The Staithes group or Staithes School was an art colony

Art colony

right|300px|thumb|Artist houses in [[Montsalvat]] near [[Melbourne, Australia]].An art colony or artists' colony is a place where creative practitioners live and interact with one another. Artists are often invited or selected through a formal process, for a residency from a few weeks to over a year...

 of 19th century painters based in the North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

 fishing village of Staithes.

Inspired by French Impressionists such as Monet, Cezanne and Renoir

Renoir

-People with the surname Renoir :* Pierre-Auguste Renoir , French painter* Pierre Renoir , French actor and son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir* Jean Renoir , French film director and son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir...

, the group of about 25 artists worked together in plein air, in oil

Oil painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...

 or watercolour.

The group contained renowned artists such as Laura Knight

Laura Knight

Dame Laura Knight, DBE was an English Impressionist painter known for painting the world of London's theatre, ballet and circus.-Early life and education:...

 (who kept a studio in the village with her husband and fellow painter Harold Knight

Harold Knight

Harold Knight was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter.-Life and work:He was born in Nottingham, England, the son of an architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. It was at the School of Art that he met fellow artist, Laura Johnson, whom he married in 1903...

), Frederick W. Jackson, Edward E. Anderson, Joseph R. Bagshawe

Joseph Richard Bagshawe

Joseph John Richard Bagshawe was an English marine painter and member of the Staithes group.Born in London, he came from a prominent Catholic family, the second son of County Court Judge William Henry Gunning Bagshawe K.C. and his wife Harriet Teresa, daughter of the leading marine painter...

, Thomas Barrett and James W. Booth.

Member artists

• Edward Enoch Anderson (1878–1961)
• Joseph R. Bagshawe
  Joseph Richard Bagshawe
  Joseph John Richard Bagshawe was an English marine painter and member of the Staithes group.Born in London, he came from a prominent Catholic family, the second son of County Court Judge William Henry Gunning Bagshawe K.C. and his wife Harriet Teresa, daughter of the leading marine painter...
  
   (1870–1909)
• Thomas Barrett (1848–1924)
• James W. Booth (1867–1953)
• Owen Bowen (1873–1967)
• John Bowman (1872–1915)
• Lionel T. Cranshaw (1864–1949)
• Ernest Dade (1864–1935)
• Gilbert Foster (1855–1906)
• Arthur Friedenson (1872–1955)
• Leandro R. Garrido (1869–1909)
• Henry S. Hopwood (1860–1914)
• John W. Howey (1873–1938)
• John S. Ingall (1850–1936)
• Frederick W. Jackson (1859–1958)
• Isa Jobling (1851–1926)
• Robert Jobling (1841–1923)
• Dame Laura Knight (1877–1970)
• Harold Knight
  Harold Knight
  Harold Knight was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter.-Life and work:He was born in Nottingham, England, the son of an architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. It was at the School of Art that he met fellow artist, Laura Johnson, whom he married in 1903...
  
   (1874–1961)
• Charles H. Mackie (1862–1920)
• Frank Henry Mason
  Frank Henry Algernon Mason
  Frank Henry Mason , RBA, RI, RSMA was an artist best known for his maritime, shipping, coastal and harbour paintings and as a creator of art deco travel and railway posters...
  
  (1875–1965)
• Frederick W. Mayor (1865–1916)
• Frederick S. Richardson (1855–1934)
• Ernest H. Rigg (1868–1947)
• Mark Senior (1862–1927)
• Albert G. Stevens (1863–1925)
• Percy M. Teasdale (1870–1961)
• Joseph A. Terry (1872–1939)
• Hirst Walker (1868–1957)