French and British painters of Normandy in the nineteenth century
From the 1820’s the French provinces Normandy attracted many of the finest British and French painters of the nineteenth century. At first it was British artists, such as Turner, Bonington and Cotman, who were drawn to the area by its coastal scenery, its many fine buildings and its strong historical links to England. Later the French painters, Boudin and Monet) who were both brought up in Normandy) also painted many Norman scenes, particularly the new tourist resorts. This lecture places all these artists in their historical context, and in doing so discusses and illustrates some of Turner and Monet’s most beautiful works.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Mr Stephen Duffy
Educated at New College, Oxford, and formerly Senior Curator of the Wallace Collection where he had particular responsibility for exhibitions and nineteenth-century paintings. He has given countless tours of the Collection for visiting groups and many lectures on its art and other related subjects. His latest publication, The Discovery of Paris, is a book on early nineteenth-century watercolour views of Paris by major British artists.
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