Art Appreciation Group 1
Group Leader: Margaret Joscelyne
Tel: 01565 633147
Email: info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk
Various members of the group give presentations, using PowerPoint to show slides. Having been studying twentieth century work for some time, it is quite a change to move to the Art and a little of the History of France.
The Art of France – Late 19th To Early 20th Century
Rulers:
The Revolution of 1848, the second and third Republics. In Britain: Queen Victoria, Edward V11.
Contemporary European Artists:
Victorian Romantics, Pre-Raphaelites, Aesthetic movements.
Significant Events in France:
Continuing political instability and warfare including, Crimean War, French industrial Revolution. The Dreyfus affair. Belle Epoque (Early 20th Century)
Programme – 2021/22
| Date | Subject | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 29 September (please note this is 5th Wednesday) | Introduction to Impressionism Edouard Manet 1832-1883 | Carole & Margaret J Jacqui |
| Wed 27 October | Claude Monet 1840-1926 (main theme this month) Frédéric Bazille 1841-1870 | Margaret J Ann |
| Wed 24 November | Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 (main theme this month) Edgar Dégas 1834-1917 | May Margaret C |
| Wed 26 January 2022 | Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 Alfred Sisley 1839-1899 Berthe Morisot 1841-1895 | Linda Jean Berry |
| Wed 23 February | Paul Cézanne 1839-1906 Georges Seurat 1859-1891 Paul Signac 1863-1935 | Ann |
| Wed 23 March | Paul Gaughin 1848-1903 (main theme this month) Henri Rousseau 1844-1910 | |
| Wed 27 April | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901 (main theme this month) Paul Serusier 1864-1927 | Carole |
| Wed 25 May | CANCELLED | |
| Wed 22 June tbc | Henri Matisse 1869-1954 (main theme this month) Pierre Bonnard 1867-1947 | Margaret C |