Broadway Arts Festival Day School: ‘The Call of the Wild’
Start: 10th June 2012 at 10:15am
End: 10th June 2012 at 4:30pm
Tutor: Clare Willsdon, Richard Bisgrove, Prof. David Ingram
Broadway Tower
In conjunction with the Broadway Arts Festival, Farncombe Estate is staging a special occasion for anyone who loves art and gardens.
While the artist John Singer Sargent, under the influence of Claude Monet, was developing plein air painting in Broadway, the renowned gardener William Robinson, inspired by John Ruskin and William Morris, sought to overthrow the formal Victorian style of gardening and incorporate wild flowers and trees into the ‘Wild Gardens’ that were to become his most durable contribution to garden making.
This Study Day, led by three distinguished specialists, reflects on John Ruskin’s botanical drawings and writings, the development of ‘Wild Gardens’ by William Robinson, and the inspiration they had in art – especially the work of John Singer Sargent and Alfred Parsons in Broadway, and some of their American and Continental colleagues.
The day is certain to be one of the highlights of the 2012 Broadway Arts Festival and early booking is strongly advised.
Tutor Profile: Clare Willsdon, Richard Bisgrove, Prof. David Ingram
CLARE A.P. WILLSDON, PhD (Cantab), MA (Cantab), FRHistS, FRSA, FHEA
Dr. Willsdon has special interests in art in its wider cultural and historical contexts. Her book In the Gardens of Impressionism (2004) was nominated for two major prizes, and she was Academic Adviser for the highly-regarded ‘Impressionist Gardens’ exhibitions (National Gallery of Scotland and Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2010-11). She is author of Mural Painting in Britain 1840-1940: Image and Meaning (awarded the international ‘Historians of British Art’ prize, 2002-3), and advised on the House of Lords ‘Armada’ murals. Current projects include a contribution to a European series on national identity and architecture (University of Rennes).
RICHARD BISGROVE
Richard Bisgrove studied Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture, then lectured for forty years at Reading University, introducing Britain’s first degree in Landscape Management in 1986. His research was in wildflower meadow management and garden history.
He was for many years a member of the Council and Conservation Committee of the Garden History Society and of the National Trust’s Gardens Panel. He lectures internationally and has written eight books including The National Trust Book of the English Garden, The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson: the wild gardener.
He has been awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the RHS, Honorary Fellowship of the Kew Guild and the Peter Youngman Award by the President of the Landscape Institute.
PROF. DAVID INGRAM
David Ingram is a botanist. He first lectured and researched in Hull, Glasgow and Cambridge Universities, later becoming: Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic, Edinburgh; RHS Professor; and Master of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He Chaired the Darwin Initiative for Survival of Species and was Deputy Chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. He has written and lectured extensively on plant diseases, conservation, horticultural science and recently, art history. Currently he is Honorary Professor in Lancaster and Edinburgh Universities, studying plants in 19th century art and design. He is a Doctor of Science of Cambridge University, Honorary Doctor of the Open University, has been appointed OBE and holds the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour.
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