FIGURATIVE TO ABSTRACT ART TALK 2

This event takes place at the Museum in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom.

Tickets are £8 each. Book your ticket below.

With Alice Foster, art historian

The late 19th and early 20th centuries no longer required picture reading to aid religious contemplation. Sciences were exploring psychological issues and painters were experimenting in these areas visually.

Edvard Munch was interested in expressing states of mind in visual form; Picasso began reducing the amount of figurative detail in his work, while never quite embracing full abstraction.

Often, the content was familiar, but the meanings were difficult to penetrate. Alice Foster will discuss this significant transformational period in art history.
 

Red Virginia Creeper, Edvard Munch,1898–1900. Photo: Munchmuseet / Ove Kvavik© Copyright www.EdvardMunch.org

 
This is the 2nd talk in the Figurative to Abstract Art History talks series led by Alice Foster

• 11 Mar: Talk 1: The Narrative: Medieval & Renaissance Frescoes
• 25 Mar: Talk 3: Abstraction, Colour & Form: Abstract Kandinsky to Mondrian

Part of our Create & Transform season of events.

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This event takes place at the Museum in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom.

Tickets are £8 each.

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