In the early 1880s, several young British artists returned from training Paris, and in 1886 formed a new club as an alternative to the Royal Society.
Sickert
A pupil of Whistler’s and member of his circle, he too adopted a form of Impressionism during the 1880s. With examples of landscape paintings.
Was there a void in British landscape painting after Turner died? Impressionist works by Whistler, Sickert, Steer, Clausen and others appear to have been forgotten.
Where did Vernet, Cotman, Turner, Boudin, Gauguin, Monet, Sickert, Pissarro and Loiseau all visit and paint?
Now seen as the odd man out of the Impressionists, at the time he had great influence. Here are samples of the work of those he influenced.
Uniquely, he worked as a surgeon before becoming a full-time painter. He eventually became Slade Professor too.
Whistler developed a unique style which had much in common with the Impressionists, anticipating several of the key features of Impressionism.
Compared with most other European countries, Impressionism largely passed British painters by.
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