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Monday 26 October 2009
From Bagatelle to the Wallace Collection
In 1835, the Marquess of Hertford purchased the estate of Bagatelle for his illegitimate son, Sir Richard Wallace. The Wallace Collection in London was created to display French royal treasures purchased by the Hertfords. We visit the gardens of Bagatelle and then cross the Channel to savour the delights of Hertford House.
Monday 2 November 2009
The Glories of the Rothschild Dynasty: A Tour of Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon Manor, in Buckinghamshire, contains the private collection of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild including portraits, porcelain and jewels. The fanciful garden is laid out in the formal French manner and contains marble fountains as well as a parterre bedded annually with 50,000 plants.
Monday 9 November 2009
William Morris and the Arts and Craft House and Garden
The Arts and Crafts movement was a reaction against the excessive ostentation of the nouveaux riches and an attempt to return to vernacular traditions and craftsmanship. William Morris was a leading proponent, believing that house and garden should be a continuum.
Monday 16 November 2009
Gardens and the Impressionists
Traumatised by the pollution of the Industrial Revolution in France, the Impressionist painters created sanctuaries of colour and light. Bonnard and Vuillard transitioned from plein air painting to decorative panels bringing the outside indoors. Claude Monet, a painter of gardens, was also an innovative gardener. The Giverny garden is his masterpiece.
Presented by the Council for the Arts in Ottawa and the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Early Bird, OAG & CAO Members:
$35.00 per lecture
Early Bird, Non-Members:
$45.00 per lecture
At the door, OAG & CAO Members:
$40.00 per lecture
At the door, Non-Members:
$50.00 per lecture
Tickets:
613-233-8699, ext. 221,
info@ottawaartgallery.ca
Early Bird rate applies until the Friday before the lecture.
Funds raised will support the Ottawa Art Gallery and the Council for the Arts in Ottawa.
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