A stroll through the English Countryside: Stroll with Constable and Turner
I’ve given several talks at Brockenhurst Village Hall on a number of art interests.
We’ve looked at ‘perspective’, ‘what is the point of art’, ‘women in art’ and now by popular demand we’ll be looking at the English landscape in paintings.
We’ll be strolling in the company of Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable, JMW Turner, Eric Ravilious, Laura Knight and Paul Nash.
Included will also be some of the works of Heywood Sumner who resided in the New Forest at the beginning of the 20th century and produced some of the most enigmatic paintings of this unique part of England.
I’ll be looking at the artists and their background and influences, their pictures – composition, colours and Fibonacci formulas (there’s a challenge). We’ll be setting many of the pictures against the background of their times for example Gainsborough and the American War of Independence, slavery and 18th Century society, Constable against the background of the Swing Riots and Tolpuddle Martyrs. We’ll also be looking locations and some of the inspirations for the artists in question.
The time period is roughly 1750s through to post WWII.
The talk will not be long (we could always follow up if we overrun the time with another event):
11.30 to 1.30. Coffee and refreshments available.
Tuesday 28th March 2023
My talks are very informal, open, friendly and free for discussion. Brockenhurst Village Hall is warm and comfortable and a great place for talks such as these and other events naturally.
Stroll with Constable and Turner
