Events
‘Edouard Manet and the Path to Modernity’
Bar Convent 17 Blossom Street, YORK*** This event is fully booked with a waiting list*** The morning will consist of two seminars led by Lizzie Darbyshire, who developed her interest in Manet when she was at the Courtauld Institute of Art. After coffee on arrival, the first seminar will look at the early years of Manet’s career when he struggled […]
Coach Visit to Gorton Monastery, Manchester and Nostell Priory
Gorton Monastery 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, United KingdomGorton Monastery, known as Manchester’s Taj Mahal, was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin for the Franciscan order, and is a Grade II* listed building. Following the closure of the monastery in 1989, it fell into disrepair until it was saved by a local couple, Paul and Elaine Griffiths, who set up a charitable trust in […]
The Impact of Japanese Art on Western artists after 1867
Bar Convent 17 Blossom Street, YORK*** Fully booked *** Seminar by Helena Cox in the Bedingfield Room in the Bar Convent.In the first session Helena will introduce us to Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, which were first shown to the west in the Japanese Pavilion in Paris at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. In the second session, Helena will explore with us […]