PAST EVENTS
The Double Life of Caravaggio
The Studio Theatre at RSC The Other Place was buzzing with anticipation on 9th May as Stratford upon Avon Art Society members celebrated their 60th Anniversary with a very special Founders Lecture.
Celebrated art critic, author, journalist and TV presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon gave a fascinating account of the tempestuous life of 16th century
Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Members expecting a dry scholarly lecture were instead treated to a compelling, irreverent journey back in time as Andrew used his archival research to immerse us in the historical intrigues and artistic fashions in Rome at the same time as William Shakespeare was writing his plays in England.
The revered art of the period was in a late Mannerist style typified by Michelangelo in the Sistine chapel. Remote and spectacular, it was not
designed to be understood by the poor people looking to God for hope in their desperate lives. Caravaggio broke all the rules and was the first artist to produce arresting, dark and brooding canvases of everyday life which
depicted moments from the Bible that poor people could understand.
Andrew animatedly described Caravaggio’s painting style as
“make it Real - make it Now” These pictures have now been accepted as some of the greatest in the history of art and are to be found in the famous art galleries of the world.
Sadly, the lecture had to end before we could hear more of the violent and unpredictable life of this troubled artist which culminated in his early death.
Luckily, the talk was followed by an opportunity to buy signed copies of
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s book, Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane which gives the whole story in great detail. Many members quickly queued to talk to Andrew and buy copies as souvenirs of this fascinating night.
Saturday 18th May 2019
Workshop
Expressing Colour and Light in Pastels (Soft, Chalk based Pastels) with Tim Fisher
Thursday 28th March
Looking At Art
Saturday 16th March
Workshop
Peter Kotka - Still Life in Oil
Thursday 14th March
Monthly Meeting
Vicki Norman - Landscapes in Oil
Thursday 28th February
Looking At Art
Inspired by Winter Colour
Saturday 16th February
Workshop
Claire Botterill - Mixed Media & Doorways
Thursday 14th February
Monthly Meeting
Claire Botterill – Watercolour & Wax Resist
Sunday 27th January
Edward Burne Jones
Art Appreciation Visit at Tate Britain
Sunday 27th January
Klimt Art Appreciation Visit at RA
Thursday 17th January
Looking at Art
Burne Jones / Klimt
Thursday 10th January
Monthly Meeting
Peter Keegan – Portraits in Oil
8th November
Peter Kotka
Oil in Still Life
Looking at Art
Thursday 25th October
The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Women
Saturday 20th October Andrew Geeson
Watercolour – wet in wet
Monthly Demonstration Meeting
Mixed Media
Claire Henley
Sunday 23rd September
Woburn Abbey
Great Canaletto Collection
Saturday Workshop
Paul Weaver
Rural Buildings in Watercolour
Monthly Demonstration Meeting
Dry Brush Techniques
Eva Bazhenova
Monthly Demonstration Meeting
Portraits in Oil
Nick Logan
General Workshop
Tom Shepherd – Oils & Acrylics
Art Appreciation Visit
RWA (Royal West Academy) Bristol.
Monthly Demonstration Meeting
Norman Rossitor – Pebeo –
Woodland Scene
Watercolour Workshop
Kathryn Wickson - Autumn Leaves & Berries
Monthly Demonstration Meeting
Max Hale – Water Soluble Oils
French Café Scene
During the coffee break
Coach trip to the V & A
Members and friends visit to the V&A. Several people also visited the RA and other galleries.
Demonstration by
Carol Hill – Oil - Landscape
Demonstration by
Vivienne Cawson
‘Contemporary Flowers in Watercolour’
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http://www.viviennecawsonart.co.uk/VivienneCawsonArt/Home.html
Demonstration Meeting
with
Ronald Swanwick
'Abstacts'
The images below show the development of the Painting that Ronald demonstrated
Demonstration Meeting with Nick Logan:
Charcoal Portraits
Demostration Meeting
David Wilcox
‘Dancers’ in watercolour
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http://www.davidwilcox-paintings.co.uk/
Demonstration Meeting Trevor Waugh,
Coastal Scenes
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Demonstration Meeting
Paul Arnott:
‘Computer Art, Pigments and Pixels’
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Peter Kotka
Classical Realism with
a Contemporary Image
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