Programme of Events 2024
Society Visit to the Barber Institute
Tuesday 26th November
Dep. Malvern 9.30am Return by 4.30pm
Cost £15 to include a guided tour of the exhibition
We would be delighted if you could join us on a visit to the wonderful Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, to view the exciting exhibition ‘Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites’.*
This exhibition focuses on the motif of scent and how it is portrayed in the work of the Pre-Raphaelites to evoke moods and emotions. Artists featured include Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, John Frederick Lewis, John Everett Millais, Evelyn De Morgan, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Simeon Solomon, and others.
As the exhibition space is fairly small, the group size is *limited to 30 people*. Half will have a guided tour of the exhibition whilst the other half has a tour of the permanent collection and vice versa. Lunch options include bringing a packed lunch or using the cafe in the nearby Dept of Education or at Winterbourne House.
Return travel by coach which departs Malvern Splash at 9.30am and returns by 4.30pm. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis and those members who have already signed up for the visit at the AGM or at the recent talk by Alison Bevan have already secured a place.
Please *reply by email* if you are interested in joining this Society visit. Names only are needed in the first instance then I shall contact the group about how to pay.
The committee is planning a programme of events for 24-25 and this
information will be available soon.
Dame Laura Knight: An Artists Appreciation
In November 2020 the DLK society commissioned an on-line lecture by artist and senior lecturer Brian Gorst titled ‘An Artists Appreciation’. Brian was able to offer a unique insight and perception onto DKL’s work and methods.
Initially only available to members we have now openly released this onto YouTube which can be accessed: Here
Publication of our societies book titled: Laura Knight in The Malverns
OUR PUBLICATION ABOUT LAURA KNIGHT IN THE MALVERNS.
Heather Whatley’s book ‘Laura Knight in the Malverns’ is now well established on the bookshelves. Heather was the founder and is now the Vice Chair of the Dame Laura Knight Society.
Most biographies of Laura mention her stay in Malvern but none give detail of the three decades from 1931 until 1961 that she lived here. Drawing on recorded memories of local people the author hopes to bring to life the woman as well as the artist, a dynamic personality who engaged socially with all the locals she met, many of whom she painted.
Using Society archives, photos, maps and illustrations of Laura’s local paintings the writer traces Laura and Harold’s stay in Malvern from early Festival days, their permanent stay during World War 2, when Laura was a prolific War Artist, to their frequent returns to the town post war to see old friends and to continue painting.
Dame Laura Knight claimed she did her best landscapes in Malvern and her paintings of this period demonstrate her love of our countryside in all seasons and leave us with a colourful record of the lives of ordinary working people and our cultural history.
The book is published by Aspect Printers, costs £7.50 and is available in Malvern Tourist Information Centre, Co-operative Bookshop Malvern, Malvern Museum and on-line at Amazon.co.uk.
To read a review of the book please click here.