Culture Archive
(June 2011)

1 June 2011

James Gillick

Caroline Bingham visited artist, James Gillick’s studio in Louth to see where he creates his strong, simple and beautifully crafted paintings. My great-uncle had a dimly lit workshop in one of his barns. The sign on the door read, ‘This is the place where miracles are performed but the impossible takes a little longer’. James Read more…

Understanding The Misunderstood

Incredibly, the recent discovery of what appears to be the only full body portrait of Vincent van Gogh in existence, drawn by artist Jeanne Donnadieu and entitled ‘L’Incompris’ (The Misunderstood) has managed to find its way into the Usher Gallery, Lincoln. Probably painted when Jeanne Donnadieu and Vincent were neighbours in Paris in 1886, it Read more…

A tale of culture and trade

The term Renaissance is most commonly associated with the movement in culture, art and trade which originated in Florence during the late Middle Ages. However, a manor house in Lincolnshire has an important tale to tell about the role the county played in the less well known, Northern Renaissance, which has relevance for us today. Read more…