Summer Season 2008
June 4
| More Sea Than Sand | Gordon Hollingworth |
Artists do like to be beside the seaside. Ever the same, and never the same,the sea in all its moods has inspired painters throughout the centuries. Gordon examines some fine examples drawn from the permanent collection.
June 11
| A Frenchman in London: Jacques-Emile Blanche | Rodney Anness |
Much admired for his portraits,
Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861-1942) recorded the London of the early twentieth
century with a loving eye.
June 18
| Death & Religion in The Art of The Netherlands | Terry Gallogly |
In the
Netherlands of seventeenth century there were those alarmed by the contemporary
preoccupation with things material. The Vanitas is a highly symbolic
representation of the transcience of life compared with the spiritual and
eternal. Terry explains the background, and unravels the intricacies in the work
of Juriaen van Streek (1632-1687), a remarkable exponent of this art.
June 25
| Still Life | Anne Hall |
Anne has chosen to discuss two conrasting works from the collection: the exuberant and opulent Banquet by Abraham van Beyeren (1621-1690) and the benedictive richness of Still Life with Lemons and Nuts by Luis Meléndez (1716-1780).