The Camden Town Group in the Burlington

John has had an artilce published in this month's edition of the Burlington Magazine. It is entitled Harold Gilman's 'Halifax Harbour' (1918): a wartime Canadian episode.

The Burlington Magazine is the longest running art journal in the English language and covers fine arts and decorative arts. This is the second time John has contributed to the Burlington Magazine. His previous article about Harold Gilman's portraits of Mrs Mounter was the cover article for the April 2010 edition. As well as researching and writing articles on art history he has made a series of films for museums and galleries on artists and exhibitions. The most recent of these was the Jenny Saville exhibition at Modern Art Oxford and this can be viewed online here.

John explains "My recent research has focused on a group of British artists, best known for their connections with the Camden Town Group. The most famous of these artists was Walter Sickert, born to an English mother and a Danish-German father. My recent research took me to Canada to follow in the footsteps of one of these artists, Harold Gilman. He had been sent there to paint a picture to commemorate Canada's role in World War I. I had read about the picture in a 1919 copy of the Burlington Magazine and in many books and wanted to clear up some confusions about what the artist painted and why.

At St Clare's I am Head of Arts, leading a department which offers Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. I think that the students appreciate seeing how their teachers can engage with the wider world by sharing their knowledge with others through academic publishing and in so many other ways".

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