The Staithes group or Staithes School was an

art colony An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence o ...

of 19th-century painters based in the

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

fishing village of

Staithes Staithes is a seaside village in the borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Easington and Roxby Becks, two brooks that run into Staithes Beck, form the border between the Borough of Scarborough and Redcar and Cleveland. The area l ...

. Inspired by French

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s such as

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

, Cézanne and

Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Re ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Harold Knight (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter. Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of William Knight, architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foste ...

), 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 (1868–1936) * William Gilbert Foster (1855–1906) *Arthur A Friedenson (1872–1955) *Sidney Valentine Gardner (1869–1957) *Ralph Hedley (1848–1913) *Florence Adelina Hess (1891–1974) *Leandro Ramón Garrido (1869–1909) *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 (1841–1923) *

(1874–1961) *

Dame 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 ...

(née Johnson) (1877–1970) *Charles Hodge Mackie (1862–1920) * Frank Henry Mason (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 YO21 1RE

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

References

{{Reflist English artist groups and collectives 19th-century English painters Culture in North Yorkshire

Member artists

Exhibitions

See also

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