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According to one of the founder members, Peter Blake , it was formed "in opposition to the scholarly nature of contemporary art which believed that paintings were only really valid if they addressed social questions. Our aims are the continuation of a certain kind of English painting. We admire Samuel Palmer , Stanley Spencer , Thomas Hardy , Elgar , Cricket , the English landscape and the Pre-Raphaelites ".Rural life of pop art icon, ''Bristol Evening Post'', June 19, 2007 The term Ruralist was coined by the author and Graham Arnold , and Annie Ovenden and Graham Ovenden . Unlike the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the group did not promote (nor adhere to) a manifesto. Each artist's own techniques and work remains diverse with a common evocation of a mystical response to the observance of nature and rural life. Some of their output is intensely personal and sometimes surrealist in arrangement. After six years the group lost some of its members. By 1984 David Inshaw, Jann Haworth and Peter Blake had left. The remaining four members continue the group, sometimes joined by Blake. They maintain an exhibitions programme both in the West country and London, and are members of the Arts Club . They were guest artists at the Stuckists ''Real Turner Prize Show'' 2000. Recent exhibitions have included work by both present and past members. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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