Camden Town Group

Japanese: キャムデン・タウングループ - きゃむでんたうんぐるーぷ
Camden Town Group

...This group was originally a successor to the New English Art Club, which was founded in 1886 with Steer as its initiator and Whistler, Sargent, Sickert, and others as participants. The Camden Town Group was dissolved in 1913 to form the London Group, but it played a unique role in the development of 20th century British painting, focusing on exhibition activities without advocating any particular doctrine. In 1933, Unit One was formed with critic H. Reid as its organizer, and was also a group that encouraged free creativity and provided a place to exhibit works rather than a specific school (some of its members were sculptors), and generally had a strong tendency toward constructivism or surrealism, reflecting the situation on the continent at the time. ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Camden Town Group" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは元来は,スティーアを発起人にホイッスラー,サージェント,シッカートなどが参加して1886年に結成された〈ニュー・イングリッシュ・アート・クラブ〉を継承したものである。〈キャムデン・タウン・グループ〉は1913年に〈ロンドン・グループ〉として発展的解消を見たが,特定の主義主張を掲げず,展覧会活動に重点をおき,20世紀イギリス絵画の発展に特異な役割を果たした。33年,批評家H.リードを世話役として結成された〈ユニット・ワンUnit One〉も特定の流派というより自由な創造を促し,作品発表の場を提供しようというもので(メンバーの中には彫刻家もいた),概して当時の大陸の状況を反映して構成主義的あるいはシュルレアリスム的傾向が強い。…

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