After a very successful start to the year the Society’s next Meeting will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday November 17th in the Victoria Hall, Cromarty when members look forward to hearing from Mungo Campbell who will speak on JMW Turner and the Munros of Novar.
Towards the end of the summer of 1831, the painter JMW Turner visited Easter Ross and the Black Isle. His host was his friend and patron, Hugh Munro of Novar.
Never without his sketchbook, while staying at Novar House Turner made a number of drawings of local views. Mungo Campbell’s talk will explore the background to the visit and examine the painter’s relationship with Hugh Munro and the wider Munro family.
Mungo Campbell was curator of Prints & Drawings at the National Gallery of Scotland from 1987-1997. His catalogue of the Gallery’s Turners became a best-selling publication. He was Deputy Director of The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow from 1997-2024. Mungo was Chair of Edinburgh Printmakers from 2018-2025 and is currently Chair of the Scottish Fisheries Museum. The meeting will be followed by refreshments. Each talks costs £5 but the membership fee for the whole year is £15. Under 16s are free.
