Programme Membership year 2019/20 Meeting place: Barnwell Village Hall. Coffee will be served from 10am. Meetings commence at 10.50am. Friday 21st February 2020 Every Picture Tells a Story Grant Ford Our speaker will discuss some of the masterpieces he has handled in his career in the art world including works by the members of the Pre-Raphaelites and Modern British artists. Why did certain works fall out of fashion, only to set world records decades later? A fascinating look both at some great British artists and at their work within the global art market. Friday 20th March 2020 Raising Modern Sculpture from the Dead’: Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill and Henri Gaudier- Brzeska Evelyn Silber These three artists redefined sculpture in Britain from 1907 to 1915, creating work that tackled taboo subjects and challenged contemporary taste. We explore their rivalries, pioneering works and working methods, and review the public and critical reaction. Friday 17th April 2020 A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War David Haycock The influential and innovative artists Stanley Spencer, Paul Nash, Mark Gertler, Richard Nevinson and Dora Carrington met before the Great War as students at the Slade School of Art, where they formed part of the school’s last ‘crisis of brilliance’. We explore the fascinating story of these artists’ interlocking lives and work. Friday 15th May 2020 From Venice to Sheffield: John Ruskin’s Passion for Art, Craft and Social Justice Simon Seligman As writer, teacher, artist, collector, patron and critic, Ruskin was perhaps the most complete polymath of the 19th century. We survey his achievements from the timeless and global to the intimate and exquisite to paint a portrait of a great life. Friday 19th June 2020 How we got IKEA! : Scandinavian Design c1880-1960 Anne Anderson 20th century Scandinavian design has hugely influenced our taste. We look at the development of its fine art and design and how it offered an ideal life-style for the post-war era, based on clean lines, natural materials and the notion that ‘less is more’.

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