15 Paintings, British Artists at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, the Edwardian period, with footnotes

Luke Fildes, (1843–1927)
Portrait of King Edward VII (1841-1910), c. 1902

Oil on canvas
National Portrait Gallery

British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century lasted during the reign of King Edward VII (1901–10). The Pan-imperial, international, and transatlantic character of British art in that complex period, considered the impact of new technologies—such as electrification, the motor car, recorded sound, and cinema—on painting, sculpture, photography, and the decorative arts. It’s emphasis on the theme of opulence served to illuminate a social and artistic dreamscape that was shattered by World War I…

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