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A Quiet Revolutionary: The Life and Art of Joseph Edward Southall Joseph Edward Southall, born in Nottingham in 1861, was a figure quietly at odds with the prevailing artistic currents of his time. He wasn’t a brash innovator seeking to shatter conventions, but rather a dedicated revivalist, a painter who looked back to the early Renaissance for inspiration while simultaneously embodying a deeply felt social and spiritual conviction. H
is life story is one of unwavering commitment – to tempera painting, to the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement, to his Quaker faith, and to socialist principles. The son of a grocer, Southall’s early life was marked by loss; his father died when he was just over a year old, prompting a move with his mother to Edgbaston, Birmingham, to be near her family. This relocation proved pivotal, placing him within the orbit of a burgeoning a…