Study days are designed to explore specific subjects in depth, under the leadership of one or more expert lecturers. The topics range widely but we try to include subjects relating to forthcoming major exhibitions in London where possible, and recent study days have included Anglo-Saxon Treasures, the Arts and Craft Movement, Cubism and Caravaggio.
Study days are held at various central London locations (often either the Conway Hall, Bloomsbury Baptist Church Hall or the Keynes Library at Birkbeck) and typically last for five or six hours, including breaks for refreshments (tea and coffee provided) and lunch (not included).
Current fees for study days are £38, unless indicated otherwise on the booking page, and are for members only.
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Looking at Matisse’s work in terms of his contemporaries and collaborators, the artists of the past he most admired, and the artists who took on and explored his legacy after his death, this study day will present fresh thinking on Matisse, his art and his importance now.
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Since the 1970s the achievements of four young men known as the Scottish Colourists have been more widely recognised and acknowledged. Roger Billcliffe will look at the careers of each of them – J D Fergusson, S J Peploe, F C B Cadell and G Leslie Hunter. Although often exhibiting as a group they rarely, if ever, all four worked together. These four sessions will trace how their work developed – together and individually.
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This study day will look at the altarpiece created by Jan and Hubert van Eyck in depth, placing it within the wider scope of their output, unpacking its imagery and meaning, interrogating the problem of its authorship and original appearance, recounting its later history, and exploring some of the discoveries to have emerged during its current restoration.
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