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THURSDAY 12TH MARCH 2015

RADLETT ART SOCIETY
presents


Chardin 
and the lure of the ordinary


Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), born in Paris, rarely left the city. He lived on the Left Bank until, in 1757 Louis XV granted him a studio and living quarters in the Louvre. His beautifully textured paintings depicting kitchen maids, children and domestic activities had little  in common with Rococo painting that dominated French art in the 18th century, nevertheless his simple, sensitively handled paintings of ordinary household items found an appreciative audience in his time and accounts for his timeless appeal. 
Picture
Woman Cleaning Turnips, ca. 1738
Lecturer
BARRY VENNING BA MA
Barry Venning is currently an Associate Lecturer and Research Associate with the Open University. Although he is a specialist in British Romantic Art, his teaching has extended from the early Renaissance to the art of the twenty first century

Thursday 28th May 2015

THE RADLETT CENTRE

Admission: Members free – Non-members £7.00

7.30 pm for 8.00 pm start


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