Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, 

9 Fore Street, Evershot, Dorchester,

Dorset

DT2 0JR

Helen McNicoll

Monday 14 July

10.00 - 13.00

Helen McNicoll (1879-1915): A Canadian artist known for her Impressionist style of painting, she became one of the most notable women artists in Canada in the early C20th and achieved considerable success during her decade-long career. In 1902 she moved to study in London at the Slade School and later in St Ives, Cornwall.

The total cost for the day is £35.00 which includes refreshments at break and handouts.

Jean-François Millet

(1814–1875):

Life on the Land

Monday 1 September

10.00 - 13.00

Jean-François Millet (1814–1875): Life on the Land 

Looking at Millet’s depictions of workers on the land during the 1850s when he lived in the village of Barbizon in the Fontainebleau Forest, through to his last years when his interest turned to pure landscapes. (Based on the exhibition at the National Gallery 7 August – 19 October 2025).

The total cost for the day is £35.00 which includes refreshments at break and handouts.

British Realist Paintings in the 1920s and 1930s 

Monday 29 September

10.00 - 13.00

British Realist Paintings in the 1920s and 1930s: When abstract art became fashionable after WWII, many artists opted instead for a new sharp-focused realist style and found new subjects in modern life.  Artists such as Meredith Frampton, James Cowie, Stanley and Gilbert Spencer, Hilda Carline, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, Laura Knight and Harold Harvey.

The total cost for the day is £35.00 which includes refreshments at break and handouts.

The Ancients: Samuel Palmer

(1805-1881)

Monday 27 October

10.00 - 13.00

The Ancients: Samuel Palmer (1805-1881):  A look, firstly, at the work of The Ancients, a group of artists, centred around Palmer, that looked back to a pre-industrial revolution age, with special admiration for the work of William Blake.  Followed by a more detailed look at the works of Palmer and his influence on a new generation of Romantic landscape artists, such as Sutherland, Nash, Piper and Minton.

The total cost for the day is £35.00 which includes refreshments at break and handouts.

Anna Ancher

(1859 – 1935)

Monday 24 November

10.00 - 13.00

Anna Ancher (1859 – 1935): A pioneering and radical figure of the Scandinavian ‘Modern Breakthrough’ (1870-1890) period in art and literature, Ancher took a bold approach to colour and produced intimate depictions of everyday scenes in the lives of the inhabitants of the fishing town of Skagen, Denmark, where she was part of the Skagen Painters group. (Based on the Dulwich Gallery exhibition running from 4 November 2025 - 8 March 2026)

The total cost for the day is £35.00 which includes refreshments at break and handouts.

Canaletto

(1697 – 1768)

Monday 15 December

10.00 - 13.00

Canaletto (1697 – 1768): Born into a family of artists and under the guidance of his father, Canaletto began his career as a theatrical scene painter and became a sophisticated and prolific painter known primarily for his vivid topographies of Venice, Rome, and London. We will look at how he created some of his most iconic images with the use of, amongst other means, sketches and a camera obscura.

The total cost for the day is £35.00 which includes refreshments at break and handouts.