Past Special Interest Days
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Tuesday 13 March
(booking Thursday 18 January)
Venue: The Finlay Suite, Phyllis Court Club
Begins at: 10.30 a.m.Lecturer: Mr David PhillipsConnoisseurs’ Conundrums – Fine Art Forgery In this enthralling look at the difficulties facing the professional art historian, David Phillips will take us behind the scenes of the museum world to help us understand the issues and controvers |
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Thursday 2 November (Booking 21 September)Lecturer: Leslie Primo BA MAForeigners in London 1520-1677: The Artists that Changed the Course of British Art 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 |
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Thursday 22 June (Booking Thursday 20 April)Lecturer: Marie-Therese Barrett MAThe Arts of Japan and Europe: Fascinating Parallels and Contrasts throughout History This survey of Japanese art throughout history, from pre-history to the 19th century, reveals surprising similarities and fascinating contrasts with Western art of the same period. Japanese approa |
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Thursday 9 March 2017 (Booking on Thursday 19 Jannuary)Lecturer: Sue JenkinsNature and Naturalism - The Suffolk Landscapes and Portraits of Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable and Sir Alfred Munnings This Study Day will mainly explore the landscape of Gainsborough and Constable who were both born in Suffolk, looking at how their upbringing laid the foundation for their subsequent work. For Gai |
