PROGRAMME oF TALKS

Our Talks are held in the Fittleworth Village Hall at 2:00pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month. Visitors are welcome to join our talks for £10 per visit in 2025.

Click the title of a talk to see information about the talk and the speaker.

Click an image to find out more about it and its source.



The Carpet Merchant (Detail) Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923)


Gaudi, Park Güell, Nikolaus Dader, Pixabay Content License


Great Dixter Garden, Tony Hammond, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/


The Card Players, Paul Cézanne, French 1890–92, The MET NYC

TUESDAY 6 MAY 2025

PAUL CÉZANNE - THE PAINTERS’ PAINTER

IAN SWANKIE


The creek (1925), Arthur Streeton, (Australian, 1867 – 1943), Art Gallery of New South Wales


Farm, farm workers, Mt. Williamson in background, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, Ansel Adams, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. No known restrictions on publication.

TUESDAY 1 JULY 2025

INFLUENCES IN PHOTOGRAPHY

CHARLIE WAITE


Edward Elgar, Unknown Author, Public Domain

TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2025

THE ENIGMA OF EDWARD ELGAR

ROGER ASKEW


The Burghers of Calais, Auguste Rodin, French Founder Coubertin Foundry, modeled 1884–95, cast 1985 The MET NYC

TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2025

RODIN AND 19TH CENTURY SCULPTURE

DAVID WORTHINGTON


Victoire 2, Rene Lalique, Photo Credit: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0

TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2025

ART DECO - WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ART NOUVEAU

IAN GLEDHILL


Adoration of the Magi(1624), Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651), Collectie Centraal Museum Utrecht.