We Are of This Place – The Art Society Liskeard – ‘Wild Men of the North’
April 8 @ 7:00 pm
Liskeard Arts Society is a member of The Arts Society, a leading arts education charity which brings people together through a shared curiosity for the arts in all it’s different forms.
Our events provide a welcoming place to experience outstanding illustrated talks by Internationally acclaimed expert speakers, who share their specialist knowledge in an enjoyable and informal atmosphere.
We are a friendly inclusive group of people who share a passion for the arts.
Talks are normally on the 2nd Tuesday of the month (but it looks like October will be on the 1st Tuesday of the month). Please arrive at 7pm for a 7.30pm talk start.
- 11 March 2025 Vases and Volcanoes
- 08 April 2025 Wild men of the North – Tom Thompson and the group of Seven*
- 13 May 2025 A Yorkshire Textile Renaissance
- 10 June 2025 Fakes and Fortunes
- 09 September 2025 Mid – 18th century English Rococo silver
- 07 October 2025 Jan Breughel – The entire world on his panel
- 11 November 2025 King and Collector – The art of Henry VIII
- 09 December 2025 The Making of Landscape Photography
*This event is part of the ‘We Are of This Place’, a month-long celebration of the Looe Valleys’ people, history, and landscape covering all parishes between Liskeard and Looe.
In 1924, an exhibition in London of Canadian landscapes moved the critic C. Lewis Hind to celebrate them as ‘the most vital group of paintings produced since the war – indeed, this century’.
These landscapes of Canada’s northern lakes and rugged backwoods, painted in a boldly Post-Impressionist style, had been produced over the previous decade by a collective of Toronto-based painters known as the ‘Group of Seven’, whose aim was to forge a national school of landscape painting.
This illustrated lecture introduces the painters—including their talismanic colleague Tom Thomson, who died in 1917—and examines how they stormed the conservative bastions of Canadian art to establish themselves on the international stage as practitioners of a distinctive avant-garde.
Refreshments are available for a small fee, get to know fellow members and guests.
Open to members and non-members (£10 talk fee).
For more information about the Society and more details of each talks please visit the The Arts Society Liskeard website