| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: |
Robert Sedgley
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| Group email: | History & Appreciation of Art group historyofart@u3aoliva.org |
| When: | Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 5:00 PM-7:00 PM |
| Venue: | Biblioteca de L'Envic |
| Cost: | Free |
The activity of the group is to further our understanding and appreciation of art through an illustrated talk from the leader and with contributions from the group. All are welcome; whether expert or not come and join in the conversation, find out more about the wonderful and surprising world of art.
We have now been running for about eight years and have come in our chronological survey up to the beginning of the Twentieth Century, and are looking at the revolution in the visual arts that we call Modernism. For new members who wish to acquire a background understanding of what went before I recommend reading the notes of previous meetings. These are complete from the earliest paintings on the walls of caves, up to the early moderns: Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism and Futurism. However, this is by no means compulsory – we are not an exam group!
All are welcome; whether expert or not come and join in the conversation, find out more about the wonderful and surprising world of art!
Leader: Robert Sedgley
Next meeting
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 4th of November
The subject is two Surrealist artists; the renown Catalan artist Joan Miró, and perhaps lesser known French artist André Masson, with whom Miró shared a studio in Paris. Both explored the subconscious through the process of 'automatic drawing.' and produced startling work of an unprecedented nature that has influenced the work of later artists, and the look of the world we inhabit.
"Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile"– William Cullen
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower"– Albert Camus
"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree" – Emily Brontë
“As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colours enough to paint the beautiful things I see ."– Vincent Van Gogh
“When everything looks like a magical oil painting, you know you are in autumn." – Mehmet Murat Ildan