The Arts Society
Chichester Evening
27 February 2024
31 Oct 2023
There is something incomparably romantic about a long-lost country house, and although Britain still possesses some of the finest of these architectural treasures to be found anywhere, many have been destroyed. A single ruined lodge or pavilion, an over-grown drive or group of mature trees are sometimes all that now exists to remind us of a lost house and pleasure-ground.
The lecturer, Tim Stimson, gave a most engaging lecture on two less well known Impressionist artists - Tissot and Caillebotte. Tissot was described as ‘this complex being’ and painted such detail in sometimes paintings of only two feet wide. He also painted cartoons for Vanity Fair. There are no paintings by Caillebotte in galleries in the UK. Caillebotte was of independent means and was a great collector of other artists’ work. He painted a number of street scenes of Paris and was appreciated for his accurate control of perspective. .Both artists painted images depicting the defence of Paris in the Franco Prussian war.
The Assembly Room, Chichester 