Beyond the city

Spencer Gore 1878–1914
The Cinder Path 1912
Oil paint on canvas
support: 686 x 787 mm; frame: 815 x 924 x 73 mm
Tate T01960
Purchased 1975
Spencer Gore
The Cinder Path 1912
Tate T01960
The Camden Town Group is generally associated with subjects drawn from everyday life in London. However, a large proportion of paintings by members of the group shown in their three exhibitions at the Carfax Gallery were of landscapes and rural scenes or else of glimpses of nature seen in the city.
Essays in this section explore the relations between city and country in England in the early years of the twentieth century.
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How to cite
‘Beyond the city’, in Helena Bonett, Ysanne Holt, Jennifer Mundy (eds.), The Camden Town Group in Context, Tate Research Publication, May 2012, https://www