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What’s on at Gainsborough’s HouseApril – OCtOber 2017

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THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH

‘The name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of art.’ Sir Joshua Reynolds

Thomas Gainsborough is one of the great figures of British and world art history, renowned not only in his advancement of portraiture to a higher level, but also in being one of the founders of the British school of landscape painting. As John Constable wrote, ‘the landscape of Gainsborough is soothing tender and affecting... On looking at them, we find tears in our eyes, and know not what brings them.’

THE HOUSE AND GARDEN

Gainsborough’s House explores the life and art of Thomas Gainsborough. One of the greatest artists of his age, he is renowned throughout the world for his portrait and landscape paintings. The house, ‘a most excellent Brickt Mansion,’ was bought by John Gainsborough, the artist’s father, in May 1722. Of late medieval origins he remodelled it with the addition of an elegant brick façade shortly after its purchase.

The beautiful garden is at the heart of Gainsborough’s House. It is maintained by a devoted body of volunteers who garden exclusively with plants that were available in Gainsborough’s lifetime. The garden is open year round and there is always something of interest for visitors to see. The centrepiece is the venerable mulberry tree reputed to be over 400 years old. Other highlights are the quince tree, a medlar, shrub roses and a small collection of irises and other plants selected by Cedric Morris to continue the artistic themes of the house into the garden.

Gainsborough’s House

FRONT COVER: A PAGE FROM THE WILSON ALBUM FROM VANNERS SILK MILL

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88) was born in Sudbury and was baptised there at the Independent Meeting-House in Friars Street on 14 May 1727, the fifth son and ninth child of John and Mary Gainsborough. He lived in Sudbury until around 1740 when, as a young man, he was sent to London to pursue a career as an artist. He returned to Sudbury in the spring of 1749 where he painted his celebrated Mr and Mrs Andrews (c.1750, National Gallery, London). His search for patronage and critical success led him to move to Ipswich around 1752 and subsequently to Bath and London, although he never lost the influence of his native town and county. ‘Nature was his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy,’ noted an obituary after his death in 1788.

THE ROOMS OF GAINSBOROUGH’S HOUSE

Each of the rooms of the house take a theme around the life and art of Thomas Gainsborough; the downstairs focusing on his life, the upstairs his art.

After an introduction to Gainsborough at Gainsborough’s House, visitors enter two rooms downstairs, which explore the achievements of the artist and his time in Suffolk. The Hall and stairs are filled with portraits of the Gainsborough family and works by Gainsborough Dupont, the great artist’s nephew apprentice and studio assistant.

The two rooms upstairs consider in turn ‘The curs’d face business,’ the portraits of Thomas Gainsborough and ‘Nature was his teacher,’ the landscapes of the artist.

The third floor is given over to a permanent display of works and memorabilia from the Constable family collection.

Gainsborough in Sudbury

Francesco Bartolozzi (1725–1815) after Thomas Gainsborough (1727 –88), SELF-PORTRAIT, 1798, Stipple engraving

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personal items belonging to Constable and his family such as the ring he gave to Maria Bicknell on their wedding day in 1816 (which took place after an extended courtship of seven years), or some locks of Constable’s hair dating from the time he was a child. There are some family portraits, painted by Constable

himself. Other exhibited items relate more closely to the artist’s professional life or his reputation, such as the large print he published after one of his most important late paintings, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, acquired by Tate on behalf of the nation.

In late February, Gainsborough’s House opened a display of art works, painting materials and family memorabilia by Suffolk-born artist John Constable (1776–1837). These have descended directly through Constable’s heirs and, together with additional archival material from the same collection, will remain at Gainsborough’s House on long loan.

Born in East Bergholt, not far from Sudbury, Constable was a great admirer of his Suffolk antecedent Thomas Gainsborough. Indeed, in his early career Constable tended to see the local landscape through the latter’s eyes,

telling a friend ‘I fancy I see Gainsborough in every hedge and hollow tree’. Examples of some of Constable’s early drawings which reveal the influence of Gainsborough’s style will be included in the exhibition, shown alongside sketches of shipping, studies from plaster casts and from the life model which Constable made when a student at the Royal Academy schools - even, indeed, some designs he made for a local Suffolk altarpiece. Complementing these are examples of Constable’s later landscape drawings and watercolours which show his more mature style – such as a View of London from Hampstead, c.

