September 26 – October 10 2024
This series of study days will examine the relationship between music and painting during three contrasting eras: Dutch Baroque 1600-1700, English Classicism 1750-1810, and Romanticism, Impressionism and Expressionism 1800-1920. The first day discusses symbolism in the musical paintings of the Dutch masters who painted the mercantile classes making music. Day 2 examines the wide range of composers and musicians featured in the paintings of Thomas Gainsborough and Johan Zoffany. The last day focuses on the ability of music to inspire art and art to inspire music. This covers a period of 100 years from the start of the 19th century and covers the works of Chopin, James Whistler, Arnold Böcklin, Arnold Schoenberg and Rachmaninov.