THE ARTS SOCIETY BOURNEMOUTH & EAST DORSET
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DateLecture
14 May 2019Painting around Australia: Matthew Flinders and the Artists aboard HMS Investigator 1801-1803
09 April 2019Jewel of the Crown: The Sainte Chapelle in Paris
12 March 2019History of the Royal Academy of Arts London
12 February 2019The Ultimate Wall Decoration:Tapestries of the courts of Europe, ancient and modern
08 January 2019The Artists of Monmartre: The Pilgrims of Babylon
04 December 2018Stocking Fillers from Faberge - Part 2
13 November 2018The Work of William Orpen and his Contemporaries
09 October 2018Vietnam:Ancient and Contemporary Artists Heritage
12 June 2018William Burges
08 May 2018THe Genius of Antonio Stradivari
10 April 2018James Tissot's Images of Women
13 March 2018Frederick The Great; Soldier and Collector
13 February 2018Wedgwood and his Contemporaries
09 January 2018Lawrence Alma Tadema; The Classical World Through Victorian Eyes
05 December 2017The Christmas Story Through Paintings at The National Gallery
14 November 2017Chippendale and Dumfries House
10 October 2017Modigliani
13 June 2017The Shakers of North America
09 May 2017Silver and Social Custom
04 April 2017James Gillray "A caterpillar on the green leaf of reputation"
14 March 2017Munich; metropolis with a heart
14 February 2017Dale Chihuly
10 January 2017Picasso

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Painting around Australia: Matthew Flinders and the Artists aboard HMS Investigator 1801-1803 James Taylor Tuesday 14 May 2019

James Taylor studied at the Universities of St Andrews and Manchester, and is a former curator of paintings, drawings and prints, and co-ordinator of various exhibitions and galleries, at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, also lecturer and ships' historian on board cruise ships. Publications include illustrated histories of Marine Painting (1995) and yachting art Yachts on Canvas (1998). Completed his PhD at the University of Sussex in 2015 on the voyager artist William Westall (1781-1850) who sailed with Commander Matthew Flinders aboard HMS 'Investigator' (1801-1803) the first ship to circumnavigate Australia. Guided tours of the buildings and artworks of the National Maritime Museum can be arranged for groups.