1830, with its magnificently expressive sky. Another highlight in the display is the striking oil sketch of a Moorhen Startled from its Nest, which Constable later used in his large exhibition canvas The Leaping Horse, 1825 (Royal Academy).

In addition to these, the display includes some more

PERMANENT EXHIBITION Constable at Gainsborough’s House

John Constable (1776–1837),MOORHEN STARTLED FROM ITS NEST,Oil sketch

John Constable (1776–1837), VIEW OVER LONDON FROM HAMPSTEAD,Watercolour, c.1830

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His complex and highly crafted studies of diseased trees and eroding cliffs depict the ever-changing face of rural Suffolk. Before the devastating effects of Dutch elm disease, Suffolk had one of the highest number of Elm trees in the country, and was known affectionately as the ‘County of Elms’. Superficially it may seem that this landscape has changed little since Constable’s time. However, habitat loss, species decline and climate changes are having a profound and ongoing impact on the environment.

Julian explains: “As a child I witnessed the catastrophic death of twenty million English elm trees. For many years the huge dead trees stood as towering witness to what can happen if things go very wrong. For me, trees are a visual signifier of what can be good or bad about our relationship with the natural world”.

Julian Perry was born in Worcester 1960. He studied at Berkshire College of Art and Design and at Bristol Polytechnic, graduating in Fine Art in 1981. He now

divides his time between East London and the small Suffolk coastal village of Dunwich.

Julian has exhibited widely thoroughout his career and has won many prizes including the Arts Council and British Council awards. In 2015 he exhibited in the prestigious Venice Biennale. His works feature in many public and private collections.

To coincide with our new permanent exhibition Constable at Gainsborough’s House we are delighted to display a solo exhibition by landscape painter Julian Perry.

Throughout his career, Julian has observed and recorded the changing face of the British landscape. He is inspired by and responds to environmental issues that impact the natural world.

This exhibition displays Julian’s most recent works, which examine the East Anglian landscape also known as ‘Constable Country’.

EXHIBITION Julian Perry: The County of Elms25 FEBRUARY – 11 JUNE 2017

EXHIBITION: LIFT GALLERY Two Printmakers: Colin Gale & Megan Fishpool 25 FEBRUARY – 11 JUNE 2017

Colin Gale RE and Megan Fishpool RE are respected and popular printmaking tutors at Gainsborough’s House. They have taught printmaking for many years and are both driving forces behind Artichoke Print Workshop in South London.

Colin Gale is a professional printmaker with many years experience and expertise. He is co-director of Artichoke Print Workshop and has written extensively on printmaking. He is a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE) and has worked professionally at Artichoke

since he established it with Melvyn Petterson in 1992.

Megan Fishpool is an accomplished printmaker, tutor and artist. She regularly contributes to printmaking publications and is the author of two printmaking books. She is a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and has managed Artichoke Print Workshop in South London for over 20 years.

Colin Gale, TRUCK, Etching

Julian Perry, TWO YEARS CHESTNUT LEAVES, 2015Oil on panel

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EXHIBITION Silk: From Spitalfields to Sudbury17 JUNE – 8 OCTOBER 2017

The market town of Sudbury in Suffolk has a surprising history. Regarded today as Great Britain’s most important centre for silk manufacture, Sudbury produces nearly 95 per cent of the nation’s woven silk textiles from its three working mills: Vanners Silk Weavers, Stephen Walters & Sons and Gainsborough Silks. Dating back to the late 1700s, Sudbury’s nascent silk industry was facilitated by the town’s former history as a wool centre, to which many family members of the Sudbury-born artist Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727–1788) plied their trade.

The exhibition Silk: From Spitalfields to Sudbury (17 June – 8 October 2017) will explore the local and national history of silk in England from the eighteenth

century to the present day, focussing on the diaspora of silk manufacture from Spitalfields in London to Sudbury in Suffolk. In the first part of the exhibition, the formation of the English silk industry in Spitalfields in the early 1700s will be examined, highlighting the important Huguenot silk weavers who formed the basis of this work force. Objects displayed will illustrate the processes of design and manufacture, and include everything from silk pattern books and historic costume to paintings and drawings featuring silk fashions of the era.

