Special Interest Day on Eric Ravilious and 20th century British art
This Special Interest Day (SID) is arranged to coincide with a major exhibition of 20th century art at Southampton City Art Gallery Art Then! British Painting 1910-1960. Participants will be taken on a private guided tour of the exhibition, hear a talk about Eric Ravilious and other artists featured in the exhibition by Arts Society and National Gallery expert Jo Walton and be treated to a behind the scenes talk given by gallery staff .
Art Then ! will celebrate half a century of modern British art. Curated by Art Society speaker, David Boyd Haycock, and in collaboration with the Ingram Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, it will feature over 90 artworks including paintings, sculptures and drawings exhibited in the newly-refurbished display rooms of the gallery.
The exhibition features works by leading British artists of this period: Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Barbara Hepworth, Dora Carrington, Lucian Freud, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Dod Proctor and Lucian Freud, as well as showcasing works by number of less well-known but no less fascinating figures.
The exhibition takes its cues from Herbert Reads Art Now book published in 1968 which looked at British artists response to the Modernist revolution.
The SID is being held in the gallery which recently reopened after a major upgrade. We will have refreshments in the restored and repainted upstairs atrium.
Our Special Interest Day will have three exciting elements:
1. A private tour of the Art Now exhibition displayed in the gallerys newly-updated rooms, conducted by SCAGs knowledgeable ex-curator, Tim Craven.This will be conducted in two groups of maximum 20 people with one group in the morning and one in the afternoon.
2. A talk on Eric Ravilious (whose Rye Harbour is on display) and his contemporaries by National Gallery and Art Society speaker, Jo Walton. This talk looks at Ravilious, war artist and great English watercolourist, alongside some of his contemporaries who were working on the Home Front in the Second World War. It will reference work on display in the gallery.
3. A behind the scenes talk by gallery staff highlighting the work of the gallery which is being arranged by exhibitions manager Dan Mathews.
Art Then ! will celebrate half a century of modern British art. Curated by Art Society speaker, David Boyd Haycock, and in collaboration with the Ingram Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, it will feature over 90 artworks including paintings, sculptures and drawings exhibited in the newly-refurbished display rooms of the gallery.
The exhibition features works by leading British artists of this period: Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Barbara Hepworth, Dora Carrington, Lucian Freud, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Dod Proctor and Lucian Freud, as well as showcasing works by number of less well-known but no less fascinating figures.
The exhibition takes its cues from Herbert Reads Art Now book published in 1968 which looked at British artists response to the Modernist revolution.
The SID is being held in the gallery which recently reopened after a major upgrade. We will have refreshments in the restored and repainted upstairs atrium.
Our Special Interest Day will have three exciting elements:
1. A private tour of the Art Now exhibition displayed in the gallerys newly-updated rooms, conducted by SCAGs knowledgeable ex-curator, Tim Craven.This will be conducted in two groups of maximum 20 people with one group in the morning and one in the afternoon.
2. A talk on Eric Ravilious (whose Rye Harbour is on display) and his contemporaries by National Gallery and Art Society speaker, Jo Walton. This talk looks at Ravilious, war artist and great English watercolourist, alongside some of his contemporaries who were working on the Home Front in the Second World War. It will reference work on display in the gallery.
3. A behind the scenes talk by gallery staff highlighting the work of the gallery which is being arranged by exhibitions manager Dan Mathews.
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