Ancients (art group)
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The Ancients (also known as Shoreham Ancients and Extollagers), were a group of English artists who were brought together by their attraction to archaism in art and admiration for the work of William Blake. The core members of the Ancients were Samuel Palmer, George Richmond, Edward Calvert. They met in Blake's apartment, dubbed the "House of Interpreter"[1] and at the home of Samuel Palmer in the Kent village of Shoreham.
Christiana Payne, in the Grove Dictionary of Art, states,
"Their subject-matter was drawn from the Bible, or from a vision of a golden age of pastoral innocence and abundance that had both Christian and Vergilian overtones."[2]
Other Associates [edit]
- Frederick Tatham,
- His brother Arthur Tatham,
- John Linnell,
- Francis Oliver Finch,[3]
- Welby Sherman
- John Giles (Palmer's cousin).
Notes [edit]
- ^ Timothy Wilcox, Samuel Palmer (London: Tate, 2005), 18.
- ^ Oxford Art Online, Subscription only: http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T002673
- ^ Palmer, Samuel (1880). "Francis Oliver Finch, In Memoriam". In Gilchrist, A. Life of William Blake 2 (2 ed.). London: Macmillan. "Printed as a Note in First Edition, Vol. I. p. 298."
References [edit]
Wilcox, Timothy. Samuel Palmer. London: Tate, 2005.
