Trips to art exhibitions & Historical Houses
Trips September to November 2019
Bookings for visits are taken from MEMBERS ONLY in the first instance. If you wish to join a visit and are not a member, please contact GHFMemSec@gmail.com
MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2019
TATE BRITAIN
A visit to see "William Blake, The Artist" at Tate Britain: a visual arlist for the 21st century. On display some 300 works, including watercolours, paintings and prints, which will provide a comprehensive view of Blake's achievement and ambition across a range of media. He is a universal artist - an inspiration to ariists, musicians and poets worldwide. The exhibition will show his relationship with the art world and tell the stories behind some of the most iconic images in the history of British ar1.
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:45 am
LEAVE LIBRARY 8.55 am
AND ON TO G Live, BURCHETT'S FARM & SPECTRUM ( approx. 9.15 am )
LEAVE TATE 3:30 pm
Cost of coach, tip & entrance £30.00
Cost to Art Fund member £22.50
Cost to Tate member £14.50
FRIDAY 25" October 2019
HORNIMAN MUSEUM and
DULWIGH ART GALLERY
A morning visit to the museum founded by the trader Frederick Horniman in 1901 with specimens and aftifacts collected from around the world. The museum is on three floors (lift available] Cafe for refreshments. An afternoon visit to Dulwich for Rembrandt's exhibition to mark 350 years since the artist died in 1669. lt will bring together 35 carefully selected pictures showing his mastery of light and visual storytelling, concentrating on his greatest years 1639 - 1658,
Refreshments available at Museum and Gallery.
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:45 am
LEAVE LIBRARY 8:55 am
And on to G LlvE, B FARM & SPECTRUM (approx.9.15)
LEAVE DULWICH 4.15 p.m.
Gost of coach, tip and entrance £27.OO
MONDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2019
NATIONAL GALLERY
To the National Gallery for the first ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Paul Gauguin. Spanning the later years of his life this exhibition follows his move away from lmpressionism towards Symbolism, featuring over 50 works, the exhibition includes paintings, works on paper and three-dimensional objects in a variety of media all from public and private collections worldwide.
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:45 a.m.
LEAVE LIBRARY 8:55 a.m.
And on to G LIVE, B FARM AND SPECTRUM by approx.09.15 a.m.
LEAVE NATIONAL GALLERY 3:30 p.m.
Cost of coach, tip and entrance £28.00
Cost to Art Fund member £22.OO
Download the September to November 2019 visits details and booking form
from here gallery/visitsautumnwinter2019.pdf
Trips December 2019 to March 2020
THURSDAY 12th DECEMBER 2019
CHARTERHOUSE LONDON
Charterhouse in Clerkenwell was a Carthusian Monastry, the mansion of a wealthy gentleman, a meeting house for Elizabeth I and in 1611 was established as a home for "Brothers" , as well as a school. The school moved to Godalming in 1872. There will be a guided tour of Charterhouse with time to visit the Museum, Chapel and shop. Refreshments available at Thackerays Coffee House [next doorl and other places nearby. There may be time to visit V&A [depends on traffic and weather]
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:55 a.m.
LEAVE LIBRARY 9:05 a.m.
And on to G LIVE, B FARM AND SPECTRUM by approx.09.25 a.m.
LEAVE CHARTERHOUSE 2.30 - 3.00 p.m.
Cost of coach, tip and entrance £28.00
FRIDAY 24th JANUARY 2O2O
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
The PRE-RAPHAELITE SISTERS is the first ever major exhibition to focus on the untold story of women of Pre-Raphaelite art, 160 years after the first pictures were exhibited by the Brotherhood in 1849. lt explores the contribution of twelve women to the movement including Evelyn de Morgan, Effie Millais, Elizabeth Siddal and Joanna Wells. Through paintings, photographs, manuscripts and personal items the exhibition explores the roles they played.
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:50 a.m.
LEAVE LIBRARY 9:00 a.m.
And on to G LIVE, B FARM AND SPECTRUM by approx.09.15 a.m.
LEAVE LONDON 3.30 p.m.
Cost of coach, tip and entrance £34.00
Art Fund Member £27.00
MONDAY 24th FEBRUARY 2020
QUEENS GALLERY
GEORGE IV ART & SPECTACLE
George lV is the British monarch who formed an unrivalled collection of art, much of which remains in the Royal Collection today. As Prince of Wales, and from 1820 as King, he brought together Dutch and Flemish painters and magnificent portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Joshua Reynolds, as well as French porcelain, intricate goldsmiths'works, drawings, textiles and life through the art that enriched his world.
Refreshments nearby or at V&A (or similar) for a short visit.
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:50 a.m.
LEAVE LIBRARY 9:00 a.m.
And on to G LIVE, B FARM AND SPECTRUM by approx.09.20 a.m.
LEAVE LONDON 3.30 p.m.
Cost of coach, tip and entrance to Queens Gallery £28.50
FRIDAY 20th MARCH 2020
TATE BRITAIN
BAROQUE lN BRITAIN will explore how art and architecture were used by the Crown, the church and the aristocracy to project images of power and status in an age when power of the monarchy was being questioned. The exhibition will include works by the leading painters of the day - Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller and James Thornhill with grand-scale portraits; mural paintings and wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons. A room will be dedicated to the designsof Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor and John Vanbrugh for St Pauls, Hampton Court and Blenheim Palace,
LEAVE ARTINGTON 8:55 a.m.
LEAVE LIBRARY 9:00 a.m.
And on to G LIVE, B FARM AND SPECTRUM by approx.09.20 a.m.
LEAVE TATE 3.30 p.m.
Cost of coach, tip and entrance £31.00
Art Fund Member £23.50
Download the September to November 2019 visits details and booking form
from here gallery/visitswinter20192020.pdf
