Vienna underwent a unique artistic flourishing at the beginning of the twentieth century. While most of the pioneering artists of the time, working in Paris, Munich and Moscow, were exploring the possibilities of abstract art, Vienna took its own path, resulting in the highly idiosyncratic and expressive works of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. These edgy artists undertook analyses of human nature that paralleled the research of their contemporary, Sigmund Freud, who was developing his system of psychoanalysis, also in the city. But the association of Vienna with the history of psychology goes back far beyond Freud. These three talks will focus on the work of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka, placing them in this broader context which has left traces in the city over a 200 year period.

1.15-hour-long-lecture

The talks will be complemented by three practical painting sessions, each of which will engage with a single artist from the three lectures.

Schedule of lectures and practical sessions:

Tuesday 17th Nov, 6.30 pm BST - Art history talk by Andrew Spira

Thursday 19th Nov, 6.30 pm BST - Techniques/practical webinar by Anastasia Belous - Gustav Klimt

Tuesday 24th Nov, 6.30 pm BST - Art history talk by Andrew Spira

Thursday 26th Nov, 6.30 pm BST - Techniques/practical webinar by Anastasia Belous - Egon Schiele

Tuesday 1st Dec, 6.30 pm BST - Art history talk by Andrew Spira

Thursday 3rd Dec, 6.30 pm BST - Techniques/practical webinar by Anastasia Belous - Oscar Kokoshka

All sessions will be available as a recording via an online link until the 10th of December. The email with the link will be sent to all the participants after the end of the live webinar.

Requirements:

A computer, Tablet or Smartphone with access to a WiFi connection.

The latest version of Zoom App installed from www.zoomus

We will email you a link to access the ZOOM conference room 1 day before the event.

The event is listed in UNITED KINGDOM TIME (GMT+0100) but will be available in other time zones.

Please make sure to check your start time depending on your time zone.

We recommend that you log-on 10 minutes prior to the start time and waiting in the waiting room.

Please make sure you flag emails from EVENTBRITE in your mailbox to avoid the email (with the link) going into your JUNK MAIL folder.

Tickets are fully refundable up to 1 day before the webinar.

Andrew Spira studied at the Courtauld Institute and Kings College, London. For several years, he worked as a curator at the V&A. Subsequently, he was Programme Director at Christie’s Education for 14 years. For over twenty years, he has been taking groups on visits to cultural sites all over Europe, Russia and Armenia. His book The Avant-Garde Icon, on the relationship between Russian icons and Russian Avant-Garde art, was published in 2008. Two books on the relationship between art and personal identity, from the Middle Ages to the present day, we published in July this year.

The workshop leader for practical sessions is Anastasia Belous - a professional artist and trained art historian with 3 years' experience of leading practical art history courses for adults and children. Anastasia studied at Christie's Education and completed MA programme in Art History at the UCL (University College London). She took a course in conservation of paintings, and is self-taught as an artist with a portfolio online www.anastasiabelous.com

Please note that during this webinar participants will be muted and will only be able to ask questions in a group chat after the formal teaching section of the webinar is over.

When selecting to book the course of 6 lectures you save 20%. You can attend an individual session of your preference is you do not wish to attend the whole course. Please see the individual webinars in the list of events.

You can book the course via this link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-genius-course-of-6-webinars-for-adults-history-techniques-tickets-123131428417

We look forward to exploring the peculiar art world of Vienna! It will be a very informative and entertaining block of webinars and recordings.

Thank you.