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Category: Group – Talking Art
Talking Art – The Scream and the early Expressionists
Earlier today, a good crowd of art lovers gathered at the Jávea Players Studio to hear about Edvard Munch, James Ensor and Käthe Kollwitz from Robert Sedgley, the Group Leader. In an entertaining and informative talk, Robert told the audience about the origins of the Scream and the troubled childhood of Edvard Munch. Robert then…
Would you like to know more about the Scream?
The Scream is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. In 2012, it sold at Sothebys in New York for almost $120m, a record price at that time. Edvard Munch was one of the so called Proto-Expressionists, artists who began to develop a…
May Meeting – Talking Art Group: Three Expressionist Artists
The next meeting will be on Tuesday the 28th May. 11.00am. at the Javea Players Studio Theatre. We will be looking at the work of three artists who may be regarded as forerunners of Expressionism: Edvard Munch, James Ensor and Kathe Kollwitz. Detailed notes here
Talking Art March Meeting
Dear Friends, The next Talking Art meeting will be on Tuesday the 26th March; usual time and place: 11.00 am at the Javea Players Studio Theatre. Following on from my talk on Gustave Klimt (November) we will be looking at his younger Viennese colleague and protege, Egon Schiele (1890-1918) whose tragically short life was bound to and informed his art; an art which…