What’s Coming

 

TALK 2023: Paul Cezanne
Held at: The Lightbox, Chobham Road, Woking, GU214AA
Lecturer: Dr. Laurence Shafe
Dates: Saturday 2nd September 2023
Time: 10:30-12:30
Fee: £15 adults, £12 for members and students
Description: Paul Cezanne laid the foundation for modern art and the artists who value his influence on their work reads like a role call of 20th century art. Both Matisse and Picasso said that Cézanne “is the father of us all”.

This talk with Laurence examines his life and work and how his art progressed from its conventional beginnings to capturing all the complexities that an eye observes by rejecting classic artistic elements such as pictorial arrangements, single view perspectives, and outlines that enclosed colour.

Cézanne once said, “With an apple I want to astonish Paris,” and he succeeded in shocking, amazing and delighting the world.

Full slide-by-slide, PDF notes on the talk are at Paul Cezanne Notes.

TALK 2023: Paul Gauguin
Held at: The Lightbox, Chobham Road, Woking, GU214AA
Lecturer: Dr. Laurence Shafe
Dates: Saturday 9th September 2023
Time: 10:30-12:30
Fee: £15 adults, £12 for members and students
Description: Paul Gauguin is a misunderstood artist who is often associated simply with his Tahitian figure. He was not recognised as a leading artist in his lifetime but thanks to his dealer he became recognised as an important artist shortly after his death and has remained a leading Post-Impressionist ever since.

The talk with Laurence examines his work and his motivations. He once said that he wanted to escape from “everything that is artificial and conventional” about European art and hoped to find an idyllic paradise in Tahiti but was sadly disappointed.

Find out more and book a place at art-talk-paul-gauguin.