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Unpacking Art: The Remarkable Rossetti Family – GI 25 178

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6 February 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT

Tutor: Chris Holley BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Date: 6 February 2026
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:
£16.25 – £18.50
Reference Code:
GI 25 178
Location:
Ward Street
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4LH

Overview

Under the microscope: the lives, loves, and legacy of the Rossetti family.
In this session we will delve deep to uncover some fascinating facts, connecting activist rebel Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his fellow artists to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, while also considering the place of his lesser-known siblings in the 19th century art world and beyond.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Beata Beatrix, 1864-1870

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GI 25 178 - Unpacking Art: The Remarkable Rossetti Family - Non-Member
£ 18.50
30 available
GI 25 178 - Unpacking Art: The Remarkable Rossetti Family - Member
£ 16.25
30 available

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About the Speaker

Chris Holley

https://www.chrisholleyart.com/

Coming from a dance/choreographic background and with music in her DNA, Chris is an abstract/figurative painter working mainly from memory and imagination. She exhibits regularly in London and south England, her art also adorning walls in collections in the USA and Spain. Her specialist subject is the impact of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes on visual art. Her writings on this absorbing subject now residing in the V&A's National Library of Art, and with major arts bodies in the UK and overseas.

Chris has lectured both in person and online. Her inspirational illustrated art talks aim to share great art in a non-didactic style. They are informative, fun and topical, usually in delivered in parallel with current UK exhibitions, to encourage audiences to attend. She has delivered children's art workshops, all for Berkshire Libraries.

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