Art Appreciation – December 2021/January 2022
Our December meeting held in the Mayor’s Parlour at the Manor House was a group effort. Members were invited to choose and comment on a picture on the theme of Celebration or Entertainment. As always, the diversity of the pictures selected was impressive and enjoyably surprising. Artists included Bruegel, Severini, Renoir, Rubens, Van Gogh and Degas. We also enjoyed seeing an illustration from a medieval Book of Hours depicting a medieval banquet. Most unexpected were three paintings on the theme of Croquet by Manet, Winslow Homer and Larry Smart.
Our presentations were followed by a quiz with pictures on the same theme. Members were asked to identify the artists. Amongst paintings by a number of highly regarded artists, I also included one or two contemporary popular artists such as Beryl Cook and Jack Vettriano. Although I tried to catch them out, the knowledge of members was impressive, and I didn’t manage to fool everybody all of the time.
Many thanks to David Gearing for being our expert projectionist.
We hope to meet again at 2pm on Tuesday 11th January when John will give a presentation on Hogarth. We will obviously be mindful of the ever changing situation with regard to Covid before confirming arrangements.
Lynne Vick