Doug Scott CBE Opens Heaton Cooper at Brathay
Posted Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10.34am
A landmark exhibition of rarely seen landscape paintings from the Heaton Cooper family’s own collection took place at Brathay Hall from the 5th to the 7th of December.
Over 150 invited guests attended a private viewing event on Friday evening as Doug Scott CBE launched the exhibition which was open to the public over the weekend and enjoyed by over 350 visitors.
The exhibition was the first ever of the Heaton Cooper family’s own collection of paintings and drawings spanning three generations of artists. The artists whose work was exhibited were: Alfred Heaton Cooper, recognised as one of the finest Victorian painters of landscape, and founder of the original Heaton Cooper Studio in Coniston in 1898; William Heaton Cooper, Alfred’s son; and Julian Heaton Cooper, William’s son, who has gained an international reputation for his landscape paintings, specifically mountain scenes.
This event also provided an opportunity to visit Brathay Hall, once the home of another Lakeland artist, John Harden. Overlooking the northern shore of Windermere, with a backdrop of local fells and woodland, the Georgian house provides the perfect venue for an exhibition of this kind.
Scott Umpleby, event organiser and Head of Fundraising at Brathay, said: “The event has been a huge success for Brathay and I’m sure we’ll see the benefits during the coming months. The event has gone a long way to promoting Brathay’s mission and objectives locally and has provided us with a great foundation on which to build future support”
Read more about the exhibition in this article in the Guardian.
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