THU 3 SEPT · 7:00pm

What Makes Great Art Great?

Jeffery Courtney, Artist

Jeffery Courtney, Artist.

Great art lasts. It has the power to touch us, to move us deeply hundreds even thousands of years after it was created. What is this mysterious power? Doors open 6:15pm (MacLaren Hall, 11–13 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ; complimentary tea and coffee).

Lecture begins 7:00pm — MacLaren Hall. Questions 8:00pm. Lecture concludes 8:30pm (complimentary refreshments: wine and soft drinks). Depart 9:15pm.

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Jeffery Courtney

Artist

Jeffery Courtney will consider this question, using examples of architecture, sculpture, and paintings.

Jeffery Courtney trained at Hornsey College of Art and then a Postgraduate at the Royal Academy in London. Since then, he has worked full time as a professional artist working entirely in the figurative tradition. A meticulous craftsman, he has made extensive study of painting techniques, in particular the methods of the Old Masters. Jeffery has been commissioned to paint copies of work by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Botticelli & Piero della Francesca, making amazingly accurate copies. This skill and craftsmanship show up in his beautifully detailed still life paintings whilst his love of light and water are reflected in his landscapes.

Jeffery has had many one-man shows and he has exhibited at the Royal Academy, Mall Galleries, New Grafton Gallery & Patterson Galleries in London, and at the prestigious annual Art in Action Festival in Oxfordshire. He has many works in private collections.