Lecturer: Leslie Primo BA MA

This Study Day will look at why foreigners were preferred by the aristocracy in London to native-born painters and why foreigners came in the first place, what was their motivation and what was the

Lecturer: Ms Mary Alexander

Lecturer: Chloë Sayer,

Chloë Sayer, who has led tours in Mexico, is the ideal guide to take us through Frida Kahlo’s flamboyant, turbulent life and passion for ancient Mexican culture which was expressed in her costumes

Lecturer: Siân Walters

(Please click blue print above for booking instructions). Raphael, one of the world’s great artists, died in 1520 in Rome aged 37 at the height of his artistic career in which he rivalled both established painters such as Michelangelo and younger contemporaries such as Sebastiano del Piombo. 

Acclaimed art historian Sian Walters will mark the forthcoming 500th anniversary by tracing Raphael's extraordinary development from modest commissions in his home town of Urbino to a position as one of the leading artists at the court of Pope Julius II in Rome. 

Raphael - Study of Two Apostles © Ashmolean Museum

The National Gallery in London has announced a major Raphael exhibition in 2020.

Lecturer: Mary Alexander

Following her very popular New York Special Interest Day, Mary Alexander returns with another entertaining and stimulating day “exploring how and why the city of Paris has acted as both a magnet and a cauldron of talent for aspiring artists and designers during the first half of the twentieth century". 

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