Trace the influence of the foreign artists on the London Art scene from Renaissance To Enlightenment
THE FOREIGN INVENTION OF BRITISH ART
Why were foreign painters preferred by the aristocracy in London to native-born English painters and what was their impact on English art and art practice. This lecture traces foreign artists from the Tudor period through to the Renaissance and Baroque, their origins and contributions. Holbein, Gerrit van Honthorst, Paulus van Somer, van Dyck, Peter Lely and Rubens.
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Guests welcome, £10 on the door refundable against membership should you join. Please let us know in advance by emailing bowdondfas@hotmail.co.uk so we can manage numbers.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Mr Leslie Primo
Art historian Leslie Primo is an author, broadcaster, and graduate of Birkbeck, University College, with an MA in Renaissance studies. He lectured at the National Gallery, London for 18 years, and has appeared on the BBC speaking on Michelangelo and presenting on JMW Turner. He contributed to the Oxford Companion Guide to Black British History, and has a forthcoming Thames & Hudson book called, The Foreigners that Invented British Art. He currently teaches art history at Imperial College, and lectures for the Royal Academy, London.
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