We held our launch meeting on 4th November and our first meeting on 23rd November 2015 when, to set the scene, 9 members presented and discussed a piece of 'Art' that had caught their imagination. Topics covered included: Art Deco; 2 modern landscape paintings by Brian Turner, a friend of one of the members; The Terracotta Warriors; a Picasso line drawing and 2 vases; The Taj Mahal; an Icon of Christ and how Icons are produced; Rene Lalique and examples of his coloured glassware in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon; and The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
Subsequent meetings have discussed :-
| Date (2026) | Subject | Lead |
| January | Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) | Elizabeth / Margaret |
| February | Turner/Constable Exhibition Tate Britain | Chris C |
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| Date (2025) | Subject | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) | Mary |
| February 2025 | Paul Nash (1889 - 1946) | Chris C. |
| March 2025 | Vincent Van Gogh (EXhibition of 1888 - 90 Period) | Chris H. |
| April 2025 | The Victorian Travellers Exhibition at Mottisfont | Joss |
| May 2025 | 'Visions of Spring' | All |
| June 2025 | Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) | Margaret/ Elizabeth |
| July 2025 | The Meaning of Flowers | Cancelled due to absences |
| August 2025 | The Skagen Artists of Denmark | Lydia |
| September 2025 | Fauvism - Matisse and Derain | Gina |
| October 2025 | Paul Gaugin (1848 - 1903) | Chris H. |
| November 2025 | May Morris (1862 - 1938) | Marion |
| December 2025 | St Barbe's Gallery visit 'The Life of the Field' followed by coffee etc | All |
2024
| January 2024 | Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) | Margaret |
| February 2024 | Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853 - 1941) photographer | Marie |
| March 2024 | Norman Thelwell Cartoonist (1923 - 2004) | Joss |
| April 2024 | Berthe Morisot (1841 - 1895) | Lydia |
| May 2024 | Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) | Chris C. |
| June 2024 | Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) | Mary |
| July 2024 | M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972) | Elizabeth |
| August 2024 | Steve Poole ‘The Uncommoners’ Photography of the New Forest | Lydia |
| September 2024 | Marianne North | Joss |
| October 2024 | Mabel Pryde (1871 - 1918) | Margaret |
| November 2024 | M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972) Repeated with AA1 group joining us | Elizabeth |
| December 2024 | John Lavery (1889 - 1941) | Chris C. |
2023
| January 2023 | No meeting | |
| February 2023 | John Craxton (1922-2009) | Margaret |
| March 2023 | American Modernism | Chris |
| March 2023 | Georgia O’Keeffe (1888-1906), Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Alfred Maurer (1868-1932) & Charles Demuth (1883-1935) | Mary |
| April 2023 | Man-Made Iconic Structures (Marie) Taj Mahal, Forth Rail Bridge, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Iron Bridge at Iron Bridge, Shropshire | Marie |
| May 2023 | Industrial Heritage/Mining (John) Norman Cornish (1919-2014), the last surviving member of the ‘Pitman’s Academy’ art school, recent work by Julian Cooper (1947 - present), of the Heston-Cooper family, a mountain climber and artist based in Cockermouth whose work focused on large depictions of marble quarries, the life and times of LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) and his representations of the Lancashire textile mills and caricature 'people', Cornish tin mines and miners, work by Joseph Herman (1911 - 2000) a Polish/British Jewish refugee who had known Lowry, the Industrial Revolution, the rapid growth of factories (1750 - 1840) and the advent of women working in factories in the World Wars. We remarked how much of this art was an excellent record of social history. | |
| June 2023 | David Hockney (1937 to date) his Life, ‘Shadows and Perspective', use of iPad tools, 'pop art', recent works in France and his depiction of 'trees'. | Lydia |
| October 2023 | Plans for restarting the group. | |
| November 2023 | Plans for restarting the group. | All |
| December 2023 | No meeting |
2022
| January 2022 | Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (1841-1895) | Marie & John |
| February 2022 | No meeting | |
| March 2022 | Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) | Margaret |
| April 2022 | Rowan Gillespie (1953 to date) | John |
| May 2022 | The Medici Villa La Petraia | Lydia |
| June 2022 | Joaquín Sorolla y Bastia (1863-1923) | Janet |
| July 2022 | cancelled, lack of support | |
| August 2022 | Tintoretto (born Jacopo Robusti) (1518-1594) | John |
| September 2022 | cancelled, lack of support | |
| November 2022 | Raphael | Ann |
| December 2022 | No meeting |
2021
| January 2021 | Art Deco | Pam (AA3) |
| February 2021 | Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) | Liz (AA1) |
| March 2021 | William Hogarth (1697-1764) | Chris C (AA3) |
| April 2021 | ‘Spring’, all to contribute | All AA3 |
| May 2021 | Rene Magritte (1898-1967) | Margaret (AA3) |
| June 2021 | Botanical Art | Chris (AA1) |
| July 2021 | Pierre-Auguste Cot (1837-1883) | John |
| August 2021 | Back to face to face and separate AA1 & AA3 meetings | |
| August 2021 | No meeting | |
| September 2021 | John Singer Sargeant (1856- 1925) | Ann |
| October 2021 | Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) | Janet |
| November 2021 | Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) | Chris |
| December 2021 | No meeting |
2020
