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Attingham Trust Newsletter 11/10/2011 14:26 Page 1 attingham trust NL Autumn 2011 A_attingham trust newsletter 11/10/2011 14:26 Page 1 THE ATTINGHAM TRUST for the study of HISTORIC houses and collections 2011 • NUMBER 9 NEWSLETTER Chairman’s Foreword his year marked the 60th Attingham Summer School may draw from the review will, of course, be discussed with Tand an anniversary dinner was held at Attingham Park the American Friends as it is important that there is to mark the event. It was a pleasure to welcome Clo widespread support for any changes to our current Tepper as the new President of the Attingham Friends, trajectory. I also commented last year on the problem of together with their new Administrator, Cheryl Hageman. visas and I am happy to report that, although we are still We were sorry to miss Tom Appelquist, now stepping experiencing some problems as a result of Government down as President who has done sterling work during his policy, the UK Border Agency has been most helpful and all term in raising US scholarships and recruiting candidates. candidates successfully obtained them this year. We have much enjoyed our relationship and have no doubt that we will remain in contact for many years. We By way of general comment, I find it disappointing that our are all looking forward to the Study Programme to be held Coalition Government, while expressing enthusiasm and in New York and the Hudson River Valley next June, respect for the myriad of cultural interest under the auspices arranged by the American Friends, as part of the 60th of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (including celebrations which will also include a conference organised the Olympics), still fails to understand and act on the by the Trust in London next October. It is with much knowledge that the vast majority of tourists to the UK (who, regret that we bid adieu to Lisa White who has been such incidentally, provide the third largest foreign exchange an inspirational director since 2005, while welcoming contribution to our economy) come here because of our Helen Jacobsen and Andrew Moore as the new co- historic houses, museums and other similar cultural entities. directors for the Summer School. I am confident that they The Department unfortunately still retains a mindset which will bring their own vision and particular talents to the treats tourism and “culture” differently, the latter being seen further development of the programme. mainly in the context of education, political correctness and pleasure. This is not only misguided but unfortunate: it leads In my 2010 Newsletter I mentioned the strategic review to a situation where the government views the cultural that was taking place and it is hoped that we will reach some sector as a drain on resources rather than – as is the case – a conclusions this autumn. We have always relied heavily upon very substantial contributor to the Treasury. This has meant the enthusiasm and goodwill of all those involved in that, apart from the National Museums, the government ) 1 1 0 developing our courses. However, the increasing pressures contribution to the sector was reduced across the board by 2 s u of modern life and pressures on our resources now make it approximately 30% in the recent “cuts”. Furthermore, n m u l important that we review our whole modus operandi to see there has been no will to examine the state of our built a ( m e whether this could not be made more efficient and effective heritage or to consider how the need for maintenance in R l u a while continuing to retain and nurture the unique culture our great buildings can be stemmed by private contribution P y b and philosophical approach which was handed on to us by if it were made sufficiently attractive from a tax viewpoint. k r a P our founders. Suggestions for change include running other m a h g programmes for heritage bodies in the UK and, perhaps, a John Lewis n i t t A Summer School for undergraduates. Any conclusions we Chairman m o r f e g d i r b e For further information about the Attingham Trust and the courses it runs please refer to website: www.attinghamtrust.org h t f or contact Rebecca Parker Tel 0044 (0) 20 7253 9057. E-mail [email protected] o w For American members contact: Cheryl Hageman. e i Tel: 001 212 682 6840. E-mail [email protected] . V attingham trust NL Autumn 2011 A_attingham trust newsletter 11/10/2011 14:26 Page 2 ATTINGHAM TRUST NEWSLETTER 2011 • NUMBER 9 Commentary TEMPUS FUGIT : RECOLLECTIONS • Rosemary Lomax-Simpson y first involvement with Attingham came through organisations throughout the world. MHelen Lowenthal; her passionate enthusiasm was infectious. Her novel idea sixty years ago was to create a After Helen’s retirement, Helena Hayward succeeded to course for professional people from the USA and UK to the directorship, later joined by Geoffrey Beard. Helena study the British country house and the collections. Seeds was an exceptional lecturer and her tutoring superb. She of interest had been sown early for me with an architect