Catherine Parry-Wingfield, chairman of Turner’s House Trust, will lead this walk from Turner’s country retreat to Richmond Hill. Lunch can be bought independently at the end of the walk or you may bring your own picnic. Walkers need to be reasonably fit.
Walk with Turner to Richmond Hill Read More »
The 37th Kurt Pantzer Memorial Lecture. The Senior Curator of European Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Colin Harrison will discuss Turner’s relationship with, and many depictions of, the City and University. Among the numerous exhibitions he has curated was ‘Turner’s Oxford’ in 2000.
Talk by David Blayney Brown. In the context of the Tate’s exhibition, ‘Artist and Empire’ (25 November 2015 to 10 April 2016), David Blayney Brown (Curator of British Art 1790-1859 at Tate Britain) will consider what Empire meant to Turner as a subject or commercial opportunity.
Turner’s Empires, Past and Present: from Carthage to Seringapatam Read More »
Including a lecture by Nick Reese on ‘Turner and the Industrial Sublime’.
Annual General Meeting and Christmas Party Read More »
Matthew Imms will discuss his recent work on the new Turner Bequest On-Line Catalogue, which has led to numerous exciting discoveries.
Memoirs of a Tate Turner Cataloguer Read More »
After an introduction to the Gallery and its collections by one of the curators, Cecilia Powell will present watercolours by Turner and his predecessors and contemporaries.
Turner in Context at Bedford Read More »
36th Kurt Pantzer Memorial Lecture. Lecture by Jan Piggott. A discussion of how Turner’s characteristic symbolism gives meaning to his work, to include a review of The Field of Waterloo (RA 1818; Tate Britain) and other war pictures. Entrance free, without ticket.
The Flaming Torch on the Field of Waterloo: Turner’s Symbols Read More »
In the latest of our ever-popular special visits to the national collection of Turner’s works on paper, a selection of Turner’s drawings and watercolours will be examined. Entrance is free but numbers are restricted. Please apply to Margaret O’Neill to reserve a place.
With an introduction from one of the exhibition’s curators, who will also be available in the exhibition to answer members’ queries. Numbers are restricted and applications should be made to Margaret O’Neill. Normal Tate Britain exhibition charges will apply.
Visit to “Late Turner: Painting Set Free” Read More »
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Gain access to lectures by leading experts on Turner, visits to the Turner Collection in London, and trips to private collections not generally open to the public.
