AIC Cultura l Events offers members, family and friends a private guided tour:
We encourage AIC members living in Canton Vaud to partici pate in this &ldquo\;local&rdquo\; Cultural Event.
British Paiting from Turner to Whistler - with guide in English - followed by lun ch
The Fondation de l&rsquo\;Hermitage - Lausanne
Saturday 25 May 2019
Guided tour in English at 10H30< /p>
Lunch at \;Café\;-restaurant L'esquisse& nbsp\;at 12H30- 14H30
2 route de Signal, Lausanne (VD)
Transportation: Free Parking du Signal , pl des Fê\;tes de Sauvabelin &ndash\; this is located above the mus eum, so allow time to walk down to the museum. Or Bus 16 &ndash\; arr&ecir c\;t &ldquo\;Hermitage.&rdquo\;
Program: 10H15: RD V at the museum. 10H30: Exhibition with guided tour in En glish
12H30 &ndash\; 14H30: \ ; Café\;-restaurant L'esquisse for a three-course l unch, offering three choices of entry\; three choices of main course\; and three choices of dessert, with water and café\;.
This is always an enjoyable day out with Club members and friends. But booking just the museum visit is p ossible. Note: Amis, Raiffeisen, press etc. rebate &ndash\; see Robert at entry.
Museum visit and lunch: Member and partner: CHF 90 each. Non-member guests: CHF 110 each. This includes museum visit with guide followed by three-course lunch. Hopefully outdoors!
Booking and payment: \; \;Dead line May 22 &ndash\; Club office is closed on Friday. Limited space, so bo ok early.
The Fondation de l&rsquo\ ;Hermitage continues its exploration of the great centres of western art i n the 19th century with an exhibition devoted to British painting from Tur ner to Whistler, taking in the Pre-Raphaelites. Nearly 60 paintings, on lo an from the most prestigious collections in the United Kingdom and shown i n Switzerland for the first time, offer an unrivalled survey of art produc ed during the golden age of the British Empire, highlighting its captivati ng originality.
Alongside Turner, whose d azzling oeuvre anticipated Impressionism, the exhibition pays tribute to a rtists who won renown through landscape painting, such as Atkinson Grimsha w, Baker Pyne, Brett, and Martin.
The exhibition p laces a special emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (Millais, Rosse tti) as well as the \;Aesthetic Movement \;(Burne-Jones, Watts), two circles of artists who found powerful inspiration in literatur e, mythology and antiquity (Alma-Tadema, Egley, Hughes, Sandys, Scott).
The industrial revolution and the rapid development of cities and public transport give rise to compelling scenes that bear wi tness to different facets of modern life (Emslie, Fletcher, Hicks, Joy) al ong with its social repercussions (Collinson, Holl, Mulready, Nelson O&rsq uo\;Neil, Walker).
The survey concludes with a sec tion dedicated to Sargent and Whistler, cosmopolitan artists of American o rigin: bold and brilliant portrait painters, among the most celebrated of their era.
A fine collection of photogravures comp lements the paintings in the exhibition, showcasing the great names in Bri tish photography: Cameron, Emerson, Frith, Hill &\; Adamson, Howlett, R obinson and Talbot. A series of photographic portraits of Jane Morris, mus e to the Pre-Raphaelites, completes the selection.