In The Footsteps of the East London Group: The Nunnery Gallery, Urban Contemporaries

Thirty original paintings by members of the East London Group, paired with 20 new interpretations and responses from contemporary painters.

The East London Group created paintings in the 1920s and ’30s of buildings, streets, and London life. The artists were mostly working class, realist painters whose formal education had often stopped at an early age. The group were taught by Walter Sickert, John Albert Cooper, and Phyllis Bray and exhibited alongside prominent artists of the day.

Curated b...