A History of Skies in Art – GI 24 083 (Face to Face)
13 February 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm GMT
Tutor: Daphne Jefferis BA(Hons) PGCEA
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The sky has been a major source of inspiration to artists throughout the centuries. This course will assess how different times of day and night have been painted by artists from the Renaissance until today. Works by Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, O’Keefe and many others will be included.
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John Constables, Cloud Study, oil on paper. Image: Google Arts & Culture Wikimedia Commons.
About the Speaker
Daphne Jefferis
Daphne is an Art History lecturer who has a special interest in 19th and 20th century European Art. She delivered study tours to Florence for many years, so also has a particular love of early Renaissance art.
Daphne has taught for many years at the Guildford Institute and also A-Level Art History in Adult Education and in schools. Daphne gives talks all over Surrey for Art Societies, Women’s Institute and Probus groups and for anyone who asks her!
Now in semi-retirement, Daphne is giving more time to drawing and painting and exploring new techniques and subjects. She has exhibited her work at the Institute as well as with Guildford Arts, AppArt and at the Cathedral.
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