December 2025 Well, the long warm days of Summer are now little more than a memory and we are firmly in the throes of cold Autumnal weather, which usually means wet and windy days and warmer clothing. Hence, the picture of me shown above, when, recently, I was sheltering from a heavy rainstorm, with aContinue reading “Art History With Anne Newsletter”
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Art History With Anne Newsletter
August 2025 With British weather being somewhat better than usual this Spring and Summer, we decided to spend a couple of days visiting London in June. As you can see from the picture above this day was warm and sunny and ideal for a stroll through Green Park on our way to the King’s Gallery,Continue reading “Art History With Anne Newsletter”
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Live lecture for May 2025 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs 1925–2025 To celebrate World Art Deco Day, 28th April 2025, let’s take tour around the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs 1925. Raise a glass to the most chic style of the 20th century! Standing at the Gate of Honour, the main entrance to the ExpositionContinue reading “Art History with Anne”
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Live Lectures for February-March 2025 Paris 1925: Birth of Art Deco and Modernism Once again, the spotlight falls on Paris, as we prepare to celebrate 100 years of Art Deco. Make sure you have a flute of champagne to hand on 28th April which has been declared World Art Deco Day. This marks the officialContinue reading “Art History with Anne”
Art History with Anne Newsletter
November 2024 Well it’s Autumn again! I can hardly remember a year going by so fast. We have all been very busy with travel and visiting museums and art galleries, and, of course, thinking about material for future talks and articles for the website and YouTube Channel. This month’s picture was taken recently in theContinue reading “Art History with Anne Newsletter”
Art History with Anne Newsletter
August 2023 Well, after our Summer hiatus it is good to be back in the office working on a variety of projects including material for the Website and the YouTube Channel. I have had a very busy couple of months. In late April I was in Philadelphia attending the annual gathering of the Transfer CollectorsContinue reading “Art History with Anne Newsletter”
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Live Lectures for March The Arts and Crafts in London and Beyond It was the generation that followed William Morris that established the Arts and Crafts movement. The Art Workers Guild and the Home Arts and Industries Association were founded in 1884, followed by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1887, which provided aContinue reading “Art History with Anne”
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Live Lectures for January- February 2024 Paris Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism The spotlight falls on Paris in 2024 with the Olympics imminent. This is far from the first time that Paris has been the centre of attention. Taking on the staging of the International Exhibitions, pioneered in London in 1851, Paris built itsContinue reading “Art History with Anne”
Art History with Anne
Newsletter August 2023 My goodness, how fast those years roll by! Well, here I am enjoying a wedding anniversary cream tea in a magnificent Edwin Lutyens hotel restaurant. This year we decided to celebrate in this rather wonderful property, designed by Lutyens, dating back to 1906. Originally a private house, New Place was commissioned byContinue reading “Art History with Anne”
Art History with Anne
Newsletter for July 2023 Well, here I am, back in May of this year on a recent Travel Editions tour, at Étretat, a town on the north coast of France. The town is known for the striking rock formations carved out of its white cliffs, including the Porte d’Aval arch and L’Aiguille (the Needle), look at whereContinue reading “Art History with Anne”
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