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Compton VerneyWhat’s on June – September 2009

Visitor information Café

Our award-winning café has thought of something for everyone, and serves a delicious choice of items throughout the day.From a mid-morning coffee with a cake to a carefully selected lunch menu or a traditional afternoon cream tea with friends, the contemporary surroundings and table service provide a relaxed atmosphere set against the prestigious backdrop of the mansion.

Our food is freshly prepared and is responsibly sourced from quality local producers and suppliers wherever possible. We’re proud of our focus on providing our customers with the freshest ingredients and tastiest produce, supporting our local communities and reducing our environmental impact.

Little ones are welcome too. Highchairs are available, alongside children’s lunch boxes and organic baby food.

Don’t forget to check out our website for latest offers and seasonal specials menus.

Shop Enjoy the art of shopping when you visit Compton Verney. Take time out to browse in our shop and find the perfect gift for friends, the latest exhibition catalogue, artists’ materials to get you started, or simply a postcard of your favourite work of art. You can now shop from home at www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

All purchases help to support Compton Verney.

Book tickets 24 hours online www.comptonverney.org.uk2

Venue hire If you’re looking for an inspiring venue to hold a meeting, party, training session or staff away day, then look no further. The contemporary trend for space and light combined with the elegant architecture of the building create a magnificent setting for almost any event - corporate or private - as well as for photoshoots, a film location or even for a fashion show.

Call us on or 0121 644 5160 and find out how the Compton Verney team can work with you to make your event stand out from the rest.

Group visits From a simple visit with a quick introduction to an in-depth tour of the collection or grounds, we have something to offer adult groups of all interests. Pre-booked groups of 15+ receive a 10% discount on admission, special offers in the shop and have the option to pre-book lunches in the café. To book call us on 01926 645 516.

Access All our floors are accessible by wheelchair. There are also specially adapted toilets. Large print guides and wheelchairs are available. Hearing loops are fitted at the Ticket Desk.Assistance dogs are welcome. For more information call 01926 645 500, email [email protected] or ask at the Ticket Desk upon arrival.

Stay in touch If you’d like to receive monthly updates and exclusive offers from us then sign up for our e-bulletin. You can also subscribe to our special families, groups or learning editions to get the news and special offers relevant to you.

Visit www.comptonverney.org.uk or call 01926 645 500.

Visitor Information 2 – 3Everything you need to know to make your visit to Compton Verney a smooth one.

Surrealism and 4 – 5 Contemporary Art

Constable Portraits 6 – 7

Display: Georgian Portraits 8 – 9Exhibition tours and events.

Diary 10 – 11Your guide to what’s on.

Activities for all ages and 12 – 13Family Friendly facilities Fun creative activities.

World War II weekend 14

Collections 15

Grounds 16 – 17

Adult workshops 18

Forthcoming exhibition 19The Artist’s Studio.

Directions 20How to find us and other useful information.

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Director’s welcomeThis summer is going to be an especially active and exciting one, with exhibitions, displays, events and activities which will to appeal to everyone.

The splendid Georgian Portrait display Seeing is Believing – kindly loaned to us by the Holburne Museum in Bath – has recently arrived. This features some fabulous pictures by some of the greatest names in British painting, including Joshua Reynolds, Allan Ramsay and Angelica Kaufman, and blends excellently with our British Portraits collection.

In the exhibition galleries, we have two marvellous shows. Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle gives us a rare chance to see works by one of Britain’s foremost artists. This much-acclaimed show comes to us from London’s National Portrait Gallery, and demonstrates how the great master’s renowned expertise in landscapes influenced his affecting yet hitherto neglected portraits. Surrealism and Contemporary Art comes to us from the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, and traces the fascinating story of Surrealism from the well-known works of Dali and Magritte to modern-day excursions into the realm of the dreamlike and bizarre.

Weekends and holidays this summer will be particularly eventful. As well as a packed programme of lectures, workshops and even a sleepover, we are staging a Georgian weekend in June and Summerspace activities including photography, drawing and collage-making – for the whole family in July and August.

August also sees the formal opening of our restored ‘Capability’ Brown pathways in the southern part of the grounds. And during the summer we hope to continue our work on restoring the Ice House and to begin emergency repairs to ‘Capability’ Brown’s fine, 1772 Chapel, with a view to its eventual reopening.

I’m sure you’ll find something to intrigue, fascinate and entertain you at Compton Verney this summer. And I hope to see you very soon.

