Into the 1920s:
Vanessa Bell, Nina Hamnett & Nancy Cunard
The Beecroft Gallery
Saturday 25th January
Our theme today is the transition from war to peace in British art.
The period 1910-1914 had been vital and experimental when it came to British art history: The Camden Town Group, Bloomsbury and the Vorticists all vied for attention. War, unsurprisingly, dulled much of that enthusiasm. Today, by following the lives of two artists – Vanessa Bell and Nina Hamnett – and that of the poet Nancy Cunard, we will explore the cultural contexts of the early 1920s.
Vanessa Bell: Clive Bell and Family
[1924; New Walk Gallery, Leicester; c/o artuk.org]
Meetings are held 10.30am – 12.30pm in the Beecroft Gallery lecture theatre.
Each talk costs £10 and includes tea/coffee (biscuits!)
For further information please contact Mark Banting by email chasingtales@rocketmail.com or via twitter @TheCommonViewer
These monthly Saturday morning art history talks are educational yet informal and open to anyone with an interest in art.