British Printmaking in the 1930s: Beyond the Grosvenor

What you will learn

Dulwich Art Gallery currently has an exhibition of British printmaking with a spotlight on the Grosvenor School during the 1930s. (19 June – 8 Sept). This day school will complement this by looking at the wider world of British printmaking in the 1930s.

Why was printmaking such a popular art form during this period, what were the influences and how did it feature in the wider world of modernist British art. Artists considered include those of the Grosvenor school, particularly, Claude Flight and his students Sybil Andrews, Cyril Power, Lill Tschudi, William Greengrass, Leonard Beaumont and Eileen Mayo and we will look other printmakers during this period including Paul Nash, Edward Bawden, Tirzah Garwood and the artists of the Artist’s International.

By the end of the course you will be able to

Gain a familiarity with the key printmakers and seminal prints produced in Britain during the 1930s.
Be introduced to the central issues and themes of the period.
Be introduced to the skills of visual analysis.