Outline Seminar with Robert Perry RBSA

Since the early 1990's Robert Perry has been travelling across Europe to paint and draw landscapes, which bare the marks of both World Wars. Outline was very pleased to welcome Robert Perry for a seminar about European's brutal past and the artists response to the landscapes as a painter. The seminar was well received by the students, who listened attentively to the speaker and later took it upon themselves to ask Robert Perry questions. Many thanks to all the students and staff, who helped to make the seminar such a great experience. A particular thank you to Amy Reynolds who took all the pictures in this post.

Robert Perry at work in Aveluy Wood, 7th Feb. 2000

Robert Perry - The Somme Battlefields 1914-18, Setting sun in Trenches

Robert Perry - The Somme Battlefields 1914-18, Trenches in Aveluy Wood

Robert Perry brought with him a box full of relics, which he had found or he was given by local farmers during his excursions across Europe.

Feed seminar at Outline with Robert Perry

OUTLINE proudly presents Robert Perry. On Tuesday 1st May, between 5.30pm and 7.30pm, the international renowned landscape painter Robert Perry will present a selection of his work at Outline. Robert Perry has exhibited his work in shows across Europe and his work features in the permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. During the seminar Robert will present and discuss a series of work that he produced during trips to First World War sites, the seminar will be concluded with a question and answer session. Afterwards you are invited to join us for a talk and drinks with the artist.

“Robert Perry is one of the most original landscape painters of his generation, his work deeply rooted in the tradition of observation and direct response to nature. His mobile studio enables him to undertake prolonged campaigns of drawing and painting on site during his expeditions to Europe. His expressive images from the Somme, Verdun, Oradour and Auschwitz are a triumph of sustained observation as he looks with an unblinking eye at humanity’s capacity for hatred and destruction.”

Brendan Flynn, Curator of Fine Art, BM&AG

Tickets are available from OUTLINE, room SCL40, Monday - Friday between 9am - 5pm, BMETC students £3 - all others £4 call to book your place: 0121 355 7671 ext. 5113 or 5110 e-mail: ian.andrews@bmetc.ac.uk or yvonne.vickers@bmetc.ac.uk