Upcoming trips
Tuesday 26th March: FAS trip to National Gallery “Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light”
The National Gallery’s major Spring exhibition features Spain’s best loved Impressionist painter Joaquin Sorolla, described by Claude Monet as ‘The Master of Light’. Although less-well known outside Spain compared to fellow countrymen Goya, Velázquez and Picasso, Sorolla is equally gifted as a painter and deserves long-overdue recognition. It will be the first UK retrospective of the artist since 1908 when Sorolla exhibited at London’s Grafton Galleries and was promoted as ‘The World’s Greatest Living Painter’. The display features 60 works spanning the artist’s career and includes portraits, landscapes and scenes of Spanish life for which he is most renowned. They are on loan from public and private collections in Europe and the US and give a rare opportunity to see the most complete collection of Sorolla’s work outside Spain. You can pre-book the exhibition for a reduced fee of £14 at www.nationalgallery.co.uk, or for £16 if you book by phone 08009126958.
Coach pick-up times: Shrivenham opp Barrington Arms 8.30am, Faringdon Tescos, 8.45am; Stanford in the Vale Spencer’s Close 8.55am, Wantage Bear Hotel 9.15/9.20am. We will arrive 11.30- 12.00 and leave London at 3.30pm reaching Shrivenham 6-7pm. Coach seats are £18 members, £21 non-members.
For more info, contact Shelagh 01367241173 / 07724109778, email shelaghbaxter@gmail.com or www.faringdonartsociety.co.uk .
The National Gallery’s major Spring exhibition features Spain’s best loved Impressionist painter Joaquin Sorolla, described by Claude Monet as ‘The Master of Light’. Although less-well known outside Spain compared to fellow countrymen Goya, Velázquez and Picasso, Sorolla is equally gifted as a painter and deserves long-overdue recognition. It will be the first UK retrospective of the artist since 1908 when Sorolla exhibited at London’s Grafton Galleries and was promoted as ‘The World’s Greatest Living Painter’. The display features 60 works spanning the artist’s career and includes portraits, landscapes and scenes of Spanish life for which he is most renowned. They are on loan from public and private collections in Europe and the US and give a rare opportunity to see the most complete collection of Sorolla’s work outside Spain. You can pre-book the exhibition for a reduced fee of £14 at www.nationalgallery.co.uk, or for £16 if you book by phone 08009126958.
Coach pick-up times: Shrivenham opp Barrington Arms 8.30am, Faringdon Tescos, 8.45am; Stanford in the Vale Spencer’s Close 8.55am, Wantage Bear Hotel 9.15/9.20am. We will arrive 11.30- 12.00 and leave London at 3.30pm reaching Shrivenham 6-7pm. Coach seats are £18 members, £21 non-members.
For more info, contact Shelagh 01367241173 / 07724109778, email shelaghbaxter@gmail.com or www.faringdonartsociety.co.uk .