Dr. Steven Parissien

Book tickets by phone 01926 645 500, Tues – Sun & Bank Hol Mons, 11am – 4.30pm 3

Surrealism and Contemporary Art: Subversive Spaces

This exhibition brings together the pioneers of Surrealism and a generation of younger artists who continue to find inspiration in the intellectual and aesthetic origins of the movement. The exhibition spans historic Surrealist works by artists such as Magritte, Dalí and Brassaï as well as the work of contemporary artists including Francis Alÿs, Douglas Gordon, Mona Hatoum and Sarah Lucas.

This exhibition looks at two areas: Wandering the City and Psychic Interiors. The first of these examines the artist walking through the city as a means to discover hidden social spaces as well as unconscious fears and desires. From Brassaï’s atmospheric night-time photographs of an unfamiliar Paris to George Shaw’s melancholy depictions of playgrounds and the Coventry estate where he grew up,

attention is drawn to the derelict, disused spaces of urban environments. Within this section, ideas of social and political exclusion, regeneration, borders, margins and journeys are explored. Other artists include Francis Alÿs, Eugène Atget, André Breton, Gordon Matta-Clark, Humphrey Spender.

Psychic Interiors investigates houses, bedrooms, hotels, tunnels and labyrinths where the space portrayed becomes a place of unease, constraint and mystery. One focus is the impact of confining women within the home, explored through the work of Lucy Gunning and Dorothea Tanning.

A Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester Touring Exhibition.

13 June – 6 September

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Events

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Exhibition tours: Surrealism and Contemporary Art Fri 3 July, Fri 17 July, Fri 31 July, Fri 14 August, Fri 28 August, 12noon

A 45 minute tour of Surrealism and Contemporary Art. Places are limited so please sign up on arrival. Tour included in admission price.

Lecture: Surrealist Architecture Thurs 16 July, 1pm

Is there such a thing as Surreal Architecture? If so, what is it – and where can you find it in Britain? 20th century expert and broadcaster Julian Holder explores this fertile and fascinating subject in entertaining detail. Tickets £13, concs £11, includes gallery admission. Members £5.

Lecture: Directing Dreams Sat 29 August, 1pm

Artist Luke Jerram and sleep psychologist Dr. Chris Alford discuss the ideas and research behind Dream Director and its attempts to influence participants’ dreams. Tickets £13, concs £11, includes gallery admission. Members £5.

Dream Director Sleepovers Sat 29 and Sun 30 August, 8pm – 9am

This is a unique opportunity for you to spend the night at Compton Verney whilst letting artist Luke Jerram direct your dreams. Spend the night in a sleep pod, where you wear an eye mask that detects your eye movements whilst you sleep. The pod will respond and play ambient sounds designed to trigger and influence dreams. The experiment ends over breakfast, where you get to write a dream diary about your experience.

OVER 18s ONLY. Tickets £25, including refreshments and breakfast. Find out more at www.dreamdirector.net

A Watershed tour funded by Arts Council England. The Dream Director was developed as part of the Clark Bursary – 6th UK Digital Art Award. This event is co-presented in association with Fierce.


Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle

John Constable (1776 – 1837) is renowned as a landscape artist, yet his portraits are rarely seen and far less well-known. Spanning thirty years and featuring over 40 works this exhibition will for the first time take the viewer deeper into Constable’s landscapes, revealing the people who occupied his world.

The exhibition will contain paintings and drawings of his family, close friends and children, interspersed with Constable’s landscape paintings of the areas surrounding his homes. The exhibition will set out to support Lucian Freud’s claim that Constable was a key figure in the history of English portrait painting.

Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery.

27 June – 6 September

The Exhibition catalogue is available from the Compton Verney shop for £18.99, or buy online at www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

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Exhibition tours: Constable Portraits Fri 10 July, Fri 24 July, Fri 7 August, Fri 21 August, Fri 4 September, 12noon

A 45 minute tour of Constable Portraits. Places are limited so please sign up on arrival. Tour included in admission price.

Lecture: Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle Sat 11 July, 1pm

Exhibition co-curator, art critic and writer Martin Gayford, will give an illustrated talk on the painter, his life and work. Martin has also recently written the biography of Constable Constable in Love published by Penguin. Tickets £13, concs £11, includes gallery admission. Members £5.


