Breaking the Ice-Jackson Pollock and American Abstract Impressionism
Stalbridge Hall Stalbridge Hall, Lower Road, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, United Kingdom.Featured Image Attribute Jackson Pollock-CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication Description of Lecture What caused American painting to take off as it did in the mid-20th century? The painter Willem de Kooning attributed its initial success to the work of his friend Jackson Pollock whom he credited with ‘breaking the ice’. My talk...
Breughel : The Seasons and the World
Stalbridge Hall Stalbridge Hall, Lower Road, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, United Kingdom.Featured Image Attribute Netherlandish Proverbs (The Blue Cloak) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569) Description of Lecture In 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder was commissioned to create a series of paintings for a dining room in Antwerp. The images, charting the course of a year, changed the way we view the world through art. Landscape...
An Evening Celebration 2024
Arthur Morison Memorial Hall Rowls Lane, Wincanton, Somerset, United Kingdom.The Summer Evening Celebration will feature Andy McConnell (of Antiques Roadshow). Andy is an expert on Glass, and he will explore its history in relation to wine. Lecturer: Andy McConnell Has dealt in antiques since adolescence, but served an apprenticeship in journalism. After working in music, film and television, he returned to writing in...
Tapestry : The Ultimate Wall Decoration
Stalbridge Hall Stalbridge Hall, Lower Road, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, United Kingdom.Featured Image Attribute The Entry of Alexander into Babylon, about 1665–probably by 1676, made at the Royal Factory of Furniture to the Crown at the Gobelins Manufactory. Design by Charles Le Brun; cartoon for the vertical-warp loom by Henri Testelin; weaving by Jean Jans the Elder, Jean Jans the Younger, or Jean Lefebvre. Wool, silk,...
The Travels and Art of John Singer Sargent
Arthur Morison Memorial Hall Rowls Lane, Wincanton, Somerset, United Kingdom.We will explore his ability to capture a sense of place - the atmosphere, light, colours and textures of a land or seascape - with an intimately personal and often unusual interpretation. Whether it be luscious pomegranates in a Spanish orchard, brilliant hues of poppies in the Cotswolds, silver light on glistening fish in Norway,...