Previous Art Tours

By | June 16, 2016

 

January 2015 Tour to London:

The Art Appreciation tour to London, January 2015

The Art Appreciation tour to London, January 2015

The Art Appreciation tour to London, January 2015

The Art Appreciation tour to London, January 2015

January 2014 Tour to Edinburgh:

The tour based in Edinburgh, stayed at the Hilton Grosvenor on a half board basis. The programme included a special access visit to Sir Walter Scott’s Gothic fantasy country home Abbotsford, the January exhibition of Turner watercolours at the National Gallery, Holyrood Palace, the Queen’s Gallery, the newly refurbished National Portrait Gallery, a walking tour of Edinburgh seen through Ruskin’s eyes, Rosslyn Chapel and Dryburgh Abbey. Also a lively public performance by our guide, Paul O’Keeffe, in the role of Ruskin lecturing on the life, work and death of JMW Turner. Julie Lawson, curator of the Portrait Gallery, gave additional input on two days.

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Some of the group with their guide Paul O’Keeffe by Raeburn’s portrait of Sir Walter Scott at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

July 2013 Trip to Brantwood:

The Art appreciation Group visited Ruskin’s House at Brantwood via the Steam Yacht Gondola on 17 July. Pictures show Mary Glennon taking it easy, Dermot Glennon and Owen Connolly enjoying the lake tour, Stephen Turner and tour guide, Paul O’Keeffe Brian and Lorna King enjoying the shade the lake from the gardens a group with the head gardener.

May 2013 Tour to Madrid:

A trip to Madrid, Toledo and El Escorial with local guides in May 2013. This included visits to the Prado, Santa Maria della Florida, the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection in the Palacio de Villahermosa and the Centro National de Arte Reina Sofia with Picasso’s ‘Guernica’.

January 2013 Tour to London:

At the end of January, 45 of our members experienced a hugely enjoyable tour of London and the Thames with the the Art Appreciation group. On the way to their Hilton Dockside Hotel, with its fine views of the river, they were given a fascinating guided tour of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Their informative visits to Hampton Court, Greenwich, the Museum of London, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament were all led by expert and enthusiastic guides. Towards the end of the tour they enjoyed a late afternoon sail on the Thames Clipper, passing many of the fine buildings they had visited, now dramatically illuminated in the fading light. All agreed that both the learning and the friendship had been fun.

2012 day trip to the Sculpture Park:

Art Appreciation day trip to the Sculpture Park, June 2012

Art Appreciation day trip to the Sculpture Park, June 2012

2012 Tour to Verona:

Art Appreciation trip to Verona, 2012

Art Appreciation trip to Verona, 2012

May 2011 Tour to Sorrento:

The Art Appreciation Group at Paestum with their guide, Frank Milner, on the art tour in May 2011 based in Sorrento

The Art Appreciation Group at Paestum with their guide, Frank Milner,
on the art tour in May 2011 based in Sorrento

January 2011 tour to London, Oxford and Cambridge:

The Art Appreciation Group at Kenwood House with their guide, Frank Milner, on the 2011 art tour, 'Adventurous Collectors and their Collections'

The Art Appreciation Group at Kenwood House with their guide, Frank Milner, on the 2011 art tour, ‘Adventurous Collectors and their Collections’

2007-2010 Tours to Italy:

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