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Lecture: Constable and Gainsborough Wed 12 August, 1pm

Renowned art historian Michael Rosenthal explores the links between two of the country’s most celebrated artists, and investigates how Constable’s art was influenced by Gainsborough and his contemporaries. Tickets £13, concs £11, includes gallery admission. Members £5.

Cream Tea Offer...Enjoy admission to our exhibitions andafternoon tea* (served from 3pm) for £12.50 adults, £10.50 concessions. Offer valid 30 June – 6 Sept 2009.

To book call 01926 645 500 or buy online www.comptonverney.org.uk *Note afternoon tea comprises a pot of tea, home-baked scone with preserve and cream.

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Display Georgian Portraits: Seeing is Believing

This display of portraits on loan from the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath, presents a unique opportunity to see highlights from their collection including works by Thomas Barker, Arthur Devis, Angelica Kauffman, Allan Ramsay, Henry Raeburn, George Stubbs and Richard Cosway.

While wealthy patrons continued to have their portraits painted as symbols of class and status, the Georgian era saw portraiture enter a golden age reaching new heights of popularity, defined by a diversity of form and greater realism.

With the popularity of landscape architects such as Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, nature would also find its way into portraiture. Parkland and gardens became the setting for new conversation pieces – whether fanciful

depictions of Arcadia or the grand backdrop to the patron’s country manor.

The Holburne Museum will reopen in the next two years after extensive building development to house their collection and provide new temporary exhibition spaces.

Tour: Georgian Portraits Every Thurs, 2.30pm from 4 June

A 45 minute talk and tour focusing on Georgian Portraits. Places are limited so please sign up on arrival. Tour included in admission price.

Return of Mrs Baldwin

We are delighted to welcome Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Mrs Baldwin back to the British Portraits collection to join the display.

20 May – 13 December


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Find books and trinkets relating to the Georgian period in our shop or visit www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

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Georgian Weekend: People and Landscapes Sat 6 and Sun 7 June, 11am – 4pm

Journey back to the century of luxury, pleasure and intrigue as we celebrate the Georgians’ love affair with the country landscape in our own ‘Capability’ Brown parkland.

Live Georgian Music Diabolus In Musica take you on a musical journey back to the 1700s filling our Adam Hall with music from Handel and Vivaldi. Their period costume and instruments transport you to an elegant Georgian social occasion.

The Mannered Mob Bring to life the heady days when the Verney family lived at Compton Verney. Enjoy music, promenading, games and pastimes from the period with the gentry.

Swagger in Satin, Swan in Silk Explore the delights of Georgian portraiture by dressing up, posing for a portraits and creating fabulous fashion accessories.

Capable Landscapes Design your own landscape inspired by the grounds at Compton Verney

All events and workshops included in admission price. For more details look at our website www.comptonverney.org.uk

Lecture: Likeness and Landscape: Georgian Portraits and the British Arcadia Sat 6 June, 1pm

Curator Amina Wright from The Holburne Museum of Art explores the eighteenth-century fashion for portraits in outdoor settings, looking at works in the Georgian Portraits display. Tickets £13, concs £11, includes gallery admission. Members £5.

Lecture: Women and the Enlightenment in the 18th century Sun 7 June, 1pm

Professor Karen O’Brien, of Warwick University is one of the country’s leading experts in 18th century literature. In this lecture she examines the role of women in the context of the Georgian Enlightenment. She will also be signing copies of her recently-published book Women and the Age of Enlightenment, available for sale in the shop at a special discount. Tickets £13, concs £11, includes gallery admission. Members £5.

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Date Time Event title Page

JuneUntil 13th Dec – Display: Georgian Portraits 8

Tues 2* 12noon Talk: My favourite object 15

Tues 2* 2.30pm Grounds Tour 16

Wed 3* 12noon Talk: My favourite object 15

Wed 3* 2.30pm Tour: Gallery in Focus - Naples 15

Thurs 4* 12noon Talk: My favourite object 15

Thurs 4* 2.30pm Tour: Georgian Portraits 8

Fri 5* 2.30pm Grounds Tour 16

Sat 6 1pm Lecture: Likeness and Landscape 9

Sat 6 & Sun 7 11am Georgian Weekend 9

Sun 7 1pm Lecture: Women and the Enlightenment in the 18th Century 9

Sat 13 – Sun 6 Sept – Exhibition: Surrealism and Contemporary Art 4

Sat 13 & Sun 14 10am Adult workshop: Portraits in the Landscape 18

Sun 21 Father’s Day - Dads and Grandads go free 12

Sat 27 10am Adult workshop: Surrealism and the Cityscape 18

Sat 27 – Sun 6 Sept – Exhibition: Constable Portraits 6

July

Fri 3 12noonExhibition Tour: Surrealism and Contemporary Art 6

Sat 4 10am Adult workshop: Photography Masterclass 18

Fri 10 12noon Exhibition Tour: Constable Portraits 6

Sat 11 1pm Lecture: Constable Portraits 6

= Activity/Event included in the admission price.