had the ability to turn what had appeared a foolish question father brought up in a Lorimer house with a Jeykll garden into a learning experience. The ‘Third Week’ became a and, when asked to drive Lydia Bond Powell (from the separate course which Helena also led originally with Mary Metropolitan Museum of Art and Helen’s co-founder of Stirling, and later with Judith Goodison and Caroline Rimell the course) to various houses selected on the both of whom have since become its directors. The more programme, it was not long before I became closely recent history of the Trust is well known through the involved with the administration. splendid leadership of our Chairman, John Lewis, and successive Directors of the Summer School, Annabel The first week of the Summer School was spent in Westman, Giles Waterfield and Lisa White. Shropshire. To wake up at Attingham on a sunny summer morning looking out over the beautiful parkland was Returning to the past, in 1986 the Executive and Friends of inspirational and many fell under its spell nurtured by the Attingham visited Washington to see the ‘Treasure Houses Warden, Sir George Trevelyan. Cruck beams and of Britain’ Exhibition brilliantly displayed in the new I.M.Pei vernacular timber-framed houses were included alongside wing of the National Gallery of Art. Gervase Jackson- 19th-century houses such as Wightwick Manor, studied Stops had used paintings to evoke periods, including again in this year. Like John Christie at Glyndebourne, Mytens’s Earl of Arundel in his sculpture gallery for the Helen brought in the best professionals, Nicholas Pevsner Jacobean era and Zoffany’s Marquis of Zetland and his and John Summerson among others, to lecture and tutor grandson in Arlington Street for the Georgian period. The the group. We were afforded wonderful patronage and actual Jan van de Capelle painting on the wall in the warm hospitality by the house owners sharing the Zoffany painting and the garniture of bronzes on the knowledge of their collections with us and we are mantelpiece had been re-collected by the late Lady profoundly grateful for their continued participation Zetland. This is what Attingham is all about - through their sons and daughters. Helen involved the connoisseurship and knowledge, yes - but far more the National Trust in those early days and we owe a great friendships created by the study of those shared treasures debt of gratitude for the annual support of its staff. From worldwide. 1965 she also forged close links and raised scholarships for participants to attend from the former Iron Curtain Rosemary Lomax-Simpson was Administrator of the Summer countries so that a network has now grown to include School and Treasurer of the Trust from 1971-1986. She is many members from the finest museums and heritage now a Trustee. THE ATTINGHAM 60TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE 12th – 13th October 2012 The Royal Geographic Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 LOOKING AHEAD: THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE Following the great success of the fiftieth anniversary event, The Attingham Trust would like to announce that another conference is being arranged with the support of the Paul Mellon Foundation to celebrate sixty completed years since its foundation. Over two packed days there will be papers from Britain, Ireland and America addressing present and future challenges faced by the historic house. Speakers will include Kevin Baird, the Duke of Buccleuch, Terence Dooley, John Harris, Tim Knox and Sean Sawyer. Please reserve the dates. More details will appear on the Attingham Trust website, www.attinghamtrust.org 2 attingham trust NL Autumn 2011 A_attingham trust newsletter 11/10/2011 14:26 Page 3 ATTINGHAM TRUST NEWSLETTER 2011 • NUMBER 9 The 60th Attingham Summer School 1st- 19th July 2011 • Lisa White, Director he 60th Attingham Summer School Grand Tour, art collections, domestic Tmarked a milestone for the services and the relationship between Attingham Trust and celebrated by town and country houses supported returning for the final part of the course on-site study at Arundel Castle, to its original Shropshire home, Petworth House, Uppark, Cowdray culminating with a study tour of and Parham Park. Attingham Park itself: the scholars of the days of Sir George Trevelyan and Helen In Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire our Lowenthal would have been amazed by programme explored in greater depth the recent transformation of the house. the complexities and challenges of interpretation, conservation and The 2011 group of scholars was truly education in historic country houses, international: 24 from the United States, lucidly delivered in lectures by 5 from The Netherlands, 11 from the distinguished scholars and witnessed at United Kingdom, and one each from Kedleston Hall, Calke Abbey, France, Switzerland, Croatia, The Chatsworth, Welbeck Abbey, Belvoir Czech Republic, Russia, India, Australia Lisa White Castle, Hardwick Old and New Halls and New Zealand.
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