16th May 2024 – Rosalind Whyte

David Nash – One Man And His Wood

 

David Nash is a contemporary artist, working mainly in wood. His large wood sculptures are sometimes carved or burned to produce blackening, his tools include chainsaws, axes, fire blowtorch, and yet his work shows an extraordinary knowledge of and sensitivity to the wood that he works with.  This lecture provides an overview of his career, including some of his most famous works, such as Wooden Boulder and Ash Dome

20th June 2024 – Magdalen Evans

Marianne Stokes (1855 – 1927)

 

This lecture will look at the life of the independent-minded European painter, and will touch on the other artists who, like Marianne, often chose to work in tempera and show how her popularity has never waned.

 

      July 2024 – No Lecture

   August 2024 – No Lecture

 

19th September 2024 – Leslie Primo

Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506

The Italian painter, son-in-law of Bellini. He experimented with the perspective by lowering the horizon to create a sense of greater monumentality.   He influenced Pinturicchio, Raphael, and Michealangelo amongst others.

 

17th October 2024 – Scott Anderson

William J Neatby – The Master Of Harrod’s Meat Hall

 

A journey through the career of the man who designed the famous tile interior of Harrods Meat Hall and so much more!   His designs for this remarkable building were commissioned by Doulton and Co. of Lambeth, but the project is only one of Neatby’s achievements, as a leading designer in fin-de-siècle Britain.