18 SEPTEMBER – 6 NOVEMBER 2020 (NO CLASS ON 30 OCTOBER) ON ZOOM FRIDAYS 10.30 – 12.30AM Falmouth Art Gallery’s Fine Art and Craft Collection /Catherine Wallace

Session Aims Content 1. To look at the original Introduction History of Gallery and Original De Pass 18 collection donated by Collection Founding of the collection by Alfred De Pass; the history September Alfred De Pass in 1923 of the building from 1894 to the present day. Pre Raphaelite paintings, and 1939 and others. To Master drawings, prints, Victorian Impressionism and Maritime art . look at the development Artists include E. C. Burne -Jones, J.W.Waterhouse, A. Durer, of the building and the , Claude Lorraine, A. Van Ostade, Charles James, Jose gallery. Weiss, William Osborne, Williams Strang, Arthur Melville, Alfred Parsons, Sir John Arnesby Brown, , , Thomas Luny, Thomas Buttersworth, William H. Williamson etc. 2 To look at the male Painters of Falmouth and Cornwall 19th century to present 25 painters in around (Men) – J,T.Richardson, W.A.Ingram, C. N. Hemy. H.S.Tuke , Claude Falmouth and Cornwall Rowbotham, George Pennington, Frank Jameson, Francis Hewlett, September th from the 19 century to Ashley Hold, Danny Markey, Donald Bowman, Phil Hogben, Andrew the present day. Tozer, Richard Tuff, Kurt Jackson, Neil Pinkett, John Raynes, Chris Insoll etc. 3 To look at the female Painters of Falmouth and Cornwall 19th century to present 2nd artists working in and (Women) Ann Killigrew- Sophie Anderson, Ellen Genn, Winifred around Falmouth and Freeman, Gwen Whicker, Eileen Algar, Marjorie Murray, Nancy October th Cornwall from 19 Bailey, Grace Gardner, Tacita Dean, W. Barns- Graham, Mavis century to the present Blasebery, Mary Mabutt, Mary Mathews, Joanne Short, Penny day. Macbeth, Jane Beecroft etc.. 4 To look at the work of Major Exhibitions which resulted in commissions for the 9 October various artists whose Gallery’s collection - Surrealists in Cornwall , Darwin 200, work was donated, Brunel, New Expressions 1, and 2 bought and commissioned Artists includes Mark Webster, Anthony Fagin, , Georgina by the Lottery Fund for Maxwell, Dave Cooper, Alison Hales, , Sir , themed exhibitions. Work Max Ernst , , Patrick Woodroffe, Andrew Lanyon, Anthony covers, paintings Penrose, Jonathan Xavier Coudrille, Robert Bradford, Paul Spooner, sculptures, photographs, Keith Newstead, Carlos Zapata etc. prints and automota. 5 To look at works by Modern and contemporary works by British and 16 modern and Internationally known artists. Eric Gill, Ben Nicholson, Henry October contemporary British and Moore, Francis Bacon, Elisabeth Frink, Elizabeth Blackadder, Sir international artists in the Peter Blake, John Bratby, Barbara Rae, Mary Fedden, Frank collection. Auerbach, Rachael Whitread, Patrick Prockter, John Ward, Dhruva Mistry, Eve Arnold, Ian Stern, Fay Godwin, Ivor Abrahams etc. 6. To look at some of the Recent Acquisitions and Major Bequests since 2000 – 23 acquisitions made with Including the works of Kenneth Newton, the Hugh Stoneman October the help of the Art Fund Print collection, Children’s Book Illustration Archive, Harry as well as legacies, Ousy Gift, Grace Gardner Gift, Naomi Weaver and Margaret bequests made to the Whitford Bequests etc. gallery since 2000. 7. To look at the RPCS The RCPS Tuke Collection – became part of Falmouth Art 6th Nov Tuke collection now part Gallery’s collection in 2016 . 279 works included by Henry Scott of Falmouth Art Gallery’s Tuke (1858 – 1929) from his teenage years to the last years of his collection. life. Catherine Wallace 2020 Cost £18 per session – 2 hours with a tea break chat/ questions after I hour and Q and A at end.