The Idyllic school (also known as the Idyllists) was a 19th-century

art movement An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific art philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period of time, (usually a few months, years or decades) or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined ...

of British artists—both painters and illustrators—whose depictions of rural landscapes combined elements of

social realism Social realism is work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers, filmmakers and some musicians that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structures ...

and idealism.

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's well-known admiration for the group was shown in letters to his brother Theo, and in his collection of their work extracted from contemporary British newspapers, such as the ''

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'' and '' The Graphic''. Nowadays the Idyllist school is seen as one of the earliest manifestation of the

movement in artA fishmonger's shop
by R W Macbeth.

List of idyllist artists

John William North John William North (London 1 January 1842 – 20 December 1924 Stamborough, Somerset) was a British landscape painter and illustrator, a prominent member of the Idyllists. Biography North was born in Walham Green in London, England. His f ...

ARA RWS * Frederick Walker ARA RWS * George John Pinwell RWS * Robert Walker Macbeth RA RWS * George Hemming Mason ARA * Arthur Boyd Houghton * Hubert von Herkomer RA *

Richard Jefferies John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influ ...

(writer)

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The Idyllists
British art movements

List of idyllist artists

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