Staithes Group of artists

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The Staithes Group of artists was a late 19th- and early 20th-century colony of British painters known for their plein air, impressionistic depictions of everyday life and coastal scenes around the North Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes.

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instanceOf art movement
artists' colony
activeInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
artisticFocus coastal scenes
everyday life
fishing village life
artisticPractice direct observation of light and atmosphere
painting outdoors from nature
artisticStyle emphasis on natural light
loose brushwork
naturalistic colour
associatedWith British impressionism
Yorkshire art
basedAround Staithes fishing village
country United Kingdom
declineFactor outbreak of World War I
genre genre painting
landscape painting
marine painting
hasArtForm oil painting
watercolour painting
historicalContext Edwardian era
Victorian era
influencedBy Barbizon school
French impressionism
Newlyn School
languageOfCommunity English
locatedIn England
North Yorkshire
Staithes
Yorkshire coast
linked to: Yorkshire Coast
movementType impressionism
plein air painting
notableMember Charles Mackie
Ernest Dade
Frederick William Jackson
Harold Knight
Isaac Walter Jenner
Joseph R. Bagshawe
Laura Knight
Mark Senior
Robert Jobling
region North Sea coast
subjectMatter cliffs and shoreline
domestic interiors
fishing boats
harbour scenes
local villagers

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Staithes hasHeritage Staithes Group of artists