Religion and Its Relation to Art (Art Workers Guild), 1939
End Date: 2 June 1939
Type: Lecture and discussion
Description: R. A. Duncan read paper and showed slides. 'He confessed a pessimistic outlook on the present state of Art and Life, which he attributed to loss of faith and driving force of religious idealism. His paper was received with prolonged applause'. Post-interval, letters from C. F. A. Voysey and H. Speed were read. Wyon 'was cordially received by the brethren after his long absence from the Guild'; he read a short paper and was applauded warmly. He was followed by T. Sturge Moore, G. Cobb, H. G. Murphy, C. Thomas and J. R. Biggs. Duncan and Wyon replied (Fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1940, p. 15).
Policy: Meetings are held fortnightly, when papers are read and their subjects illustrated as fully as possible. Visitors must be introduced by a member' (Year's Art, 1913, pp. 169-70).
Participants
Speaker Allan Gairdner Wyon
Speaker Cecil Walter Thomas
Speaker Charles Francis Annesley Voysey
Speaker Harold Speed
Speaker Thomas Sturge Moore
Speaker Harry George Murphy
Speaker John R. Biggs
Sources
The fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1940
1940
p. 15
Citing this record
'Religion and Its Relation to Art (Art Workers Guild), 1939', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib2_1221143421, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
