Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on the Market for Grosvenor School Artists

In 1926, the artist, writer, and teacher Claude Flight wrote The Art of To-day, in which he described what he saw as the role and responsibilities for contemporary artists, particularly in relation to what he termed “the collective spirit of the times.” That same year, Flight began teaching the color linocut technique at London’s Grosvenor School of Modern Art, a method he believed most accurately reflected the principles for a more modern, democratic art that he promoted in his writings.

In this series of talks, speakers discuss color linocuts made by artists affiliated with the Grosvenor School (known as the Grosvenor School artists) and their creation, exhibition, reception, and marketing over a series of decades. A symposium on the occasion of Modern Times: British Prints 1913-1939 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.