Wednesday 5th June 2024

The Forensic Eye: Find Your Inner Connoisseur

Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe

Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe gave us a fascinating glimpse into the world of Forensic Art.  Her lecturer “The Forensic Eye: Find your inner Connoisseur” explained how we can determine whether a piece of art is by one painter or another.  We were entertained by many fabulous paintings of Old Masters up until the 1800s. She asked us to think about what we were seeing; showed us the many different types of signatures; how to recognise the technical clues such as brush strokes, colours, types of paints which all helps us enjoy the art as opposed to just walking past when in a gallery.