In the second part of the exhibition, the focus will turn to the relocation of silk manufacture from London to Suffolk over the course of the nineteenth century, exploring the history of Sudbury’s silk

mills and the textiles they produced. Objects on show from the town’s three mills, in addition to the Sudbury manufacturer Humphries Weaving, will illustrate the many types of silk made in Sudbury, past and present – from furnishing textiles for historic palaces to contemporary design fabrics made for major British fashion houses.

This exhibition will draw together artworks and textiles from both national and local collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Norfolk Museums Service and the Warner Textile Archive. As the childhood home of the artist Thomas Gainsborough situated at the very heart of the nation’s active silk industry, Gainsborough’s House is ideally placed to tell this important story of silk in England: from Spitalfields to Sudbury.

Unknown artist, ELIZABETH HAILSTONE, c. 1741–43, Oil on canvas, © Museum of London

WOMAN’S SHOE, BROCADED SILK WITH VANDYKE TONGUE, British, 1740s, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Printmakers enjoy the unique atmosphere of Gainsborough’s House and its much-admired garden. Students and members also appreciate the special link to Thomas Gainsborough, an innovative printmaker as well as a renowned painter. Etching methods used by Gainsborough are still practiced in the workshop and his prints can be viewed in the museum.

PRINTMAKING COURSES

Taster Days 10am–4pm £55 including basic materials

Tuesday morning classes with Sue Molineux, 10am–12.30pm£180 per term

Wednesday evening classes with Carl Borges, 7.30–9.30pm £130 per term

Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop welcomes artists, students and individual members to a well-equipped and professional studio. With both term-time classes and a seven-week summer course programme, the workshop attracts both new and more experienced print makers to its friendly facilities.

Print workshop members’ work is shown in regular exhibitions organised by its members’ Committee.

LEARNING The Print Workshop at Gainsborough’s House

For more information contact Sue Molineux 01787 372958 or [email protected]

Explore the work of the artist, designer, conservationist, and socialist William Morris, whose ideas laid the foundations for the Arts & Crafts Movement and revolutionised the appearance of Victorian crafts and the home.

A man of prodigious talents and energy, Morris urged his contemporaries to “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”. His insistence on artistry, craftsmanship and quality helped revolutionise the late-Victorian interior and left a legacy that is still significant today. This course explores his art and ideas. It includes a discussion of Morris’s genius as a designer of flat pattern in textiles and wallpapers, and his collaboration with Philip Webb, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and other artists associated with

Morris & Co. It also reviews the development of Morris’s ideas about craft and society and the evolution of his political beliefs. And the course describes his role in the creation of the Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts phenomenon.

Lecturer: Jo Banham, curator of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement, Juan March Fundacion, Madrid, 2017

Coffee & Pastries included £30 for the two lectures

To book: call 01787 372958 or [email protected]

LECTURE Art and Beauty: The Life and Work of William MorrisFRIDAY 23 & FRIDAY 30 JUNE 2017 10AM–12.30PM

William Morris, STRAWBERRY THIEF,© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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An illustrated author’s talk and book signing.

We are delighted to host an evening with Sudbury born author Liz Trenow.

Liz, whose books feature in the New York Times Best Sellers list, will talk about how she has returned to her family’s silk weaving roots for her latest novel, The Silk Weaver.

The book is inspired by the remarkable life of the silk designer Anna Maria Garthwaite and set in 1760s Spitalfields during a period of intense social and industrial upheaval.

Free Admission

For more information and RSVP: call 01787 372958 or [email protected]

This autumn we are offering you an unrivalled opportunity to purchase original works of art created by some of the UK’s leading contemporary artists.

Artist Maggi Hambling CBE and art critic and author Andrew Lambirth, are pulling out all the stops to encourage painters, printmakers and photographers working across the UK to donate a unique work of art to our Reviving An Artist’s Birthplace – Charity Auction.

Our thanks to Maggi Hambling, who has generously donated a new

work to the auction, which sets the bar high for the quality we anticipate enjoying at this prestigious event.

All profits from the auction will go towards securing the vital funds needed to deliver our vision for Gainsborough’s House and the new gallery extension. With the Heritage Lottery Fund having earmarked £4.73m for the project, our fundraising work continues in earnest to raise the £2.77m of match funding needed to bring the project to fruition.

It all takes place in the Assembly Rooms at Sudbury Town Hall on Friday 20

October. We are giving everyone the opportunity to view the works during a week long, free exhibition at Gainsborough’s House from 14 October. We will also create an online catalogue for anyone who can’t join us on the night to be able to bid online.

