Picture of the month - 2010 schedule
Henry Swinburne (1779) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
Saturdays at 11am
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Laing Art Gallery is offering visitors the chance to learn more about the stories behind some of its best-loved paintings with a series of free talks. The Picture of the Month talks will focus on a different painting every month.
Julie Milne, curator of the Laing Art Gallery, says:
'There are so many fascinating stories and hidden facts behind the paintings on show at the Laing and these free tours will give people a chance to find out more about a different work of art each month.'
The talks are run by the Friends of the Laing and take place every Saturday at 11am with no booking required - meet in the Laing's Marble Hall to join in.
Details on forthcoming talks can be found below:
Picture of the Month schedule
Every Saturday, 11am
February (commencing 30 January): Seated Woman (1961-64) by Henry Moore.
March: The Quayside Newcastle (1881) by Thomas M.M. Hemy
April: Henry Swinburne (1779) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
May: A Border Fair (exhibited 1865) by John Ritchie
June: The Building of the New Castle (1863) by Wm Bell Scott
July: Women engaged in the Silk Industry by Kitagawa Utamaro
August: Under the Wave off Kanagawa, by Katsushika Hokusai
(Both the above works are on show in the exhibition Japanese Wave)
September: Gathering Bracken by La Thangue
October: Annunciation by Burne-Jones
November: Fetges by C.R.Mackintosh
December: Arthur & Aegle in the Happy Valley by John Martin