05Jan / 2019

Art History Mornings at The Beecroft: Matisse, Derain and the shocking art of Les Fauves.

Art History Mornings at The Beecroft Gallery

Colour Goes Wild!

Matisse, Derain and the shocking art of Les Fauves

Saturday 26th January 2019, 10.30am-12.30pm

with Dr ML Banting

Join us to explore the art of Les Fauves – the ‘wild beasts’ that shocked Paris with their extraordinary use of brilliant colours led by Henri Matisse and Andre Derain in 1905.

All welcome!

matisse - fontainebleau

Henri Matisse: The Forest at Fontainebleau (1909)

– currently on display at the National Gallery, London

Meetings are held 10.30am – 12.30pm in the Beecroft Gallery lecture theatre.

Each talk costs £10 and includes tea/coffee (biscuits!)

For further information please contact Mark Banting by email  chasingtales@rocketmail.com or via twitter @TheCommonViewer

These monthly Saturday morning art history talks are educational yet informal and open to anyone with an interest in art.

About TheCommonViewer

Researching "British Art Groups - from the Ancients to the Surrealists" (notes protected - please contact me for password); plus related reviews & ramblings! Twitter: @TheCommonViewer

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