= Workshop/Event ticket price includes admission.

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* These events run weekly on these days and times thereafter.

Join us

Select the perfect membership for you and be a part of everything Compton Verney has to offer.

Buy now www.comptonverney.org.uk Call 01926 645 500 or complete the enclosed form.

Visit our shop for a superb range of gifts

and books relating to the history of the house and grounds and reflecting our diverse collections and changing exhibition programme.

Visit our shop online www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

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July cont...Thurs 16 1pm Lecture: Surrealist Architecture 5


Sat 18 – 31 Aug 11am Summerspace 12



AugustSat 1 10am Adult workshop: Drawing Portraits 18


Wed 12 1pm Lecture: Constable and Gainborough 7

Fri 14 12noonExhibition Tour: Surrealism and Contemporary Art

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Sun 23 10am Adult workshop: Introduction to Portrait Painting in oils

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Sat 29 1pm Lecture: Directing Dreams 5

Sat 29 and Sun 30 8pm Dream Director Sleepover 5

Sat 29 – Mon 31 11am August Bank Holiday Dream Pods 12

SeptemberFri 4 12noon Exhibition Tour: Constable Portraits 6

Sat 19 & Sun 20 11am World War II weekend 14

Sat 26 – Sun 13 Dec – Exhibition: The Artist’s Studio 19

Activities for all ages


Activities for all agesAll the activities are included with your admission ticket and are suitable for children and adults. Just turn up and join in.

School Summer holidays Summerspace Sat 18 July – Mon 31 August

Come along with your friends and family to our Summerspace and get creative. This year’s activities are inspired by our two summer exhibitions Surrealism and Contemporary Art and Constable Portraits.

Within the Summerspace we’ll provide you with lots of pictures of hidden corners and surreal spaces in and around Compton Verney and a space where we’ll take your photograph. Combine these two and customise through drawing and collage to produce your very own framed Surrealist masterpiece.

Marvel at our camera obscura experience and see Compton Verney from an amazing new perspective.

August Bank Holiday Sat 29 – Mon 31 August

Dream pods Over the August Bank Holiday weekend come and try your own personal sleep pod in the Adam Hall and bring your dreams to life in our drop-in Dream Diaries workshop.

For details of the Dream Director Sleepover (suitable for ages 18+) and the Dream Director Luke Jerram’s lecture see page 7.

Fathers’ Go Free for Father’s Day...Sunday 21 June

A special offer to celebrate Fathers Day: Dads and Grandads brought along by their family today will be treated to free admission.

There’s always plenty to capture the imagination, stimulate the mind and keep the children happy and interested throughout your visit. Here are some of the facilities we offer to make your visit enjoyable, fun and hassle free:

•Cloakroom to store your coats and bags securely.

•Pushchair park at the Ticket Desk – although pushchairs can be taken into the gallery if you wish.

•Flat floors throughout and lifts to all floors.

•Family Friendly accessible toilets on all floors with baby changing facilities on the ground and second floor.

•Hippy Chick hip seats for loan to help you carry a child aged 6 months to 3 years around the galleries in comfort.

•Free family activity packs to help children explore the galleries.

•Family Friendly café with children’s lunchboxes, child size portions, highchairs and bottle warming.

•Pocket money souvenirs and gifts, children’s art crafts and art books in the shop.

•Family ticket for £18.80* admitting 2 adults and up to 4 children.

•Under 5s go free.

*including Gift Aid

Family Friendly facilities


Family Friendly facilities If you’re looking for a great day out this summer, Compton Verney offers something every member of your family can enjoy.

Stay in touch – get special offers for you and your family. Subscribe to our families e-bulletin at www.comptonverney.org.uk

Save money and have fun with your family...Become a member and get all these fun activities, plus plenty more and unlimited free entry for 12 months.

