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A SPECIAL INTEREST ZOOM EVENT
DESCRIBING A NEW COUNTRY - AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE ART
Lecturer: Georgina Bexon
Tuesday, 12 January 2027 – 2.00pm - 3.00pm - Cost: £12
Please join us for this Special Interest Zoom event in the comfort of your own home.
In the mid-19th century settlers, arrived on the new continent of Australia and were astonished by the exotic landscape, climate and people they found there. As part of the process of acclimatising to their new home, talented artists set about depicting this new land, leaving us with a fascinating legacy of art works – engaging and intriguing images of rugged landscapes, big skies, windswept coastlines, the drama of bushfires, and finally of new towns being built and homesteads created. This talk focuses on the stories of settlement through the fascinating art of the time.
Georgina Bexon is an international art historian specialising in South Asian art who has lived and worked in the UK, USA, and Singapore. Her practice includes lecturing, writing, consulting and collecting and she has developed a network of gallery and artist connections in Europe, the USA, and India.
Booking at our October and November lectures or for payment details and to register for this event, email our Secretary.
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SPECIAL INTEREST DAY (SID)
Lecturer: Kathy McLauchlAN
Wednesday, 10 March 2027 10.30am to 3.15pm
St Andrew’s Church Hall, Kimbolton Road, Bedford, MK40 2PF
The Art of Modernity: Painters in Paris 1860-1900
Lecture 1: Images of fashionable society, 1860s -70s / Lecture 2: Impressionist paintings of modern Paris, 1870s - 80s / Lecture 3: Images of Bohemia, 1880s - 90s, ending with Picasso
The 1860s and 1870s were two of the most dynamic decades in the history of French art. A new generation of artists, impatient with traditional methods and ideals, were looking for new ways to depict the modern world. In particular, they were fascinated by the spectacle of Paris, which, under the Emperor Napoleon III, was being transformed into the elegant city of parks, squares and boulevards that we still know today. This study day considers the ways in which the Impressionists sought out new ways to depict a new city.
Coffee from 10.15am. Cost: £55 including 2 course hot lunch and tea/coffee
We do hope you will be able to join us for this excellent SID. Book at our October and November lectures or email our Secretary to reserve your place.
Images Courtesy of The Arts Society. Left: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Pont des Arts, Paris, 1867-68 / Right: Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmarte, 1897