Greetings!
I hope you will be able to join us
on Friday 15th August, 11.30am (for about an hour)
at The Beaumont, Barchester Care, 15 Cannon Hill, Old Southgate, N14 7DJ
to explore the art of Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986).
Renowned for her over-sized flowers with their textural detail and intense colours, we’ll follow O’Keeffe’s career as an artist through her paintings of New York skyscrapers to the symbolic skulls of Ghost Ranch.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Pink Spotted Lilies” from 1936, c/o Christie’s
There’ll be lots to look at and discuss – I hope you’ll be able to come along!
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And I’ve been plotting further explorations for the next few months:
Friday 19th September. We’ve been looking at the work of John Lavery very broadly as a cosmopolitan artist. In September, I thought we’d pick up on his Irish heritage to look not only at another aspect of his work (and asking how his portrait of Hazel Lavery ended up on the Irish pound note from 1928), as well as the art of his contemporary Irish artists.
Friday 17th October. Lavery is considered as one of The Glasgow Boys (we met George Henry and Edward Atkinson Hornel at the beginning of the year), and in October we’ll look at other artists associated with the group, with a focus on Arthur Melville whose paintings will take us from Spain to Egypt and beyond.
And how better than to end the year in our November and December meetings (dates to be confirmed) by looking at the generation of artists inspired by The Glasgow Boys: The Scottish Colourists who gloried in Post-Impressionism and would refine a very sophisticated style for the 1920s Jazz Age?
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The discussions are for everyone, whether residents or local community. Please note a £3 on-the-door request to cover the cost of coffee and biscuits. With all thanks to Barchester Health Care.
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