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Recent and forthcoming lectures
Note: the lectures will be held at the Watts Gallery. Recent and forthcoming events
External events
Olive Maggs Between 1894 and 1895 the American born Anna Lea Merritt painted a unique wall painting scheme for the church of St Martin’s, Blackheath in Surrey. The murals are important because the painting of a public monumental mural scheme by a woman was an unprecedented achievement at the time and because the painting was executed in the waterglass technique, a new technology which secured their survival in excellent condition. Designed to enrich and transform a rural community they are a fine example of nineteenth century public-spirited philanthropic patronage. Olive Maggs is an art historian and lecturer. She lived for 10 years outside the UK, contributing to a contemporary Zimbabwean art magazine and exhibition catalogues before moving to Belgium, where she ran a lecture programme. She now works on a freelance basis for the Watts Gallery and has specialised in the history of women artists in the nineteenth century. Her research on Anna Lea Merritt’s murals is newly published by ACMS and forms the basis of an exhibition at the University of Surrey, 17th January – 2nd February 2012
Jan Ward The drawings of (Thomas) Raffles Davison will be familiar to many architectural enthusiasts of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. He was a talented illustrator and publisher and as editor of The British Architect for nearly forty years used his special drawing skills to illustrate the journal. It is less widely known that he trained as an architect and several of his houses still exist. Even less well known is that his son, (William) Rupert, was also an architect and during his shortened lifetime designed many houses around the country but mainly in Woldingham, where the family lived for many years. Rupert was involved with the inaugural Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition in 1908, following which, both father and son promoted the notion of “The Ideal Home” Jan Ward has been a member of ACMS for many years and has a passion for buildings and the people who live in them. One of her ambitions in life was fulfilled nearly thirty years when the opportunity arose to build her family home. She has a background in Town Planning and in her spare time delves into architectural research. This has culminated in the publication of two monographs of Mervyn Edmund Macartney and Leonard Stokes.
Hilary Grainger Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) was not only one of the most successful and prolific of late Victorian architects, but was also an etcher and watercolourist of great distinction. His work in partnership with Thomas Vaughan, Harold A Peto and Alfred B Yeates encompassed country houses, town houses, six churches, and some significant public works including Golders Green Crematorium and the Royal Academy of Music. Over 80 assistants and pupils including Lutyens, Baker, and Dawber passed through George’s office. and his influence on the following generation was significant. This lecture examines a range of important and influential country house commissions with specific reference to those in the North Downs. Professor Hilary J Grainger is a Dean of the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, having taught the history of architecture and design for over thirty years at several universities. She is a leading authority on George and also on the architecture of British crematoria. Her book The Architecture of Sir Ernest George was published by Spire Books Ltd in 2011. Hilary is the Chair of The Victorian Society.
Christmas lunch at Horsley Towers Sunday 4th December 2011 12:30 – 16:30 Following the success of our first Christmas social lunch last year and the positive feedback received we have decided to repeat the occasion. Like last year the event will feature an illustrated presentation reviewing the year’s visits and lectures, including Prior’s Field school, Goddards, Kelmscott Manor, Thursley Village, Merton Park and our trip to the Isle of Thanet, etc., as well as a preview of what is planned for 2012, a pictorial quiz (on Arts and Crafts related to the year) and a raffle. The venue for our lunch will again be Horsley Towers in Horsley Park. In 1840 the First Earl of Lovelace, son-in-law of Lord Byron, acquired the East Horsley Estate and moved his home from nearby Ockham Park to East Horsley place. Over the next 40 years he proceeded to embellish the house, designed by Sir Charles Barry, with fantastic towers, a great hall, cloisters and a chapel to create a Rhenish Gothic folly, which he suitable renamed Horsley Towers. He transformed the previously nondescript village of East Horsley into a model estate village using the same very idiosyncratic flint and polychrome brick style. In order to preserve the unique character of East Horsley, Surrey County Council designated it a conservation area in July 1973. Horsley Towers will create the magic of Christmas with a sparkling atmosphere and a delicious three-course lunch with a glass of wine. We will also be able to take a tour to see the cloisters and chapel and discover the history of the building.
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