Welcome to the History of Art page
Venue: Dorset Youth Association, Lubbecke Way, DT1 1QL
HISTORY OF ART MEETINGS
Next meeting: Wednesday 7th May at 2 p.m.
Please note that the attendance fee is £0.50
Charge for refreshments: 40p.
Please note that the attendance fee is £0.50
Charge for refreshments: 40p.
This Group is now full. Please contact Kelvin Huff, Group Contact, to go on the waiting list
[email protected]
[email protected]
Programme for the Summer Term 2025
May: Impressionists versus Pre Raphaelites, vivre la difference!
June: Art of the Netherlands, including Vermeer, Mondrian
July: 10-minute talks by members
Residential Trip : The Netherlands in November 2025. Full, waiting list only.
June: Art of the Netherlands, including Vermeer, Mondrian
July: 10-minute talks by members
Residential Trip : The Netherlands in November 2025. Full, waiting list only.
The group at the Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. October 2023, Photo: Kelvin Huff
The History of Art group was formed in the summer of 2013, so we are an established group, led by Kelvin, Mike, Clive and David. Like many other groups we run the sessions co-operatively, with different members contributing. We have decided on an approach which covers individual artists and art movements. We have also organised several residential trips to 'art cities', both home and abroad. Each session consists of a presentation which includes a refreshment break.
Refreshments include tea or coffee and a biscuit, cost 30p. We meet on the first Wednesday of the month at the Dorset Youth Association between 2.00 and 4.00 p.m. (see below for a location map) You are very welcome to join us - as they say, "Ars Longa Vita Brevis"! Venue location map
The group on our 2019 Belgium Trip, admiring art in Brussels. Photo: Kelvin Huff
Venice Trip 8-13 November 2017
30 members took part this time. A report and some pictures can be viewed below.  The group in front of the Church of Santa Maria and St. Donato in Murano, 2017/ Photo: Viviana using Kelvin's camera!
A short report on the Venice trip by Kelvin can be read below. 
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The History of Art group with artist/curator Tim Craven (second left). Photo: Mike Aylott
The group in Scotland with our Blue Badge Guide
Photo: Kelvin Huff
Read an account of the trip HERE
The Group visiting the Maiden's House in Antwerp, 2019. Photo: Kelvin Huff
Indoor meetings programme
Hitherto we have taken a chronological look at painting and sculpture, from ancient times through classical, then medieval art, landing up in the High Renaissance, both Italian and Northern. We have recently started to look more at modern art, and over the next few years hope to progress in three main strands: 1) Old Masters: the “big three” of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, then Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals & Co. 2) Sculpture - resuming in the middle of the extensive classical Greek period. 3) Modern Art from c1900: the Vienna Secession, Russian art, the Fauves, early German expressionism, war art. 
The group at the Prado, Madrid. Photo: Kelvin Huff
The group at the Roman acqueduct in Segovia. Photo: Jana using Kelvin's camera!
Kelvin's account of the Madrid trip can be viewed and downloaded below. An edited version appeared in the Spring 2019 Newsletter.
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