From Satire to Splendour: European Art’s Great Transformation (1700–1900)
There will be 5 one day sessions, on the 13th & 20th February and the 6th, 13th & 20th
March 2026, each running from 10.30am – 3.30pm. The cost for the 5 days is £150.
Session 1: William Hogarth to the ‘Grand Manner’ – from the satirical to history painting
and portraiture – Joshua Reynolds, Angelica Kaufmann, Thomas Gainsborough and the
grandees of the Royal Academy
Session 2: Age of Enlightenment, Revival and Revolution –– from the battles of
Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley and Jacques-Louis David to the madness of
Francisco de Goya
Session 3: Neo-classicism to the birth of Romanticism – From Antonio Canova,
William Blake, Henry Fuseli to J.M.W.Turner and John Constable
Session 4: Last of the Romantics: Victorian Fantasy, Empire - Wander through
enchanted forests and imperial visions in the imaginative art of Sir Edwin Landseer,
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and Frederick Leighton—ending in the haunting brilliance of
Richard Dadd’s mad fantasies.
Session 5: Art for the People: Realism and the Rise of Painting en Plein Air - witness
the bold new realism of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet, as they turn their
brushes toward workers and the land, while the Barbizon School and Édouard Manet
pioneer painting under open skies and Rosa Bonheur depicts the majestic beauty of
animals in motion.
To find out more or book a place, please contact Carol Cathcart at ridge.farm@btconnect.com