Lilburne Press
Impressionist Lectures and Tours
Nicholas's first book, published in 1987, was on Camille Pissarro's
paintings of the Crystal Palace area of South London. His next was on Pissarro in West London.
Nicholas started as a classicist and Roman archaeologist, and has
degrees in these subjects. He has always been interested in local
history, but has specialised in
art history since 1984.
Nicholas is a lecturer for NADFAS, the National Association of
Decorative and Fine Arts Societies and he was also Founder-Chairman of
the Friends of Shakespeare's Globe 1985-87.
Nicholas has just finished his new book
"Sisley on the Thames and the Welsh Coast". This is published in
time for the exhibition entitled Sisley in England and Wales.
This exhibition was shown in London in the winter of 2008-9.
It is being repeated at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, from
7th March to 3rd June 2009.
The Road to Voisins C. Pissarro (Musee
D'Orsay Paris), one of the fifty sites visited on the cruise where
Impressionist Painters painted.
Nicholas also lectures for
Saga Holidays.
Below is a list of events Nicholas will be leading Saga groups and sharing his knowledge of art and archaeology .