| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Group Leader: |
Robert Sedgley
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| Group email: | History & Appreciation of Art group |
| When: | Monthly on Tuesday afternoons From 5.00pm to 7.00pm, first Tuesday of each month |
| 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
Der Blaue Reiter
The Blue Rider is the name given to the second wave of German Expressionism
Founded in 1911 by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, the group had two exhibitions which toured Germany and Europe, and published Der Blaue Reiter Almanac. There is no distinct style associated with the members of the group, except for the emphasis on the expressive use of colour, which they thought had spiritual meaning. The movement, and Kandinsky's book On the Spiritual in Art, had a profound influence on subsequent artistic developments. Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger and Paul Klee went on to teach at the Bauhaus. Other members included August Macke, Gabriele Münter, Marianne von Werefkin, Alexej von Jawlensky and the composer, Arnold Schoenberg.
Tuesday 7th May: 5.00 p.m. at Biblioteca l'Envic
“Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.
Wassily Kandinsky
"Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature."
Franz Marc
"Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible..." Paul Klee