Artists of The New English Art Club

Lecture in conjunction with Sherborne Art Club and 'The Artist' Magazine.

Given by Julian Halsby

Wednesday September 24th. 8.00pm

Venue: The Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne.

The New English Art Club was established in 1886 as a reaction to the conservatism of the Royal Academy. It still flourishes today and amongst its members are some of Britain's best loved painters including Ken Howard, Fred Cuming, Bernard Dunstan, Diana Armfield, Janes Corsellis, Peter Brown, Richard Pikesley and Peter Kuhfeld. Julian Halsby knows all these artists personally and has written about their work in 'The Artist' Magazine. He will show over 100 examples of their work, discuss their working methods and the relationship between their art and the so called 'cutting edge'. This lecture will appeal to working artists , both professional and amateur, as well as collectors and those who simply like looking at finely crafted paintings in which drawing, composition, tonal colour and, above all, skill play an important part.

 Tickets £5 from the ArtsLink Office

A Pre-Raphaelite Study Day

 Saturday 22nd November. 10am–5pm

£35 to include a light lunch and refreshments

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the fascinating Pre-Raphaelite movement. Exploring the origins and development of the movement, the career of Millais, the religious works of Holman Hunt, the Pre-Raphaelite treatment of landscape, the iconic Pre-Raphaelite Women and the later Pre-Rapahelites, Burne-Jones and Waterhouse. The day will prove to be of great interest to anyone interested in the movement and is aimed at the general public and not experts.

The speakers are:

Professor William Vaughan. Professor Emeritus of Art History, Birkbeck College, University of London. He curated the 2005 Samuel Palmer exhibition at the British Museum.

Gwen Yarker. Formerly Curator of Art at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Currently Dorset Curator of the Public Catalogue Foundation.

Julian Halsby. Art critic, author and art historian, formerly Head of Department at Croydon College of Art.

Tickets £35 from the ArtsLink Office