Monday 28 September 2020

Burgh House & Hampstead Museum - Art, Allingham and Family Challenges! 🎨

 

ART   .    EVENTS   .    HISTORY

Happy Birthday Helen Allingham!

Saturday 26 September marked 172 years since the birth of prolific watercolour painter Helen Allingham. Burgh House is lucky enough to hold a vast collection including paintings, portraits, sketches and archival material by and relating to Helen Allingham.

Born on 26 September 1848, Helen Allingham (nÊe Paterson) was a watercolour painter of the Victorian era. At seventeen, she moved to London and enrolled at the Royal Female School of Art and then a year later was accepted into the prestigious Royal Academy School. To support her studies, Allingham found work as a part-time illustrator for magazines and children’s books. In 1870, she became the only female founding member of The Graphic, a new illustrated weekly magazine.

By 1872, Allingham had become so successful that she left the Royal Academy School in order to pursue a career as a commercial artist. She did, however, enrol for evening classes at the Slade School of Art, where she met and became friends with Kate Greenaway.
In 1874, Allingham married renowned Irish poet William Allingham, who was 24 years her senior. She soon left her job at The Graphic to concentrate on painting, her true calling. In 1881, the Allinghams left London for Surrey.
Image: Helen Allingham (1848-1926), Self Portrait, watercolour

In 1888, the Allinghams moved into Eldon House in Hampstead in order to provide their three young children with a good education and to be nearer their London-based friends. Allingham’s husband died the following year from a long illness, leaving her and her children with little money. Allingham was resourceful, however, and travelled to Surrey, Kent, Middlesex and Devon to find unspoilt landscapes and regional and traditional buildings to paint. Her paintings, especially her famous cottage scenes, sold for large sums of money and kept her family afloat.

Main image: Helen Allingham (1848-1926), A Surrey Cottage, watercolour, 1880

Explore the Collection
The Burgh House Cafe
The cafe is serving a fabulous selection of homemade cakes, freshly made onsite everyday.
Enjoy a cup of tea, coffee, a glass of wine or a cold beer in our beautiful cafe garden and help support a local business.

(Please note we cannot take bookings for the cafe.)
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday, 10am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday, 9:30am-5:30pm
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Families Challenge:

Changing Seasons


In this video we bring you an amazing watercolour from our collection by Rea Stavropoulos, depicting Hampstead Heath around the seasons of the year,
Learn how to make a concertina book for your own drawings of Hampstead heath or your nearest park! And we give you some tips of how to use the heath and green spaces with your family to be arty and healthy.
Don’t forget to share your creations with us!

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Family Challenges

Love isn't cancelled! 

With the ever changing government guidelines it can sometimes be difficult to understand exactly what is and what isn't allowed.
The good news is that we are still able to host weddings for groups of up to 15 people and Burgh House is the perfect venue for an intimate ceremony and wedding breakfast. 

Our friendly, experienced team are here to help create the perfect, Covid-safe day for you and your guests.
We still have a few dates left for 2020 so please contact us if you would like to find out more!

Find out more about weddings at Burgh House

Six Ways with Colour

Wednesday 30 September - Sunday 4 October

6 artists sharing a passion for colour, pattern and form exhibit together, displaying Prints, Collage, Glass, Ceramics and Textiles.

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A Nest of Gentle Artists: Randolph Schwabe and his Hampstead Contemporaries

Wednesday 16 September 2020 - Sunday 7 March 2021
This exhibition highlights Randolph Schwabe’s (1885-1948) distinguished contribution to the practice and spirit of twentieth century British art through his skill as a painter, draughtsman and illustrator as well as his career as art educator, having succeeded Henry Tonks as Professor and Principal of the Slade School of Fine Art in 1930. It draws on his richly detailed diaries which he commenced immediately prior to his Slade appointment and continued until his untimely death in post in 1948 to offer insights into the artistic and literary circles of which he was a part.
This exhibition has been made possible with the kind support of Osbornes Law
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How are you keeping COVID-19 safe?
We will be asking visitors to:

  • Stay home if you have any Coronavirus symptoms (a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste) or if you have been in contact with anyone who has symptoms
  • Book tickets online so we can record details for the NHS Track and Trace scheme (please note we will destroy your details after 21 days)
  • Wear a mask or face covering when visiting the house in line with government guidelines
  • Use hand sanitiser upon entry
  • Maintain social distancing (+1 metre) between you and other visitors outside of your family or bubble.
  • We will be
  • Monitoring and reducing visitor numbers to encourage social distancing
  • Introducing a one-way route through the ground floor of the house
  • Conducting enhanced cleaning between visitor groups:
    • Thorough cleaning at the beginning and end of the day
    • Regular cleaning between visitor groups
    • Frequent cleaning of the visitor toilets (located in the modern Peggy Jay Gallery at the end of your visit)
  • We are proud to be part of Visit England’s We’re Good to Go quality assurance scheme. We have demonstrated our commitment to visitor and staff safety, social distancing and good hygiene standards.
    Main Image: Michael Maurer

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