February 2023
Arts Society Lecture: The Grand Tour
A talk by James Bolton. Follow the progress of the Grand Tourist through Europe, through contemporary paintings and examples of souvenirs. Lecture starts at 8pm. Coffee and biscuits served from 7.30pm Members free; Guests £10.
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Art Society Lecture: Mary Cassatt, Painting in Paris
Joanne Rhymer examines how a professional woman artist in a male art world produced avant garde images of 19th century French society. For more details on this event and future lectures please visit the Art Society website. Tickets: Members free, non members and guests, £10.
Find out more »Arts Society Lecture: 150 Years of London Underground Design
This talk by Mark Ovenden covers surprising attempts to create some graphic unity on the Underground, even in the 1860s and 70s. As the network expanded, and with it the need to form cohesion between the different operating companies, the talk will look at Leslie Green's architecture, the Arts & Crafts movement, Frank Pick, Edward Johnston's typeface, Charles Holden's architecture and the Streamline Moderne/Art Deco movement leading us to today’s development.
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Arts Society Lecture: 10 Favourite Paintings from the National Gallery, London
A lecture by Linda Collins. For more details on this, and the full programme of events, please visit the Arts Society Wimbledon website.
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Arts Society Lecture: The Golden Age of Fashion
A lecture by Connie Gray. For more details on this, and the full programme of events, please visit the Arts Society Wimbledon website.
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Arts Society Lecture: The Great Exhibition
Lecture by Prasannajit de Silva. For more information on this and the society's full programme of events, please visit the Arts Society Wimbledon website.
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Arts Society Lecture – The Life & Work of May Morris
A lecture by Fiona Rose. For more information on this and the full programme of events from The Arts Society Wimbledon please visit their website.
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Arts Society Lecture – Cambodia: The Sacred Art of Angor and Living Arts
A lecture by Denise Heywood. For more information on this and the full programme of events from The Arts Society Wimbledon, please visit their website.
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Arts Society Lecture: The Art of Atonement: How Germany Commemorates the Second World War
A lecture by Angela Finlay. For more information on this and the full programme of events from the Arts Society Wimbledon, please visit their website.
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Arts Society Lecture: From Cradle to Cave – The Iconography of the Nativity in Late Medieval Italian Art
A lecture by Helen McIldowie-Jenkins. For more information on this and the full programme of events from The Arts Society Wimbledon, please visit their website.
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