Staithes: Life, Light and Landscape

The first book to survey the work of the late 19th century artists colony located on the coast in Northern Yorkshire, whose paintings of rural landscapes, seascapes, fishing scenes and village life was highly influenced by the Impressionists.

The period 1870–1910 saw the heyday of a phenomenon of artist ‘colonies’ which, though centered on Europe, stretched to the USA and Australia. Despite most histories focusing on the urban and avant-garde, this was the dominant mode of international art ...