The collection of Thomas Gainsborough drawings at Gainsborough’s House is one of the most comprehensive in the world. It includes examples from all stages of the artist’s career but also shows a broad range of subject-matter, including figure studies as well as landscapes and buildings
The art critic and author Andrew Lambirth bought his first painting as a student at Nottingham University in the late 1970s. Since then he has built up a collection of paintings, drawings and prints which focuses on the artists he has known and written about. Modern British art is his chief enthusiasm. As he says: ‘I still find it hard to believe...
Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop welcomes artists and students from all over Britain and Europe to work with expert and enthusiastic tutors. Our professional studio, one of the best facilities of its kind in the country, is proud of the quality of its summer programme and we are delighted that Dale Devereux Barker and Annabel Ridley...
With Colin Gale £275 (members £250)
Join artist Robert Dukes, whose work features in the exhibition Face to Face: Portraits from the Andrew Lambirth Collection, for a Gallery Talk discussing the paintings, drawings and prints on display in our summer exhibition. Robert Dukes (b. 1965) studied at Grimsby School of Art and at the Slade, and now paints mostly still-lifes. In...
Griff Rhys Jones is airing some thoughts - stories, anecdotes, reminiscences and half-remembered events from a long career with his much missed comedy partner Mel Smith. It’s a ramble through a relationship. Join him on this work in progress complete with previously unseen footage. This evening’s show includes a special auction in support of the...
This exhibition brings together over 40 drawings from public and private collections, many being on public display for the first time. French Drawings from the Time of Gainsborough covers the period between the Régence (1715 and 1723) and the Revolution (1789–99), when French drawing was the undisputed reference point for the quality and the teaching...
Join us for a special event to celebrate Sonia Wronkowska’s extradinary musical discovery. The evening will begin at Gainsborough's House with three pre-concert talks and then at The Quaker Meeting House for the first performance outside London of the recently discovered music by eighteenth century composers Abel and Lidel. Sonia Wronkowska made the discovery of...
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...
Join us on Saturday 13 May at Gainsborough’s House as we celebrate the birth of Thomas Gainsborough. With free entry to the House, guided tours on the hour every hour from 11.0am-3.00pm, a chance for children to dress up in 18th century costume and craft activities for children, Garlanding Gainsborough is a great day out...
