Category: Art
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The Role of Art in War
Our course of lectures delivered by Jennifer came to a close on 22 March 2024 with an investigation of the role of art in the various wars we have seen in history. Many of the examples were taken from the Art Gallery within the Imperial War Museum, which itself has an interesting history. We started…
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Discovering Art in the Guildhall
Our series of talks on British Art got a boost on 08 March 2024 with two speakers addressing our members. First was our member Diana who, as a guide to the Guildhall Art Gallery, spoke about the history of the gallery. The Guildhall has been at the centre of the City of London since 1411,…
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Photography Group Continues
On Tuesday 05 March 2024 our photography group continued with a number of interesting items. We started with technically difficult subjects like waterfalls – a still image cannot really render moving water, but we learned a number of tricks that can help us give the required illusion. There was also talk of lenses and their…
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Further Stories of Kenwood House
The Speaker at our Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024 was John Cooper, who is an ‘Explainer’ for English Heritage at Kenwood House in the North West London. John had lived in Kenton, and had addressed Kenton & District u3a when all its Monthly Meetings were being held on Zoom during the Covid Lockdown.…
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The Tate and Victorian Art & Artists
Our series of lectures on British Art and Artists continued on Friday 23 February with the history of the Tate Galleries and the British artists of 19th Century, and how their work differed from that in the previous century. We started with the history of the Tate Britain gallery, showing how the area had been…
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Lawrence Sargent and Watts explained
Our programme of lectures on Art in London Galleries with Jennifer continued on Friday 09 February 2024 with some surprises along the way. This week we started with a brief history of the National Portrait Gallery and the movements in location of the Gallery from its founding in 1854, until it arrived in its present…
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JMW Turner and the National Gallery
Our programme of lectures on British Artists and the London Art Galleries this time explored the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) and the establishment of the National Gallery (founded in 1824). Our lecturer, Jennifer, had a large number of illustrations that explained how both the artist and how the gallery launched and developed…
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We found Constable in the V&A Museum
On Friday 12 January 2024, we resumed our History of Art Course of Lectures with Jennifer to guide us through the British Artists of 19th Century. We started with the history of the V&A Museum, although Queen Victoria had planned that it would be the Albert Museum, and took some persuading for both of them…
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Cornucopia of Creativity in Kenton!
On Wednesday 22 November 2023 we had our Creative Activities session featuring short works by our our Creative Authors and artworks by our Watercolour Group. The art was of a very high standard, and exhibited on one side of our meeting room. As you can see below, we have a group where all levels are…
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Exploring an Age of Discovery by Art
Our final lecture on British Art of 18th Century took place on Friday 17 November 2023, with Jennifer acting once again as our guide to what was going on. We started (above) with the Hancock family as an illustration of the difference between servitude and slavery, and were introduced to the lady on the right,…