SIGN uP NOWwww.comptonverney.org.ukComplete the enclosed form or call 01926 645 500

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Memories of Compton Verney World War II weekend Sat 19 and Sun 20 September

•Music from the era – Jitterbug and Jive in the Adam Hall.

•Talk on wartime rations and food.

•Bring along your memories, photos and memorabilia of Compton Verney from WWII to the present day and meet our resident historian who will record them.

• Children can become spies for the day. Pick up a trail from the Ticket Desk and follow the clues on your special spy mission to unlock the secret code which leads you to an escape route.

•See artist Stephen Whitehead build a decoy aircraft.

World War II weekend

CompetitionCome in dressed in 1940s style – best dressed will win a family membership.

SuNDAY ONLY

• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire and Hurricane flypast

• Vintage cars from the period

• Talk on Spitfires

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Talk: My favourite object Tues, Wed and Thurs, 12noon from 2nd June

A 15 minute talk in which a Compton Verney member of staff picks out their favourite item from the collections. Talk included in admission price. Places are limited so please sign up on arrival. Meet at the Ticket Desk.

Collection in Focus – Naples

If you haven’t visited the Neapolitan collection for a while, it’s time to take a second look. The galleries have been re-hung and room has been made for four new works. The first is a stunning self-portrait by Naples born Gennaro Basile (1722 – 1782).

Unlike Basile, Mattia Preti (1613 – 1699) first came to Naples later in his career, and established his reputation there in the 1650s, securing a number of lucrative commissions like this one, which depicts The Incredulity of Saint Thomas.

Corrado Giaquinto (1703 – 1766), The Last Supper dates from the 1740s when Giaquinto’s work was characterized by a soft palate and elegant rococo forms as can be seen in this theatrical depiction of the Last Supper.

Luca Giordano’s (1634 – 1705) pair of works The Judgement of Solomon and The Brazen Serpent are typical of his later works using an expressive range of light and colour, anticipating the rococo style. These works add to a number of others by him in the collection.

Tour: Gallery in Focus: Naples Every Wed, 2.30pm from 3 June

A 45 minute tour of selected works from the collection. Tour included in admission price. Places are limited so please sign up on arrival.

Find out more about our history and collections from books and postcards available from our online shop www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk

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Grounds

If you’re looking for a good value day out this summer then come and enjoy our grounds. Grounds admission is only £1, which enables you to:

•Enjoy a picnic in our lakeside or woodland picnic areas. Pick up all the ingredients for a perfect picnic from our café.

•Explore our Capability Brown footpaths.

• Discover a whole host of bird, plant and wildlife.

• Pick up a grounds leaflet and find out more about the history of the grounds.

• Find out about the hidden stories of the grounds from retired Groundsman John Schumann and landscape historian John Phibbs by borrowing a grounds audio tour from the Ticket Desk.

•Practice your photography using the Capability Brown viewpoints as inspiration.

Grounds Tours Tues and Fri, 2.30pm from 2 June

An hour tour of Compton Verney’s ‘Capability’ Brown parkland taking in the restored footpaths. Please bring suitable clothing and sturdy footwear. Places are limited so please sign up upon arrival.

Enjoy walking?

Pick up a leaflet from Compton Verney and enjoy the walk from us to Charlecote Park. The walk is 7 miles and takes you along public footpaths through Combrook, Walton and Wellesbourne.


Our shop has a great range of gifts and children’s activity packs inspired by the grounds. Visit in store or see www.comptonverney.org.uk

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Adopt a tree...A gift that really makes a differenceBy adopting a tree at Compton Verney you will be safeguarding our beautiful historic environment for future generations.

For more information on how to adopt a tree call us on 01926 645 500.

How you can get involved

If you’ve visited Compton Verney recently, you may have noticed a few changes in the grounds. With part funding from central government through a Countryside Stewardship grant, we are restoring the historic features of our ‘Capability’ Brown landscape.

Our next project is restoring the ruined Ice House, which originally had an unusual thatched roof. Once restored this will make a roost for rare bat species spotted in the area. We’ve already completed detailed surveys and plans, and are now looking for people who want to support the restoration. If you would like to help, please send your donation by cheque payable to Compton Verney House Trust to the Development Department, Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ or leave a cash donation in the collecting box in the entrance hall. Contributions of any amount are welcome and every £1 you give is matched by our government grant.

Everyone making a donation over £50 by the end of 2009 will be listed on a special sign placed near the Ice House next year. Please send us your name and address with your contribution.

