OLD STOIC SOCIETY
27 March–1 April 2023, 10.00–17.00
If you would like to enquire about a work, please email the artist’s NAME and TITLE of the artwork to thegallery@greenandstone.com
Daniel Scott. THE BOURBON FIELDS, STOWE. Acrylic on canvas. 46 x 46 cm. £650
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Welcome to a selection of artworks created by Old Stoics as part of Stowe’s centenary celebrations. We hope you enjoy the variety of subjects, media and approaches by each of these living and working artists.
From the moment the Temple family occupied Stowe, the dynasty viewed the House and surrounding landscape as a locus amoenus [a pleasant place] to celebrate their rise up the aristocratic ladder and to stimulate their friends and allies through visual, musical, poetic and other sensory experiences.
The foundation of the School with JF Roxburgh as its first Headmaster in 1923 allowed him to promote his artistic vision in the pupils with his famous maxim that every Stoic should "know beauty when he sees it all his life”. Stowe Art School has continued to introduce, stimulate, provoke and challenge Stoics to the beauties of art, an appreciation and understanding of beauty that is for life, not just the years of formal education. Beauty comes in many forms and, of course, aesthetic tastes and perceptions change but the unrivalled and enduring power of the visual and creative imagination, and indeed the act of artistic creation can never be replaced by technology.
These few paintings and sculptures, created by Old Stoics, are a testimony to Stowe’s stimulus both as a place and as an aesthetic education. Art at Stowe has always and will continue to enhance all our lives.
Crispin Robinson
(History of Art; Stowe 1993-2020)
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Alexander Talbot-Rice
Anna Clare Lees-Buckley
Caroline de Peyrecave
Daniel Scott
David Williams-Ellis
Edgar Both
Emma Elliott
Guy Scott
J. Hugh L. Beattie
Kate Measham
Mark Flawn-Thomas
Nadine Talalla
Noah Crosby
Phoebe Bowen
Rowena O’Connor
Toby Michael
Victoria. J. Keegan
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Please email thegallery@greenandstone.com to enquire about a work