Tickets will go on sale from August and we’ll keep you up to date with the latest auction news on our website and on Twitter.

EVENT Leading Artists Support Charity Auction20 OCTOBER 2017

LECTURE Whistler to Bacon: Masterpieces of Modern British Art6, 13, 20, 27 OCTOBER 2017 10AM–12.30PM

LECTURE

Russia: Church, Landscape, Country Life and Revolution 13, 20, 27 SEPTEMBER & 4 OCTOBER, 10.30–12.30PM

In this series of talks Jenny Antill will explore four fascinating aspects of Russian culture using examples from Russian art, literature and theatre.

Between Heaven and Earth traces the history and art of the Russian Church from its foundation in the 10th Century; Russian Roads explores artistic responses to the vast Russian landscape; A Month in the Country examines life on the Russian Country estate and at the dacha; and finally, Resistance, Art Against Autocracy 1825 to 1957 considers the reaction of Russian artists and poets to the power of the state following the Revolution of 1917.

Coffee & Pastries included £60 for the series of lectures

To book: call 01787 372958 or [email protected]

BOOK SIGNING

Liz Trenow ‘Meet the Author’22 JUNE 2017, 6–8PM

Maggi Hambling, NORTH SEA ROLLING, Oil on canvas, 2015–17

This series of talks by art historian and former Tate curator Richard Humphreys will look in detail at eight masterpieces by British artists from the age of Impressionism to the Modernism of the 1960s.

As well as focussing on each work, the talks will consider them in relation to the artists’ entire careers and to the wider historical context in which they were made.

The works discussed will include paintings and sculptures by some of Britain’s greatest modern artists: J.A.M. Whistler, Walter Sickert, Gwen John, Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Francis Bacon.

Coffee & pastries included £60 for the series of lectures

To book: call 01787 372958 or [email protected]

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Events: April – October 2017 INFORMATION & PRICES: www.gainsborough.org – BOOKINGS: 01787 372958

APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT

EXHIBITIONS

Constable at Gainsborough’s House

Julian Perry: The County of Elms Ends 11 June

Two Printmakers: Colin Gale & Megan Fishpool Ends 11 June

Silk: From Spitalfields to Sudbury 12 Jun – 8 October

Easter Eggs & Crafts | 11 April

Tom’s Arty Adventures | 30 May

BIG Skies | 25 July

In Your Face! | 1 August

Art on the Meadows Family SVEN Walk 10am–12pm, £2 per child, £3 per adult. Meet by the Mill Hotel, Walnut Tree Lane, Sudbury CO10 1BD | 8 August

Fabric Design and Print | 15 August

Costume Creations | 22 August

Warp and Weft | 29 August

FRIENDS

David Hockney at Tate Britain | 25 April £34 for Friends exc. refreshments (Art Fund members, £27)

Visit to the Miniature Collection | 21 June 2.30pm, £25

Summer Garden Party | 8 July

Whistler to Bacon: Masterpieces of Modern British Art Richard Humphrey, 10.30am–12.30pm, Coffee & pastries included, £60 (series of lectures) |6|13|20|27 Oct

Art & Beauty: The Life & Work of William Morris 10am–12.30pm, Coffee & pastries included, £30 for two lectures |23|30 June

Russia: Church, Landscape, Country Life and Revolution Jenny Antill, 10.30am–12.30pm, Coffee & pastries included £60 (series of lectures) |13|20|27 Sep|4 Oct

Meet the Author Liz Trenow | 22 June 6–8pm

The Silk Family Liz Trenow & Richard Humphries, 2–5pm, Coffee included, £10 per ticket |28 August

The Power of Three with Megan Fishpool 24–28 July

Lithography with Colin Gale 31 July – 4 August

Screenprinting with Photo Stencils with Annabel Ridley 7–11 August

Exploring Printing with Lino with Dale Devereux Barker 14–18 August

Etching with Jason Hicklin 21–25 August

Screenprinting, a Painterly Approach with Michael Carlo 28 August – 1 September

Found Objects, from Monotype to Photopolymer with Susan Jones 4–8 September

INFORMATION & PRICES: www.gainsborough.org – BOOKINGS: 01787 372958

EXHIBITIONS

FRIENDS – For information & prices visit www.gainsborough.org

LECTURES & TALKS

PRINT WORKSHOP COURSES – 10am – 4pm, 5 day course, £318 (PWS members £298)

FAMILY WORKSHOPS – 10am–1pm, Child £2, Adult £3 (includes admission to the galleries)

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Gainsborough’s House is a very special place that exists to promote the wider knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of the art of Thomas Gainsborough. It seeks to preserve and enhance the House and its collections for the benefit of present and future generations. As a result Gainsborough’s House has planned a major capital project that aims to bring Gainsborough alive for a new generation.

