Monet Trip- Courtauld Gallery

Course Code: TML18A24

Start Date: 18/10/2024

Day of the Week:

Friday

Session: All Day

Delivery method: Centre Only

Length in weeks: 1

Time: 9am

Price: £

Our first trip of this academic year is the highly anticipated Monet and London Views of the Thames Exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London. 

The Trip Will Include 

• Transport to and from The Courtauld Gallery 

• Entrance to the Gallery and Monet Exhibition 

 The Details 

Claude Monet (1840—1926) is world renowned as the leading figure of French Impressionism, the movement that changed the course of modern art. Less known is the fact that some of Monet’s most remarkable Impressionist paintings were made not in France but in London. They depict extraordinary views of the Thames as it had never been seen before, full of evocative atmosphere, mysterious light and radiant colour.  Begun during three stays in the capital between 1899 and 1901, the series depicting Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, and the Houses of Parliament was unveiled in Paris in 1904. Monet fervently wanted to show them in London the following year, but plans fell through. To this day, they have never been the subject of a UK exhibition. 

This exhibition will realise Monet’s unfulfilled ambition of showing this extraordinary group of paintings in London, and just 300 metres from the Savoy Hotel where many of them were painted. By presenting the paintings Monet himself selected for his public in Paris and London, it will provide visitors with the unique experience of seeing the show Monet curated and the works he felt best represented his ambitious artistic enterprise — brought together for the first time 120 years after their inaugural exhibition. 

Entrance to the exhibition will be staggered in groups from 12.15pm to 12.45pm.  After which you will be able to explore the Gallery freely, which displays paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and decorative arts ranging from the Renaissance through to the 20th century.   

 Lunch and hot beverages will be available to purchase at the Art Cafe. Please bear in mind that the The Courtauld Gallery, Shop, and Art Café are cashless. 

 

The Itinerary 

We will be leaving Bedford at around 9am and returning by roughly 6pm, final timings to be confirmed nearer to the day. Pick-up will be from the Centre and Tesco, Riverfield Drive. 

We should arrive at The Courtauld Gallery by midday.  Entrance to the exhibition will be at 12.15pm, 12.30pm and 12.45pm.   Allowing time for lunch and to explore the rest of the Gallery, we can aim to be back on the coach for 3.45pm and setting off for our journey back to Bedford by approximately 4pm. 

Members will get priority booking until midday 1st of October 2024, after which the trip will be open to non-members with a closing date of midday 8th of October 2024.  This trip will be extremely popular, so book today to avoid disappointment! 

What I Need From You 

Once booked on, as always, please email [email protected] with  

• your name 

• mobile number  

• where you would like to be collected from 

• the name of anyone else that you have booked for, their number, and where they want collecting from.  

• Please let me know if you have any mobility issues  

It is important you do this on booking and by the 8th of October at the latest, to ensure your place on the trip. 

Due to the conditions of trip bookings, tickets are non-cancellable. Therefore, we cannot guarantee a refund but will endeavour to resell tickets and if successful, we will provide a reimbursement. In the event of circumstances beyond our control which may prevent the trip from going ahead we will seek to postpone the trip until a later date. 

We very much look forward to you joining us on the day!