Lecture on George Frederic Watts

Kerri Offord, Heritage Collections Officer, Watts Gallery - Artists'
Village Will give a talk:

"Potatoes and Grit: The painting techniques and experiments of
    George Frederic Watts"
Robing Room at Freemason's Hall
60 Great Queen Street
London WC2B 5AZ

Freemasons Hall is close to both Covent Garden and Holborn Tube
Stations.

The Victorian artist George Frederic Watts is perhaps best
remembered as a portrait artist and for his social realism
paintings.  Much study has been undertaken into his life and the
symbolism of his works.

With the opening of Watts Studios, a new museum that explores the
act of making and reinstates Watts's studio, time has been dedicated
to the research of his painting techniques.  From rubbing raw potato
on his canvases, to leaving his works for several years in a
greenhouse to see the effects of light on his completed works, Watts
was a great experimenter.  Using correspondence between Watts and
Winsor and Newton, and the biography written by his wife, the
designer Mary Watts, this talk will reveal the hopes of an artist to
preserve his works for the public and explore his failures as a
result of his experiments.

Since joining Watts Gallery - Artists' Village in 2014 Kerri Offord
has project managed and curated Watts Studios, an Heritage Lottery
Fund supported project to reinstate the studio of G.F. Watts and
create a new gallery dedicated to the work of the artist and
designer Mary Watts.  Watts Studios opened to the public on 26
January, 2016.  Kerri Offord is currently working on several avenues
of research relating to the techniques and influences of the Wattses
and exploring the connection between their working practices.

Doors open at 6pm
Talk 6.30pm - 8pm.

Tickets:
    ICON members:  UKP10
    Non-members: UKP15
    Students UKP5 (student card required to be shown on the door)

Free wine and cheese is included in price of ticket.

Please apply for tickets through

    <URL:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/edit?eid=21403861526>

Please note refunds for those unable to attend can only be issued if
you notify us at least two days before the event.


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