41 min
Stirrings and Straw men, Nude and Naked Eccentric Circles
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- History
At the turn of the 20th century, in Britain establishment tastes in art prevailed and leaned traditional. Despite being the heart of a global empire, the country suffered from an island mentality. The fall of Oscar Wilde and his subsequent escape to Paris only added to a suspicion of all things French. Decadence itself had been a French import.
The English, according to the painter and writer, Wyndham Lewis, were philistines "in their bones."
Paris had brought impressionism and post impressionism to the world. London was lagging badly.
But in 1910 the city would finally begin to catch up.
At the turn of the 20th century, in Britain establishment tastes in art prevailed and leaned traditional. Despite being the heart of a global empire, the country suffered from an island mentality. The fall of Oscar Wilde and his subsequent escape to Paris only added to a suspicion of all things French. Decadence itself had been a French import.
The English, according to the painter and writer, Wyndham Lewis, were philistines "in their bones."
Paris had brought impressionism and post impressionism to the world. London was lagging badly.
But in 1910 the city would finally begin to catch up.
41 min