Henley DFAS

Upcoming lectures

	Thursday 21st March 2019 Lecturer: Julian Halsby Pierre Bonnard – Painting with Light Bonnard is one of the most popular modern artists, and Julian will explain this popularity by looking at his life and work. He started out in Paris producing lithographs influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec,
	Wednesday 3rd April 2019 – AGM Morning Lecturer: Howard Smith Rupert – The ‘Anthropomorphic’ Bear Come and hear how Mary and Herbert Tourtel and others created Rupert over 100 years.
	Thursday 18th April 2019 Lecturer: James Taylor Great Ocean Liners 1800 - 1950 Following his very popular AGM lecture last year on the Art of the Postcard and the many requests for his return, James is back to tell the extraordinary story of maritime design through art.
	Thursday 16th May 2019 Lecturer: Sue Jenkins St George: A visual history from the 7th to the 19th century of this soldier, dragon-slayer and saint Although a patron saint in many countries, the earliest documented mention of St George in England comes from the Catholic monk the venerable Bede.
	Thursday 20th June 2019 Lecturer: Alexandra Epps Art of the River Thames through Artists Eyes This is going to be a lovely lecture for a June day. The River Thames has inspired artists for over three hundred years and continues to do so today.
	Thursday 19th September 2019 Lecturer: John Osborne Heaven on Earth: The Art of Byzantium This fascinating lecture looks at the main characteristics of the art of the Orthodox Church from the time when Constantinople was established as the capital of the Eastern Roman – and Christian – Empire
	Thursday 17th October 2019 Lecturer: Antony Buxton William Morris: The Life of Art & The Art of Life William Morris is celebrated as a designer and craftsman, who as a young man decided to dedicate his life to art to counter the ugly industrial world he saw around him.
	Thursday 21st November 2019 Lecturer: Nigel Bates In the Kingdom of Sweets The Nutcracker has delighted audiences at Christmas for many decades yet it was deemed a failure at its first performance.