Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, 

9 Fore Street, Evershot, Dorchester,

Dorset

DT2 0JR

Kingston Maurward

Dorchester,

DT2 8PY

Late Constable

Monday 7 February 2022

10.00 - 13.00

Based on the RA exhibition running until 13 February. The exhibition, which spans from 1825 until the artist’s death in 1837, explores Constable’s late style through his paintings and oil sketches as well as watercolours, drawings and prints.  Characterised by expressive brushwork, first developed in his plein air oil sketches from nature, as well as his full-size preparatory sketches. He also returned to watercolours and some of his late drawings show the same freedom of expression as his paintings from this period. 

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

Thomas Gainsborough 

Wednesday 16 February

10.00 - 13.00

(1727-1788) A highly experimental and innovative artist, no great adherent to academic rules, is best known as one of the great portrait painters of his era, however, he also loved painting landscapes and set many of his portrait figures within gloriously scenic settings. Constable once said of Gainsborough’s paintings: "On looking at them, we find tears in our eyes and know not what brings them."  

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

Durer's Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist

Monday 7 March 2022

10.00 - 13.00

Based on the National Gallery exhibition running until 27 February. The first major UK exhibition of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer in nearly 20 years, follows Dürer’s travels across Europe charting his journeys to the Alps, Italy, Venice and the Netherlands, which sparked an exchange of ideas with Netherlandish and Italian Renaissance artists and increased his fame and influence across Europe.

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

Paul Cézanne 

Wednesday 16 March 

10.00 - 13.00

(1839–1906): Possibly the most influential artist in the history of modern painting, Cézanne inspired generations of artists. His unique method of building form with colour and his analytical approach to nature influenced the art of Cubists, Fauves, and successive generations of avant-garde artists. “How does he, Cézanne do it? He cannot put two touches of colour on a canvas without its being very good.”  Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1890)

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

Whistler's Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan

Monday 4 April 2022

10.00 - 13.00

Based on the RA exhibition running until 22 May 2022. The exhibition uncovers the role Hiffernan played in Whistler’s career and how his startlingly revolutionary paintings featuring her influenced later artists from the Pre-Raphaelites to Klimt.

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

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun 

Wednesday 13 April

10.00 - 13.00

(1755-1842):  Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of the 18^th century. However, she was unappreciated for many years, not only because of her association with the unpopular Ancien Régime, but also because she competed in a field largely dominated by male artists and their patrons.

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

The London Group

Wednesday 4 May

10.00 - 13.00

One of the oldest artist-led organisations in the world, formed in 1913 by merging members of the Camden Town Group and their circle, including Douglas Fox-Pitt, Sylvia Gosse and A.H.'Nan' Hudson, Post-Impressionists grouped around Roger Fry, such as Duncan Grant and Ethel Sands, English Cubists such as David Bomberg, Jacob Epstein and C.R.W. Nevinson, and Independents such as Henry Lamb and John Nash.  

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

Walter Sickert

Monday 9 May 2022

10.00 - 13.00

Based on the Tate Britain exhibition 28 April - 18 September 2022. Recognised as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, with ties to painters from Whistler to Degas, he strengthened the artistic connections between Britain and France and continues to influence painters to this day.  Sickert had an often radical, distinctive approach to setting and subject matter. He worked from detailed sketches and took inspiration from news photography to aid in his depiction of everyday life.

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

Joshua Reynolds

Wednesday 1 June

10.00 - 13.00

(1723-1792): The leading English portraitist of the 18th century. Through study of ancient and Italian Renaissance art, and of the work of Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dyck, he brought great variety and dignity to British portraiture.

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

Eric Ravilious

Monday 6 June 2022

10.00 - 13.00

Watercolourist, printmaker and designer who was one of the outstanding wood engravers of his era. His work was diverse and included book illustrations, book-jackets, and designs for furniture, glass, textiles and pottery. He also worked as an Official War Artist.

Exhibition of interest:  Salisbury Museum: Cutting It Fine: The Art of the British Wood Engraver running until Sunday, January 16, 2022.

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

Edvard Munch

Wednesday 29 June

10.00 - 13.00

(1863-1944): A Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century.

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

Raphael

Monday 4 July 2022

10.00 - 13.00

RAPHAEL (1483 – 1520): Although his life was short, he died at the early age of 37, this extraordinary, prolific artist left a stunning legacy of his creativity as a painter, designer, draughtsman, architect, archaeologist, and poet. 

(Exhibition of interest: The National Gallery Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael until 31 July 2022)

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