Pablo Picasso
ArtScapades presents the following lectures:
Cubism and Beyond: From Shape to Abstraction – ArtScapades explores the artist who is considered to have had the greatest impact of the development of modern and contemporary art. Also is a look at his contemporary and the bond they formed in developing Cubism. This lecture looks at the lives and works of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Fauvism and Beyond: From Color to Form – ArtScapades will look at the two more early Modern artists, Henri Matisse and André Derain. Together they explored a new freedom and spontaneity in painting, characterized by vibrant color, and expressive brushstrokes, defining the influential avant-garde art movement of Fauvism.
Surrealism: From Reality to Imagination – ArtScapades will explore the lives and works of four artists who tapped the unconscious mind in an attempt to link the realm of dreams and fantasy to the everyday world. ArtScapades will look at Joan Miró, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí and Dorothea Tanning.
European ‘isms’: From Symbolism to Surrealism – ArtScapades shows the progression of Modern Art in Europe. This lecture looks at works by Edvard Munch, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, and Marc Chagall.
Futurism: From Static to Dynamic – ArtScapades will look at Futurism, an early 20th century Italian art movement which aimed to capture the dynamism and energy of the modern world in art. Futurists wanted to depict visually the perception of movement, speed, and change. This lecture will look at the lives and works of Italian artists Giacomo Balla, Joseph Stella, Umberto Boccioni, and Gino Severini.
Expressionism: From Expressive Brushstrokes to Intense Colors – ArtScapades will explore the lives and works of four artists who distorted reality in order to represent their inner feelings and ideas. ArtScapades will look at Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Egon Schiele, and Chaïm Soutine.
Art Under Siege…Paris: From 1937 to 1945 – ArtScapades talks about the artists who were working in or around Paris under the Nazi siege. Some stayed, some fled, and some went in to hiding; but none were untouched. This lecture explores the lives and works of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Vasily Kandinsky and Marc Chagall.
Modernist Art: Nouveau and Deco – ArtScapades will look at Art Nouveau and Art Deco, two defining art movements of the 20th century, which influenced all elements of visual culture from fine art and design to architecture and graphic arts. Artists include Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Erté, and Tamara de Lempicka.
The Viennese Connection: From Gilded to Gritty – ArtScapades explores the lives and works of four fascinating artists with Austrian affiliations. This lecture studies Gustav Klimt and his student Egon Schiele, Lucien Freud, grandson of the famous psychoanalyst, and his artistic rival, Francis Bacon.
The Viennese Connection: Klimt and Schiele – ArtScapades looks at the Austrian Symbolist painter, Gustav Klimt, a prominent member of the Vienna Secession. This lecture also includes a look at Egon Schiele, known primarily for his figurative work; Schiele was Klimt’s most famous student!
The Blue Riders: From Kandinsky to Klee – ArtScapades looks at The Blue Riders, German Expressionist artists that worked in and around Munich, that drew parallels between painting and music. ArtScapades discusses the lives and works of Paul Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc, and Paul Klee.
More 20th Century Modern Art: From Mondrian to Magritte – ArtScapades looks at the lives and works of four more European Artists who brought unique styles to the Modern Art Scene. This lecture analyzes Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, Amadeo Modigliani, and René Magritte.