Art History Course - From Impressionism to Pop Art
This six-week course is open to all, whether you already have some knowledge about Art History or the subject is completely new to you.
Find out how The Impressionists got their name and became one of the most successful art movements in the world.
Discover how friends Van Gogh and Gaugin created new styles that were inspired by Japanese art and find out how Picasso and Braque invented Cubism!
Learn how the anti-war Dada group created chaos in their club, the Cabaret Voltaire in Switzerland during World War One, and find out why Salvador Dali was thrown out of the Surrealist group by Andre Breton.
Discover how modernist design was born in Germany at The Bauhaus between the wars, and how modernist designers and artists came to the UK bringing new styles of art and architecture including abstract art and Brutalism with them.
Learn how modern art made America the centre of the art world after World War Two, with the work of Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists. Find out how Pop Art developed in the US with Andy Warhol's silk screen prints, and in the UK when Peter Blake teamed up with The Beatles to create the famous Sgt Pepper album cover.
You don't need any specialist knowledge to enjoy this course and the sessions are informal and relaxed.
Week 1 - Impressionism
Week 2 - Post Impressionism (Gogh, Gaugin)
Week 3 - Cubism, Dada and Surrealism
Week 4 - Modernism (Constructivism, Bauhaus, De Stijl)
Week 5 - Abstract Expressionism
Week 6 - Pop Art
6 Weeks
Thursday evenings 7.00 pm to 9.00pm
Running from 6th November to 11th December 2025.