| January 2020 | Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) | Alex |
| February 2020 | Lucian Freud (1922-2011) | John |
| March 2020 | No meeting Mar 2020 because of COVID-19 lockdown. Future meetings held virtually using zoom. | |
| April 2020 | We discussed the 3 paintings presented and discussed in the first 2 online Art Society lectures; Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, Doge Leonardo Loredan by Giovanni Bellini and The Venus of Urbino by Titian (or his studio) | Zoom |
| May 2020 | We discussed the next 2 online lecture from the Arts Society; The 1960s: Revolution in glass’ by Mark Hill and ‘An Artist of note: Turner and the new £20’ by Nicola Moorby. | Zoom |
| June 2020 | We discussed the next 2 online lectures from the Arts Society; ‘The Anatomy of Collecting by Marc Allum’ and ‘Aboriginal Art - recording the Dreamtime’ by Rebecca Hossack followed by JMW Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire | John |
| July 2020 | We discussed the final online lecture from the Arts Society; ‘Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fit of Rage: when his Third Symphony became the Eroica’ by Sandy Burnett followed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) | Margaret |
| August 2020 | No meeting | |
| September 2020 | 20th Century Sculpture AA3 & AA1 joined forces, due to reduced attendance, and will lead meetings on alternate months | Pat (AA1) |
| September 2020 | Childe Hassam (1859-1939) | Chris (AA3) |
| October 2020 | Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c1656) | John H (AA3) |
| November 2020 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) | John S (AA1) |
| December 2020 | No Meeting |
2019
| January 2019 | Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) | Margaret |
| February 2019 | William Morris (1834-1896) | Pam |
| March 2019 | Gwendolen Mary John (1876 - 1939), older sister of Augustus John (1878-1961) | Kate |
| April 2019 | Canaletto (1697-1768) | John |
| May 2019 | Cicely Mary Barker (the Flower Fairy Lady) | Marie |
| June 2019 | No meeting | |
| July 2019 | Art u Like (Albrecht Durer, Winslow Homer, Camille Pissarro, Edward Hopper, Millais, Rene Lalique, Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross, Francisco de Zurbaran, Paul Sampson (photographic artist), Michalangelo, Rembrandt, Renoir, etc) or Art u Dislike (Tracy Emin, Damien Hirst, anything in formaldehyde, Salvador Dali's clocks but found his optical illusions weird but intriguing, etc) | Alex |
| August 2019 | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) | Pam |
| September 2019 | Diego Rivera (1886-1957) | Margaret |
| October 2019 | Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) | Marie |
| November 2019 | The Heaton Coopers: Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929) | Chris |
| December 2019 | All to talk for around 5 mins on my Favourite Artist and my Favourite Art Period, (Banksy, Marie Ann North, Rembrandt, various artists, Rococo period) | Alex |
2018
| January 2018 | The Rijksmuseum | Kate |
| January 2018 | The Night Watch | John |
| February 2018 | Jan van Eyck (circa 1390-1441) | Margaret |
| March 2018 | Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) | Malcolm |
| April 2018 | Appreciating a Picture - Goethean Observation' using El Pescador (The Fisherman) by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) as the example. | Gina Davis (AA4) |
| May 2018 | John Constable (1776-1837) | John |
| June 2018 | Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) | Malcolm |
| July 2018 | Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) | Marie |
| August 2018 | Visit to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum | N/A |
| September 2018 | Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) | Alex |
| October 2018 | Winslow Homer (1836-1910) | Chris |
| November 2018 | L S Lowry (1887-1976) | Marie |
| December 2018 | Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) | Chris |
2017
| January 2017 | Introduction to the Renaissance Artists | Sybil |
| January 2017 | Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) | John |
| February 2017 | Michelangelo (1475-1564) | John |
| March 2017 | Delft Pottery | Kate |
| April 2017 | Introduction to Art Nouveau | Pam |
| May 2017 | Dale Chihuly (1941-date) | Marie |
| June 2017 | Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) | Margaret |
| July 2017 | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) | John |
| August 2017 | No meeting | |
| September 2017 | Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) | Alexandra |
| October 2017 | Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), his father N C and son Jamie | Chris |
| November 2017 | Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) | Pam |
2015/16
| Date | Subject | Led by |
| December 2015 | Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851) | Judith |
| January 2016 | Ilana Richardson & Anne Cotterill (1933-2010) | Chris |
| February 2016 | Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) | Sybil |
| March 2016 | Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (1723-1792) | John |
| April 2016 | Carl Faberge (1846-1920) | Judith |
| May 2016 | Edouard Manet (1832-1883) | Kate |
| June 2016 | Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) | Sybil |
| July 2016 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) | Marie |
| August 2016 | John Everett Millais (1829-1896) | Pam |
| September 2016 | Edward Hopper (1882-1967) | Chris |
| October 2016 | Francisco Jose de Goya (1746-1828) | Margaret |
| November 2016 | Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) | Marie |