Southwell U3A History of Art Group 2022 & 2023 Programme
2022:
Theme: 17th Century European Art
18 January:
An Illustrated Introduction to the History of 17th century Europe.
15 February:
Caravaggio, Gentileschi’s, Bernini (sculpture) and other Italian Artists.
15 March:
Artists of Flanders: Rubens, Van Dyck and others (e.g. Brueghel’s dynasty; Clara Peters)
19 April: Easter Holiday. No Meeting.
17 May:
Dutch Republic genre painters: Vermeer and others (e.g. Nicolas Maes; Jan Steen;
de Hooch; Judith Leyster; Emanuel de Witte).
21 June:
Dutch Republic landscapes and seascapes (e.g. Jan van Goyen; Salomon van Ruysdael; Jacob
van Ruisdael.
19 July:
Dutch Republic still life, vanitas and flowers (e.g. Willem Heda; Rachel Ruysch.)
16 August:
Rembrandt and Hals (the ‘giants’ of Dutch Republic Portraiture).
[Wallace Collection: Frans Hals, The Male Portrait: Exhibition Sept 2021 to 30 Jan 2022]
20 Sept:
France: Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin (landscape painters).
Charles le Brun (architect of Versailles, Louvre and Vaux-le-Vicomte).
18 Oct:
Spain: Velasquez and El Greco.
15 Nov:
Spain: Ribera; Zurbaran; Murillo and others
20 Dec:
England: Wren and Indigo Jones (architecture), Miniaturists (e.g. Hilliard; Oliver; Cooper)
2023: U3A History of Art 2023 Programme
17 Jan 2023:
British portraiture (e.g. Lely; Kneller; Dobson).
Surrealism
21 February: Origins of Surrealism in Art.
Session 1:
Andre Breton (1896-1966)
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Session 2:
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
21 March: Well-known players.
Session 1:
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Rene Margritte (1898-1967)
Session 2:
Joan Miro (1893-1983)
18 April: Others of interest
Possible examples: Alberto Giacometti; Leonora Carrington; Frida Kahlo; Roland Penrose;
British surrealists
Still Life
16 May:
Session 1: Overview of Still Life.
Session 2: 16th/17th century “giants”:
The Bruegels
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
20 June: 17th century Dutch and Spanish
18 July: 19th/20th century.
Session 1:
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Session 2:
Giorgio Morandi (1891-1964)
Vanessa Bell
Scottish Artists of 19th/20th century
15 August: Landscapes and City
Joan Eardley (1933-1988)
James Morrison (1932-2020)
Peter Doig (1959- )
19 September: Glasgow
Session 1:
The Glasgow Boys, 1850’s-1940’s (approx. 20 artists).
Session 2:
The Glasgow girls, 1880’s-1920’s.
17 October: The Art Nouveau Four:
ie Charles Rennie MacIntosh; James Herbert McNair;
Margaret McDonald; Francis McDonald.
Portraiture
21 November: Overview and early portraits:
Session 1:
Overview of portraiture as a genre
Session 2:
Greek/Roman/Medieval (eg Ravenna mosaics)
19 December: Self-portraits by men and women over the centuries:
15th/16th century: Durer and Caterina van Hemessen
17th century: Rembrandt and Judith Leyster
18th century: Joshua Reynolds and Angelica
Kaufman +/- Elizabeth Vigee le Brun
19th century: Van Gough and
Paula Modersohn-Becker
20th century: Stanley Spencer
and Frida Kahlo
16 January 2024: Members free choice
Any portrait from any century and for any reason: One portrait per member.
2022:
Theme: 17th Century European Art
18 January:
An Illustrated Introduction to the History of 17th century Europe.
15 February:
Caravaggio, Gentileschi’s, Bernini (sculpture) and other Italian Artists.
15 March:
Artists of Flanders: Rubens, Van Dyck and others (e.g. Brueghel’s dynasty; Clara Peters)
19 April: Easter Holiday. No Meeting.
17 May:
Dutch Republic genre painters: Vermeer and others (e.g. Nicolas Maes; Jan Steen;
de Hooch; Judith Leyster; Emanuel de Witte).
21 June:
Dutch Republic landscapes and seascapes (e.g. Jan van Goyen; Salomon van Ruysdael; Jacob
van Ruisdael.
19 July:
Dutch Republic still life, vanitas and flowers (e.g. Willem Heda; Rachel Ruysch.)
16 August:
Rembrandt and Hals (the ‘giants’ of Dutch Republic Portraiture).
[Wallace Collection: Frans Hals, The Male Portrait: Exhibition Sept 2021 to 30 Jan 2022]
20 Sept:
France: Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin (landscape painters).
Charles le Brun (architect of Versailles, Louvre and Vaux-le-Vicomte).
18 Oct:
Spain: Velasquez and El Greco.
15 Nov:
Spain: Ribera; Zurbaran; Murillo and others
20 Dec:
England: Wren and Indigo Jones (architecture), Miniaturists (e.g. Hilliard; Oliver; Cooper)
2023: U3A History of Art 2023 Programme
17 Jan 2023:
British portraiture (e.g. Lely; Kneller; Dobson).
Surrealism
21 February: Origins of Surrealism in Art.
Session 1:
Andre Breton (1896-1966)
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Session 2:
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
21 March: Well-known players.
Session 1:
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Rene Margritte (1898-1967)
Session 2:
Joan Miro (1893-1983)
18 April: Others of interest
Possible examples: Alberto Giacometti; Leonora Carrington; Frida Kahlo; Roland Penrose;
British surrealists
Still Life
16 May:
Session 1: Overview of Still Life.
Session 2: 16th/17th century “giants”:
The Bruegels
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
20 June: 17th century Dutch and Spanish
18 July: 19th/20th century.
Session 1:
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Session 2:
Giorgio Morandi (1891-1964)
Vanessa Bell
Scottish Artists of 19th/20th century
15 August: Landscapes and City
Joan Eardley (1933-1988)
James Morrison (1932-2020)
Peter Doig (1959- )
19 September: Glasgow
Session 1:
The Glasgow Boys, 1850’s-1940’s (approx. 20 artists).
Session 2:
The Glasgow girls, 1880’s-1920’s.
17 October: The Art Nouveau Four:
ie Charles Rennie MacIntosh; James Herbert McNair;
Margaret McDonald; Francis McDonald.
Portraiture
21 November: Overview and early portraits:
Session 1:
Overview of portraiture as a genre
Session 2:
Greek/Roman/Medieval (eg Ravenna mosaics)
19 December: Self-portraits by men and women over the centuries:
15th/16th century: Durer and Caterina van Hemessen
17th century: Rembrandt and Judith Leyster
18th century: Joshua Reynolds and Angelica
Kaufman +/- Elizabeth Vigee le Brun
19th century: Van Gough and
Paula Modersohn-Becker
20th century: Stanley Spencer
and Frida Kahlo
16 January 2024: Members free choice
Any portrait from any century and for any reason: One portrait per member.