Comments on: The Working Artist: The East London Group https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/10/28/the-working-artist-the-east-london-group/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 28 Oct 2017 11:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/10/28/the-working-artist-the-east-london-group/#comment-1176971 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 11:23:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161101#comment-1176971 Greetings from Boston,

GA, sorry I will not be in London on November 15 to attend “The East End Group, Then & Now” at the Nunnery Gallery.

Kudos on your continued efforts to bring the work of these East End artists to light in today’s world. Despite the fact that –

“Any painter wanting to imply stability, certainty or continuity might well have felt at almost any time over the last few centuries that the likes of Whitechapel, Stepney, Bishopsgate or Spitalfields were not ideal subjects. What is more, the constant lure of the rural, the pastoral and the maritime will not be be satisfied by East End streets.”

Interesting social history too …

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/10/28/the-working-artist-the-east-london-group/#comment-1176957 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:15:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161101#comment-1176957 It is great to see these artists getting the recognition. They have made such an important artistic, cultural and social contribution. Proper rooted.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/10/28/the-working-artist-the-east-london-group/#comment-1176948 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:10:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161101#comment-1176948 The East End did have its down-side, but on the whole the warmth, companionship, friendliness and sense of belonging together more than made up for it. And it always had a very special light and feel to it, which these artists have managed to capture. Valerie

]]> By: Patricia ezzell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/10/28/the-working-artist-the-east-london-group/#comment-1176925 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 05:52:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161101#comment-1176925 I love reading about the old east end with its characters and citizen and artists. I have a sense of being a Londoner although I’ve never been there. Maybe in a previous life. It just seems so familiar when i read you.
Keep it coming. I live in the states in Tallahassee Florida

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