ART
Watercolour Workshops
Have you ever wanted to paint watercolours? To answer that question, I held a ‘Beginner in Watercolour’ workshop in January, as a stepping stone to further watercolour workshops. Everyone who participated enjoyed it, learnt a lot and, above all, it achieved its goal.
Lucy Freud, daughter of Lucien Freud, held a fun and colourful four-week acrylic painting ‘In the style of’ workshop. It was great to have her teaching at Hurlingham. Lucinda Stephens was back again with her drawing class, and she addressed the key issues of basic techniques in creating original artwork. Julia Cassels also returned with her very popular two-day watercolour practical art workshops. Jacqueline Cockburn has also been back to talk about ‘Beyond the Muse’, featuring three female artists. As always, Jacqueline is very interesting and holds her audience with successful History of Art talks.
Lillies - Selena Puddick
A new evening session started this year, when I arranged for us to have monthly talks at the Club, based upon popular exhibitions being held in the big London Galleries. These talks have been very popular, informative and have kept us up to date with what is showing in London today. On Thursday 19 June Sarah Jeffray will give a talk about the Courtauld Gallery’s exhibition ‘Abstract Erotica’. Keep checking the website and Highlights to see what is coming next.
The annual Art Exhibition, lasting 10 days, the fourth largest event at the Club, opened with a Reception on Friday 9 May. There were 300, (the largest number ever) pieces of members’ artwork, including those of Young Hurlingham, on display. I do hope you all had an opportunity to view it.
LALLY ST MAUR, CHAIR, ART
Workshops to Come
Thursday 12 – Friday 13 June
Madeline Morrow – ‘Setting up a still life – Composition in oils’
Thursday 3 – Friday 4 July
Louise Bougourd – Mixed Media workshop
Wednesday 9 – Thursday 10 July
Alexander McQueen Duncan – Oil painting workshop
Thursday 14 – Friday 15 August
Roger Dellar workshop
Exhibitions in London talks
Thursday 19 June
Abstract Erotic: at the Courtauld Gallery with Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Alice Adams – a talk by Sarah Jaffray, art historian and educator
Sunday 24 July
Delusions of Grandeur – Grayson Perry
In this issue
Club News
How the floating padel court was a triumph of our ‘how we can’ approach and welcome to our new Director of IT
Club Chair Simon Duffy covers the progress on the East Wing and member consultations
A sneak peak into Brasserie 1869 and finance conversations
Chairs wanted for Estates and Nominations Committees
Just some of the many tributes for our late Editor, Hana Tiller
Four years of support
Member Events
Why a varied events programme is key to engaging with our diverse membership
Estates
Bringing colour into the Club
Dovecote back on its perch
The life and love of bees
Heritage
Restoring the Club's treasures
Clare Button dives into the history of the Outdoor Pool
Food & Beverage
...until the July opening of Brasserie 1869
Our Club selection shifts to Southern France
Member Stories
Vodka Cocktails and Handrails
Jenny Montefiore looks back at polo ponies and royalty
We meet some of the Sports Team
Member suggestions for naming the new restaurant
Ellen Croneen reaches the halfway mark of her year of discovery.
Why Singapore and SW6 both offer a haven of tranquillity
Built with Shorthand