Peter Paul Rubens

Friday 23 February 

10.00 - 13.00

PETER PAUL RUBENS: (1577-1640): A hugely successful, likeable artist, welcomed in royal courts - both Charles I of England and Phillip IV of Spain knighted him - he played an important diplomatic role in 17th-century European politics.  He and his workshop produced an astounding number of works renowned for their Baroque exuberance and vitality that included paintings for altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, historical, mythological and allegorical subjects.

The total cost for the day is £30.00 which includes refreshments on arrival and at break.

Graham Sutherland

Friday 22 March

10.00 - 13.00

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980): A look at the life and work of this leading twentieth-century artist whose prolific output included abstract landscapes, penetrating portraits, printmaking, tapestry, ceramics and glass design.  Sutherland also served as an official war artist in the Second World War, painting industrial scenes on the British home front.

The total cost for the day is £30.00 which includes refreshments on arrival and at break.

Carl Larsson

PLEASE NOTE THIS DATE HAS NOW CHANGED TO

Friday 19 April

10.00 - 13.00

CARL LARSSON (1853-1919): Initially an illustrator of books, magazines, and newspapers Larsson is better known for his watercolours of domestic interiors and idyllic family life that combined Swedish folk design with ideas taken from the Arts & Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau and Japonisme.

The total cost for the day is £30.00 which includes refreshments on arrival and at break.

Great Bardfield Artists

Friday 24 May

10.00 - 13.00

GREAT BARDFIELD ARTISTS: A look at the work of the principal artists who lived in Great Bardfield, Essex between 1930 and 1970. Namely, John Aldridge, Edward Bawden, George Chapman, Stanley Clifford-Smith, Audrey Cruddas, Walter Hoyle, Eric Ravilious, Tirzah Garwood, Sheila Robinson, Michael Rothenstein, Kenneth Rowntree and Marianne Straub.

The total cost for the day is £30.00 which includes refreshments on arrival and at break.

Winslow Homer

Friday 21 June

10.00 - 13.00

WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910): An American Realist artist, Homer spent a year in Paris in 1867 admiring the work of The Barbizon School, Millet and Courbet and two years in the seaside village of Cullercoats in North Tyneside, where he painted the lives of men and women whose livelihoods depended upon the sea. After the American Civil War, his subject became the everyday life of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition, with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.  

The total cost for the day is £30.00 which includes refreshments on arrival and at break.