Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) Part Three Perhaps because of the interference of the Great War, the term “New Woman” came to become attached to the changing roles of woman after 1918. However, this term had its origins in the fin-de-siècle period as...
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) Part Two In 1911, Walter Sickert was the leader of a small but hopeful group of young male artists in London, including August John, Lucien Pissarro, Henry Lamb, who wanted to make art outside of the confines of the Royal Academy....
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) Part One At the beginning of the twentieth century, with a war looming just beyond the horizon, every major European city seemed to be engrossed with Modernism and modern art. All but London, that is. Perhaps because England is an...
Welcome to the Vortex One hundred years before Europe began to industrialize and enter into the modern age, England was already totally involved in what would be called the Industrial Revolution. This Revolution, one of those rare historical events that change...
Creating a Modern Visual Vocabulary of War Part Two The Great War caught everyone by surprise. The avant-garde movement, once international, was shattered and artists were scattered across Europe. Some were killed, some went into exile, others found neutral territory...
Creating a Modern Visual Vocabulary of War Part One In 1911, the Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) organized an exhibition of fifty Futurist paintings for the working class. Called Esposizione d’ate libera, the show featured Carlo Carrà (1881-1966)...
