by Rebecca Parker | Apr 20, 2023 | Past Online Events
This talk looks at Grinling Gibbons, one of the greatest artists of the English Baroque. Born in Rotterdam to English parents, he moved to England in 1667 and went on to have a spectacular career as a woodcarver and a sculptor, largely owing to his unprecedented...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 16, 2023 | Past Online Events
This talk concentrates on colour and design with some historic house case studies to illustrated and show how sometimes questions have been resolved by the original trimmings supplied – and a red herring is thrown in for good measure as well. Annabel is Director...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 15, 2023 | Past Online Events
Queen Mary, consort of King George V, has often been dismissed in the past as a collector of fripperies and bibelots, yet not only did she add considerably and significantly to the Royal Collection, but visitors to the royal residences today see the works of art...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 14, 2023 | Past Online Events
Sean Sawyer uses new 3D imaging technology to lead a virtual tour of Frederic Church’s Olana, the master work of America’s most acclaimed landscape artist of the 19th century. A National Historic Landmark, Olana overlooks the Hudson Valley and is the most...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 13, 2023 | Past Online Events
A virtual tour of Irish historic houses in film and music, followed by a live panel discussion with Terence Dooley (Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates), Mary Heffernan (Office of Public Works), Donough Cahill (Irish Georgian Society) and...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 12, 2023 | Past Online Events
A reflection on The Attingham Trust’s partnership with the Royal Collection and the discoveries made on the course over the past 25 years. Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection and the previous course director, Rebecca Lyons, now Director of Collections and...
