Brian Healey
The story of Spain’s most iconic architect, Antoni Gaudi, from his childhood spent roaming its beaches, forests and mountains, to his final years spent dedicated to the realisation of his ultimate fantasy, the “Sagrada Familia”. It’s an utterly compelling and immensely moving story and the talk will cover not only the religious and Catalonian symbolism of his work, but also how he applied the lessons of nature to create both magnificent private mansions and a unique temple, as he saw it, worthy of God himself.
Brian Healey was formerly a senior modern languages teacher in an independent grammar school, but has enjoyed successful parallel careers since the 1980s as a professional artist and interior designer. Since 2006 he has worked regularly with a number of prestigious ocean and river cruise lines, either as resident artist, guest lecturer on art history or as destination speaker for numerous countries as well as art guiding through important European towns and museums. Since 2016 he has been a fully accredited lecturer on art and architecture for the Arts Society and enjoys a busy programme lecturing throughout Europe and as far afield as Australia.