Raymond Warburton; Paintings inspired by Poems
This charming and insightful lecture will truly engage members, as some of you will play an active part! There has been, and always will be, a strong link between art and literature, and this unique lecture focuses on one aspect of that link: namely paintings inspired by poems. To provide a structure, 12 paintings and the poems that inspired them will be discussed. The paintings all date from 1800, and were painted by British artists. The poems were written by writers from across the eras and from a range of different countries.
Biography:
Ray has had a life-long love of art. However, in his twenties, Ray studied social sciences at the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies. These studies led to a career in health and social care, with art being an evening and weekend passion. But all that changed in 2011, when Ray became a guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Then from 2014 to 2017, he studied art history at the Open University, and then at the University of Buckingham, from where he gained an MA in the History of Art. And to cap it all, Ray became an Arts Society lecturer in 2017. Ray also knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end of lectures as he is a member of his local Arts Society in Blackheath.