Camden Town Group

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The Camden Town Group was an early 20th-century London-based collective of Post-Impressionist-influenced painters known for their modern, often gritty depictions of urban life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
artists' group
aim to bring modern French painting ideas into British art
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1913
exhibitedAt Grafton Galleries
surface form: Carfax Gallery

Grafton Galleries
field painting
focus London scenes
urban life
working-class subjects
foundedBy Walter Sickert
genre modern art
hasMember Augustus John
Charles Ginner
Frederick Spencer Gore
Harold Gilman
Henry Lamb
J. B. Manson
Lucien Pissarro
Malcolm Drummond
Robert Bevan
Spencer Gore
Stanislawa de Karlowska
Walter Sickert
William Ratcliffe
hasPart Camden Town exhibitions
inception 1911
influencedBy French post-impressionist circle
surface form: French Post-Impressionism

Paul Cézanne
Paul Gauguin
Vincent van Gogh
location London, England
surface form: London
mergedInto London Group
movement Post-Impressionism
movementAssociatedWith British modernism
notableFor gritty depictions of urban life
representation of lower-middle-class London
notableWorkDepicted Camden Town
Euston Road
domestic interiors
music halls
railway sidings
numberOfMembers 16
period early 20th century
styleCharacteristic bold colour
everyday subject matter
flattened forms
strong design

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Walter Sickert memberOf Camden Town Group
Lucien Pissarro memberOf Camden Town Group
Ennui movement Camden Town Group
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The Old Bedford movement Camden Town Group
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Christine Angus associatedWith Camden Town Group
Christine Angus spouseMovement Camden Town Group