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Surrealism and the Cityscape Sat 27 June, 10am – 4pm

Join artist Angela Gladwell to work from observation making an experimental oil painting from a model of a surreal cityscape lit to enhance the sculptural forms. The workshop is designed for all abilities, and aims to encourage free expression through colour and brushwork to model form and create texture, helping you create your own Surrealist masterpiece. Tickets £55.

Photography Masterclass Sat 4 July, 10am – 4pm

For this masterclass we have limited numbers to ensure that you get plenty of expert one to one tuition, from Ray Spence. Inspired by Lucy Gunning’s work featured in our Surrealism and Contemporary Art exhibition, you will have a model to set within your photographic compositions as you explore hidden spaces at Compton Verney.Tickets £65. Participants should bring their own digital camera.

Drawing Portraits Sat 1 August, 10am – 4pm

Join artist Beccy Roberts in this workshop inspired by Constable Portraits. Working with a model dressed in period costume set against a period backdrop, you will be using a variety of drawing techniques and materials to produce your very own romantic style portrait. Tickets £50.

Introduction to Portrait – Painting in oils Sun 23 August, 10am – 4pm

Join artist Anthony Rowe for a workshop inspired by Constable Portraits. This workshop helps you to explore the medium of oil painting enabling you to spend the day working towards a completed portrait in oils. Your model for the day will be in period dress.Tickets £60.

Adult workshopsAll tickets include gallery admission and materials. Participants can bring a packed lunch or reserve a table for lunch in the café at 12noon by calling 01926 645 511 – please book your place on the workshop first.

Looking for artists’ materials or books to help you brush up on your technique? Visit our online shop at www.comptonverneyshop.org.uk


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The Artist’s Studio

26 September – 13 December

Forthcoming exhibition


This exhibition, the scope of which will be a first for UK audiences, offers an insight into the often private world of the artist’s studio in Britain from the 17th century to the present day. When looking at the early development of the way the artist’s studio has been represented we will also include some European artists.

The enduring theme of the studio has been a source of fascination and in some cases preoccupation for artists for over 300 years, and this show offers an insight into both the way artists have worked and continue to represent spaces which exist on the boundaries of display and production.

The exhibition presents over 80 works including paintings, works on paper, historic manuscripts, film and video, photography and newly commissioned work. Artists in the exhibition include Art & Language, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, John Bratby, Jeremy Deller, Paul Cézanne, Mark Fairnington, Lucian Freud, Gwen John, Duncan Grant, Andrew Grassie, George Jamesone, Lisa Milroy, C.R.W. Nevinson, William Orpen, Eric Ravilious, Rembrandt, D.G. Rossetti, Paul Ryan, J.M.W. Turner and Johann Zoffany.

Stay in touch – subscribe to our monthly what’s on e-bulletin at www.comptonverney.org.uk or to join our mailing list call 01926 645 500

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Open Until 13 December 2009Tues to Sun and Bank Holiday Mons, 11am – 5pm

Ticket prices With Gift AidAdult £8 £8.80

Concessions £6 £6.60(Over 60, student, unwaged)

Family £18 £19.80(2 adults and up to 4 children)

Child (aged 5 – 16) £2

Under 5s Free

Pre-booked adult groups of 15 or more (call 01926 645 516 to book):Adult £7.20 Concession £5.40 Adult super group with tour £13 Concs. super group with tour £11

One day programmes for pre-booked school groups (call 01926 645 560 to book): Pupils / students £4 Teachers Free

Unassisted school groups (please pre-book on 01926 645 516): Pupils / students £2 Students aged 16+ £6 Teachers / lecturers £8 Please note that you will need one adult for every six pupils / students visiting.

A large print guide of this publication is also available call 01926 645 500.

How to find us Compton Verney is situated 9 miles south east of Stratford-upon-Avon on the B4086 between Wellesbourne and Kineton. From the M40 take junction 12 and follow the brown signs.

Public transport links By rail the nearest stations are Leamington Spa, Banbury or Stratford-upon-Avon, approximately a 25 minute taxi ride from each.

By bus take the 269 from Banbury bus station or Wood Street Stratford, for details call 0871 200 2233.

Parking Parking at Compton Verney is free. There is disabled parking in the main car park if you wish to enjoy our wheelchair friendly footpaths through the grounds. There are also a limited number of spaces in front of the gallery for blue badge holders. Visitors can also be dropped off at the front door to the gallery.

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Compton Verney What's on Summer 2009