Category: Art
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We Bring Our Favourite Female Artist
On Friday 04 April 2025, Members were invited to bring a presentation of their own Favourite Female Artists to the final History of Art Session in the current course. This time, Jennifer took a back seat assisting with the changing of slides rather than leading the session. We started with Louise whose favourite artist was…
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Artistic Ladies of France Revealed
Our Art History Course investigating the lives and works of lady artists up to the 1800s with Jennifer completed its survey on Friday 21 March 2025. This session was devoted to three french artists, Marie-Victoire Lemoine, Adelaide Labille-Guiard and Elisabeth Vigee le Brun. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749 – 1803), also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus,…
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Ladies of the English Enlightenment
Our series of talks on Female Artists continued on 07 March 2025 with Jennifer talking about four ladies of the English Enlightenment period. The four artists she had chosen were Mary Delaney, Angelika Kauffman, Mary Moser and Anne Seymour Damer. Mary Delaney had had a difficult start to adulthood, marrying a man 60 years old…
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English Female Artists Impress All
Our course on Female Artists continued on Friday 21 February 2025 with our tutor Jennifer introducing Joan Carlisle (1606-1679), Mary Beale (1633-1699), Susannah Penelope Rosse (1652-1700) and Anna Maria Garthwaite (1690-1763). Joan Carlisle, we were told is the earliest female English artist in Tate Britain. Her work was much influenced by Van Dyck with similar…
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Watercolour Artists Bring Colours
On a bleak winter’s day, our Watercolour Group of Artists were hard at work bringing a little colour into our world on 11 February 2025. At this time of year, a little colour is very rewarding! Subjects varied from summer scenes on postcards, to nesting animals, and seaside scenes from last summer. There are no…
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New Year Reveals New Female Artists
Our programme on the history of Female Artists with Jennifer resumed on 10 January 2025 with a quick recap of what we had seen in the previous lectures. We were then straight into 6 new female artists, 4 from Italy and 2 from the Iberian Peninsular. We started with Suor Eufrasia Burlamacchi who had provided…
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Artemesia and Giovanna Women of Rome
Our Women in Art Course, led by Jennifer, continued with its last session before the break on Friday 13 December 2024 with an investigation into the work of Artemesia Gentileschi (c1593-c1656) and Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670). Both grew up in Rome, and it is likely that they met as professional artists in Florence when they were…
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Exciting Morning of Creativity
Our Monthly Meeting for November was once again a showcase for the creative talents of our members. There was a gallery of watercolour paintings, an oil painting, and a plentiful portfolio of 16 short stories and poems. Not to be outdone, there was a selection of home-baked culinary masterpieces being sold as part of our…
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Female Artists – Where it all began
Our course on Female Artists before 1800 continued on Friday 15 November with our lecturer Jennifer Mills guiding us through the work of Prosperzia De’Rossi, Suor Plautilla Nelli and Sofonisba Anguissola. All of these women have left their mark on the art collections of the world. Jennifer was using The Lives of Artists (2nd Edition)…
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‘Female Artists Before 1800’ Launch
On Friday 18 October 2024, we saw the return of Jennifer talking about the role of women in art before the year 1800. Asked why that year, Jennifer replied that setting the limit at 1900 would probably take a whole year to complete the course! Jennifer also reminded us that she would be asking again…