CAPABILITY BROWN AND THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH: NATURE AS ART OR ART AS NATURE By Caroline Holmes

Winter talk - LIVE
From rural Suffolk across England, Caroline will explore the canvas of eclectic eighteenth-century profitable, artistic and moral settings. Brown - an ‘earthmover’ who transformed estates into profitable sinuous landscapes - and Gainsborough - an originator of the English landscape painting school. Two talented country boys who enjoyed the patronage of many great houses as well as sampling the delights of the 'busiest, idlest place in the world' - Bath. At a time when science and the arts were the prerequisite of polite conversation, she will explore both.

Caroline Holmes is a well-known, experienced and entertaining speaker and author of many garden-related books, a course director for University of Cambridge ICE and an accredited lecturer for the Arts Society. Caroline lives in Suffolk but gives lectures throughout the world and we are fortunate that she has agreed to kick off our series of Winter talks