Newcastle Paintings and Painters With Miranda Goodby

In 1882 Liverpool philanthropist and collector Joseph Mayer gave a number of paintings to his hometown of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

These form the core of the Brampton Museum's fine art collection.

Over the years other donations, bequests and purchases have expanded the museum's collection to its present numbers, illustrating a wide range of subjects.

Numerous artists are represented, including many local painters, several of whom trained at the local art schools or in the district's pottery factories .This course will look at a range of the paintings and the artists represented in the collection, and the stories behind them, from the 18th century to the latest acquisitions by the museum.The course dates are February 26, March5, 12, 19, April 16, 23 (there is a fortnight's break for Easter)