THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN LOWRY Painting in Northern Britain in the 20th century

L.S. Lowry’s works are perhaps the most immediately familiar of any ‘provincial’ British painter, but his enduring popularity has perhaps cast a shadow over those contemporaries active in Northern Britain during the first half of the 20th Century.

This lecture, which can also be offered as a study day, considers those other artists and painters who sought to embrace the new visual language of modernism, but whose approach recognised and embraced the urban and natural landscapes of Northern Britain.

Who were these, often forgotten, individuals who sought to challenge the conventional wisdom of their training and metropolitan art market? In offering us an alternative vision they invite us to perhaps consider that it might not be so grim up North.

How to book this event:

Visitors are always welcome either in person in the Hall or online via ZOOM. Prices are £10 per person (£5 if from another Arts Society)

For visitors to the Hall just turn up on the day and pay the fee by card at the Welcome Desk.

For online access via Zoom. if you are not already on our mailing list, please apply via the Zoom scheme or email hambleton@theartssociety.org to receive the unstructions to pay and subsequent links. If you are a regular visitor on our mailing list you will receive notice of the meeting with a link to pay by credit card, which when complete then sends you the Zoom links by return

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Ed Williams

Ed Williams is based in the North West of England, as an Oxford educated Art Historian, who was tutored by Dr Janina Ramirez and Mary Acton, he is passionate about sharing his love of the History of Art to a range of audiences. He works at TATE Liverpool, delivering tours and talks of the collection and special exhibitions and is also an official Green Badge Tour Guide for North Wales. In addition to leading tours Ed teaches the History of Art at the University of Liverpool, where he specialises in teaching adult learners at the Department of Continuing Education. He regularly gives lectures to specialist interest groups and societies as well as U3A and WI groups.

He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics and his work has been published in several journals and online publications.

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