A planned summer outing to Kirkcudbright to visit Broughton House, home of the artist Edward Hornel, proved so popular that Paisley & District’s U3A art appreciation group hired a minibus.
Paisley & District U3A Chair Kathleen O’Donnell and fellow members enjoyed a guided tour, discovering what attracted Hornel to buy and live in Broughton House. They saw the artist’s beautiful studio built to catch the light. Hornel also had a very valuable library, including some books about Robert Burns whose work he admired.
Kathleen O’Donnell, said: “Kirkcudbright has been an artists’ town for 150 years. The Galloway landscape is famed for its clear light, especially at sunset. This attracted not just Edward Hornel but other artists like the Glasgow Boys to come and paint here. We certainly learned a lot and we also had a grand day out!”
Anyone who is semi or fully retired is welcome to come along to a Paisley & District U3A monthly meeting. These restart on Thursday 4th October at 2pm when the guest speaker is Judith Bowers.
She will be sharing the history of the world’s oldest surviving music hall, the Brittania Panopticon at Glasgow’s Trongate.
Details of the meeting venue and the range of groups/ activities on offer are on this U3A’s website.
Our photos show some members posing outside the house, run by the National Trust for Scotland, before a stroll in its Japanese Gardens.
Photo Credit: Alex Dymock
Photo Credit: Roisin Mulholland