| Event type: | Monthly meeting |
| Date: | Mon 10 Mar 2025 |
| Time: | 10:00am - 12:00pm |
| Venue: | St Margaret’s United Reformed Church, N3 1BD |
In the 1840s and 1850s, a period of economic slump, poverty and famine, painters began drawing attention to the conditions of working-class life in Britain. By the 1870s and 1880s, larger, more forceful paintings were being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, depicting real people and their experiences of hardship. In this talk, Angela Cox charts the progression to these major paintings that commanded attention, establishing the reputations of their artists and influencing, among others, the young Van Gogh. But were these paintings effective in accomplishing social change, and why are they scarcely known today?
Angela is an art historian specialising in British painting. She was the first Head of Education at the National Portrait Gallery, and she has organised courses on aspects of British art at the V&A, the National Portrait Gallery, Birkbeck College, The Arts Society and elsewhere. Angela also manages the Art We Like group for NLU3A.