Artist and art teacher Áine Andrews returns with another series of lectures on Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. For the first installment of this six part lecture series, Áine will focus on The Goldfish Bowl by Walter Osborne, recounting its history, as well as that of the artist and his story.

Over the years Walter Osborne painted many portraits of his niece Violet Stockley who came to live with the family after her mother died in childbirth. In this charming and tender work the little girl sits on the lap of an older playmate, facing the viewer, as they gaze quietly at fish swimming in their bowl.

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