, not this year of course, the Newlyn School artists produced art en plein air and some evocative paintings of the fishing community.

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    1. wonderful 🙂 do like these local groups.

      The east London Group did make it your way, or at least a couple of them did. They have captured some local scenes on the coast

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    1. I’ll keep you posted on when it opens. Alan hopes it will be spring 2021, but know with Covid19. He runs a lovely Twitter account in you want to see more in meantime, all he posts are their works of art 🙂

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