This lecture uses art of the 19th Century to tell the story of the westward expansion of the United States from the first explorations and contacts with native Americans to the near extermination of the buffalo.
Artists were never far behind the explorers who opened up the west of America. They have left us a powerful, if romanticised, record of the country and people that the settlers found. This is a story on a big scale, and it seems appropriate that among the pictures illustrating the lecture are some of the largest and most grandiloquent paintings of the era. After a period of neglect, they are now very much back in vogue. They certainly do, at least, tell a story.
Lecturer: Toby Faber
Toby is an experienced lecturer and public speaker who returns to us again. Toby’s varied career includes five years as managing director of Faber and Faber, where he remains on the board, and writing three narrative histories including one on Fabergé’s Eggs.