The Staithes group or Staithes School was an

art colony Art colonies are organic congregations of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, who are often drawn to areas of natural beauty, the prior existence of other artists, art schools there, or a lower cost of living. They are typically mission ...

of 19th-century painters based in the

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fishing village of

Staithes Staithes () is a village in North Yorkshire, England, situated by the border between the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland. The area located on the Redcar and Cleveland side is known as Cowbar. Formerly a hub for f ...

. Inspired by French

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

s such as

Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his ...

, Cézanne and Renoir, the group of about 25 artists worked together in

plein air ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or plein-air painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting is c ...

, in

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. The group contained renowned artists such as

Laura Knight Dame Laura Knight ( Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressi ...

(who kept a studio in the village with her husband and fellow painter Harold Knight), Frederick W. Jackson, Edward E. Anderson, Joseph R. Bagshawe, Thomas Barrett and James W. Booth.

Member artists

*Edward Enoch Anderson (1878–1961) *John Atkinson (1863–1924) * Joseph R. Bagshawe (1870–1909) *Thomas Barrett (1848–1924) *James William Booth (1867–1953) *Owen Bowen (1873–1967) *John Bowman (1872–1915) *Andrew Charles Colley (1859–1910) *Harold Edward Conway (b.1872) *Lionel Townsend Crawshaw (1864–1949) *

Ernest Dade Ernest Frederick Dade (1868–1935),Sources vary; others give 1864–1936England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1936. "DADE Ernest of 16 Langford-place St. John's Wood Middlesex died 3 November 1935 Administration York 13 November to Hele ...

(1868–1936) *

William Gilbert Foster William Gilbert Foster (9 May 1855 – 3 July 1906) was a British painter. Senior member of the Staithes group of artists, he had a studio at Runswick Bay for many years. He painted landscapes and rural genre in oil and watercolours. Exhibited ...

(1855–1906) *Arthur A Friedenson (1872–1955) *Sidney Valentine Gardner (1869–1957) *Leandro Ramón Garrido (1869–1909) *Ralph Hedley (1848–1913) *Florence Adelina Hess (1891–1974) *Rowland Henry Hill (1873–1952) *Henry Silkstone Hopwood (1860–1914) *John William Howey (1873–1938) *John Spence Ingall (1850–1936) * Frederick William Jackson (1859–1918) *Isabella (Isa) Jobling (née Thompson) (1851–1926) *

Robert Jobling Robert Jobling (1841–1923) was a British artist. He first had work accepted by both the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists in 1883. He painted regularly at the fishing village of Cullercoats and later at Staithes. He attained ...

(1841–1923) * Harold Knight (1874–1961) * Dame Laura Knight (née Johnson) (1877–1970) *Charles Hodge Mackie (1862–1920) *

Frank Henry Mason Frank Henry Mason (1 October 1875 – 24 February 1965), RBA, RI, RSMA was an English artist best known for his maritime, shipping, coastal and harbour paintings, and as a creator of art deco travel and railway posters. His style is describ ...

(1875–1965) *Hannah Mayor (née Hoyland) (1871–1947) *William Frederick Mayor (1865–1916) *Paul Paul (1865–1937) *Frederick Stuart Richardson (1855–1934) *Ernest Higgins Rigg (1868–1947) *Mark Senior (1862–1927) *Albert George Stevens (1863–1925) *Percy Morton Teasdale (1870–1961) *Joseph Alfred Terry (1872–1939) *Hirst Walker (1868–1957) *James Watson (1851–1936) *John Wright (1857–1933)

Exhibitions

*Pannett Park Museum and Art Gallery, Whitby, North Yorkshire *

Brockfield Hall Brockfield Hall is a country house in Warthill, east of York in North Yorkshire, England. The hall was built in 1804 for Benjamin Agar, to a design by Peter Atkinson. It is a two-storey building of brick, with a slate roof, and has three bays. ...

Warthill Warthill is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, six miles north-east of York and 14 miles south-west of Malton. The village has one public house, ''The Agar Arms'', and a Church of England primary school (established in 1 ...

, North Yorkshire

References

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External links

The Staithes Group – David Duggleby

The Staithes Group Exhibition & Lecture 2015

T.B. & R. Jordan

Frederick Jackson

"Artists' colonies in Staithes and Runswick Bay c.1880–1914" PhD thesis by Robert Slater, 2010
English artist groups and collectives 19th-century English painters Culture in North Yorkshire Staithes

Member artists

Exhibitions

See also

References

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