Art for All – British socially committed art from the 1930s to the Cold War

Wednesday December 5th 7pm

Christine Lindey, a renowned art historian, talks about her latest book, Art for All.

The book reveals a forgotten or marginalised area -British socially committed art from the 1930s through to the Cold War. With over 100 illustrations, she demonstrates why the artists deserve to be rediscovered. This extensively researched book provides a vivid understanding of the political and aesthetic contexts that turned a wide variety of individuals into socially committed artists. It also examines the artist’s circumstances of production and patronage and explains why these often handicapped those artists who were swimming against the current of their times.

At the current time, when young artists are joining the popular demand for social change, this book takes on a new relevance.

Copies of the book will be available at the talk.

Entry free. Refreshments available.