Splendour!: Art in Living Craftmanship

Description

An exhibition which celebrates 80 years of conservation work by the Georgian Group. The exhibition aims to transport the visitor into a world of craftsmanship, beauty and design. Gathering together an eclectic selection of traditional 'Georgian' crafts practised in the 21st century, objects range from silk wallpaper and chandeliers to carved stone sculpture and ceiling designs. The works on display demonstrate that the Georgian tradition is a living tradition, and is one that should be supported and preserved. Founded in 1937, the Georgian Group is a conservation organisation created to campaign for the preservation of historic buildings and planned landscapes of the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Adam Busiakiewicz is an art historian, lecturer and lutenist. Following an undergraduate degree at University College London, he gained a Masters degree in Fine and Decorative Art from the Sotheby's Institute. Adam is especially interested in the history and former collection of the Earls of Warwick and is currently working on his doctorate at the University of Warwick. John Martin Robinson is an architectural historian and long-standing member of the Georgian Group. He has written over twenty books relating to Georgian architects and the English country house, many of which are considered definitive treatments of their subject. His writing work has included the contribution of over 400 articles and reviews for the Country Life over a period of forty years. David McKinstry has been Secretary of the Georgian Group since April 2016, having previously worked for the Group since October 2008 as southern caseworker. He read modern history at the Christ Church, Oxford (2004-2007) staying on to complete a Masters degree in architectural history. In addition to his work at the Georgian Group he is completing a DPhil in architectural history at Oxford, where the subject of his research is the English Italianate in civic and commercial architecture in London c.1815-1860.