Tim Stimson – (Art History)
- cultural/art historian in C17th-C19th art and society from Lincolnshire
- former professional painter/ ceramicist in Scotland and Wales
- has lectured for Cambridge University residential colleges, WEA and NADFAS
- has guided international tours of the many European galleries
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BLAKE & PALMER: VISIONARY & DREAMER
William Blake, renowned for his poem ‘Jerusalem’, is England’s greatest poet/painter. A young disciple of his, Samuel Palmer, found his spirituality in the English landscape, painting images unique to British art. Blake’s complex theology and dramatic pictures are in stark contrast to the gentle pastorals of Palmer’s English countryside. Tim Stimson (Lincolnshire www.highamhall.com/tim-stimson) Residential:
FULLY BOOKED: SWEDISH IMPRESSIONISM: ART AND SOCIETY TRANSFORMED
In this course we will look at The Opponents ,who can be likened to the Swedish Impressionists. Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn, with other significant artists, evolved new ways of depicting their world, whilst concerned that their art should also contribute to a more enlightened society, which they successfully helped to create. Tim Stimson