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The Itinerant |
Early London |
The First |
A New |
| Painters in pioneer London found few opportunities to pursue their craft. Travel was necessary to survive, to seek landscape and portrait commissions and give art lessons to those who could afford to pay. Displayed artists are: George Berthon, John H. Caddy, William Cresswell, George Dartnell, James Duncan, Frederick L. Foster, Edmund Hallewell, Ezekiel Sexton, James Wandesforde, Robert R. Whale and Peter V. Wood. |
London grew into a city in 1855. It was a boom and bust period spurred by economic growth, immigration and speculation. The activity attracted key artists who played a formidable role in the cultural development of London's artistic personality. Documented artists are: Charles Chapman, James Griffiths, John Griffiths, James Hamilton, William Lees Judson and John R. Peel. |
The city now became a powerhouse of artistic effort on the local, regional and national scene. It was the centre for a major art training facility, home of a number of nationally significant artists, promoter of several art clubs, developer of annual exhibitions and new commercial galleries. Shown artists are: F. M. Bell-Smith, Mary Dignam, J. P. Hunt, Henry N. McEvoy, Lucius O'Brien, Paul Peel, George Reid, J. R. Seavey, Horatio Walker, Homer Watson and Robert Heard Whale. |
This era began with the passing of most of the early senior artists and the removal of the younger ones to other rapidly expanding cities. A new spirit of local artistic growth did not start until the Twenties. Illustrated artists are: Herb Ariss, Clare Bice, Eva Bradshaw, Mackie Cryderman, Edward Glen, Mary Healey, James Kemp, William "St. Thomas" Smith, Marjorie Spenceley and Albert Templar. |
| Image detail: Frederick L. Foster, Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side (1888), oil on canvas | Image detail: James Hamilton, The Forks of the Thames (n.d.), oil on canvas | Image detail: Homer Watson, Lone Cattle Shed (1894), oil on canvas | Image detail: Mackie Cryderman, Boats at Gloucester (c. 1956), watercolour on paper |