Join us in the parlour for our nostalgic look at Christmases past, where Thomas celebrated his own family Christmas. Discover the story of St Nicholas and why they left out shoes instead of stockings. Get creative in our shoemakers workshop and become an elf as you fashion your own festive shoe to put by the...
Each year Gainsborough’s House is proud to decorate a tree as part of the St Peter’s Christmas Tree Festival. Each year we create unique decorations inspired by the paintings in the museum and made by our museum club for adults with learning disabilities. This year we will be focusing on our wonderful portrait collection and...
On 17 December 2017, we are opening our doors for free to National Lottery players. Gainsborough's House will be throwing open its doors for free to National Lottery players on Sunday 17 December 2017. We are joining National Lottery funded visitor attractions across the UK in saying ‘thanks’ to people who have raised money for...
2 and 9 February 2018 10.30am - 12.30pm This course celebrates the art, ideas, and lives of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and other artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Young, rebellious and idealistic, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood turned their backs on the dull conventions and mawkish sentimentality of Victorian art and...
In 2017 a significant collection of over 100 works by Cedric Morris was gifted to Gainsborough’s House. Works in the collection include landscape and portrait paintings as well as drawings, prints and even Cedric Morris’s palette. Uniquely the works remained part of Cedric Morris’s private collection until his deathin 1982. Maggi Hambling, who was a...
Michael Carlo’s strong landscape based woodcuts feature expressive cutting into hard board or ply. His approach is painterly and experimental. Michael’s enthusiasm for mark making combined with his technical expertise have helped students achieve some very inspiring individual results. Michael Carlo has led many most successful courses at the workshop. Educated at the Royal College...
Lino can be used to produce prints that are delicately layered and richly coloured. Learn how to use cutting tools and caustic soda to mark the printing plate in unique ways and to apply ink in thin layers for a more painterly effect. For over fifteen years Carl has been working with relief printing and...
A three day workshop with Susan Jones exploring the many exciting possibilities of Monotypes. From transfer drawing, subtractive and painterly methods, surface texture, found objects, ghost and shadow printing, use stencils and layering to make unique eclectic and vibrant images. A lovely three days with endless outcomes! Suitable for those new to printmaking as well...
Thursday 12 April 2018 To celebrate the generous gift of a large collection of works by Cedric Morris, we are delighted to welcome Maggi Hambling in conversation with Mark Bills, Director of Gainsborough’s House. Maggi will be sharing her memories of Cedric Morris, of life at Benton End, Hadleigh, and talking about works currently on...
Gainsborough’s House invites you to the book launch and signing of A Suffolk Eye: Paintings by Harry Hambling by Maggi Hambling and Jamie Gilham RSVP Liz Cooper liz@gainsborough.org T: 01787 372958
Please join us to celebrate our 60th Anniversary On Saturday 14th April 2018 6.00 to 8.00 pm at Gainsborough’s House with drinks and canapés: £25 per person With guest speaker: Jonathan Lambert Descended from a family working as Goldsmiths and Jewellers since 1795, Jonathan is the proprietor of Jonathan Lambert Fine Jewellers of Sudbury and...
Gainsborough’s House is delighted to invite you to the 1st of two special lectures, kindly given by John Sheeran in support of Reviving an Artist’s Birthplace: A National Centre for Gainsborough. John is a former Curator of Dulwich Picture Gallery, London and has organised exhibitions worldwide. He is well known in East Anglia for his...