Your support will help to secure major long and short-term loans of Gainsborough paintings from national collections. Our aim is to be the recognised centre for exploring Thomas Gainsborough and be sustainable for the future. It is a long journey that will take some time and cannot be achieved without your help and support. By joining Gainsborough’s House as a Friend, you will help us on our journey.

Your support will really make a difference.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:

As Friends you will enjoy: - free admission throughout the year; - exclusive Private Views; - visits to exhibitions, art galleries and historic houses in Britain; - an annual Summer Garden Party, - and a magazine and information about what’s on at the House.

As Patrons you will also enjoy: - a variety of exclusive trips at home and abroad; - private visits to other collections; - ‘behind the scenes’ tours of other museums, - and an Annual Dinner with a guest speaker.

As Mulberry Patrons you will also enjoy: - events organised by Gainsborough’s

House including lectures, film, music and study days;

- a specially chosen publication and a jar of mulberry jam or quince jelly from Gainsborough’s trees;

- a behind the scenes tour and lunch with the Director,

- and an annual Georgian dinner at Gainsborough’s House.

GIFT MEMBERSHIP FROM £25

Why not buy a gift membership for a friend or family member? To make your gift extra special, we will include a free notebook, two greeting cards, eight postcards, a bookmark and a Gainsborough’s House pencil, all gift wrapped ready for mailing. For more details, please contact us on 01787 372958.

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SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS

I would like to join Gainsborough’s House Society, with the following subscription:Friend

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GAINSBOROUGH’S HOUSE DIRECT DEBIT

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Group Bookings, Educational Visits & Room Hire

Gainsborough’s House welcomes group visits and can accommodate up to 60 visitors at a time. We offer an introductory fifteen minute talk about Gainsborough, his work and the House itself. Tours of the House can also be arranged.

Refreshments are also available, from tea and coffee to light lunches, booked in advance. Please request our Group Pack or contact Liz Cooper (details below).

Our lively education programme caters for schools, colleges and community groups of all ages with tours of the House and tailor-made workshops.

We have a variety of spaces available to hire, including the Hills Room, Exhibition Gallery and the garden.

For more information, please call the Commercial Manager, Liz Cooper 01787 372958 or [email protected] Photography: Anne Purkiss

GIFT AIDIf you are a UK tax payer your subscription can earn even more for Gainsborough’s House, at no extra cost to you.

I would like Gainsborough’s House Society to reclaim the tax on all subscriptions and donations to Gainsborough’s House Society that I make until further notice. I confirm I am a UK tax payer and I have paid or will pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year, (which is 25p for every £1 I give). I understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

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Remember to notify us if you no longer pay sufficient tax or change your address. If you pay income tax at the higher rate you can claim back the difference between the higher rate and the basic rate on your Self Assessment tax return – you might like to take this into account when working out your level of giving.

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Visitor information

OPEN Monday to Saturday 10am–5pm Sunday 11am–5pm

CLOSED Good Friday and between Christmas and the New Year

ADMISSION (with Gift Aid*) Adults: £7 Family: £16 Children aged up to 5: free Children and students: £2 Groups of 10 or more: £6 per head (booking essential)All admissions, courses and lectures are inclusive of VAT (VAT No. 466111268). Gainsborough’s House is an accredited museum. Charity No. 1170048 and Company Limited by Guarantee No. 10413978. It is supported supported by Suffolk County Council, Sudbury Town Council, Friends & Patrons of Gainsborough’s House.

Gainsborough’s House 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2EU (entrance in Weavers Lane)

Telephone 01787 372958 [email protected] www.gainsborough.org

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The House and Garden have wheelchair access and there is a lift to the first floor.* The additional income from Gift Aid does make a big difference but if you prefer not to make this contribution the admission prices are: Adult £6.30, Family £14.50.

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