Join us online for our two one-hour talks by Monica Bohm-Duchen on the fascinating subject of German 20thC Expressionism Art.  

These fascinating talks are open to all Arts Society members and non-members.

16.30 - 17.30 - Why Secondary? Women Artists and the Expressionist Movement

Käthe Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Münter, Marianne von Werefkin – are names accepted into the canon of modern western art and early twentieth century Expressionism. But who, has heard of Sigrid Hjertén, Vera Nilsson, Jacoba van Heemskerck and Erma Barrera-Bossi? This lecture will examine the achievements of these women in their own right and in relation to their better-known male contemporaries. It will also consider the complex yet all too familiar reasons for their neglect.

17.30 - 18.00 - Break

18.00 - 19.00 - Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Visual Culture

Despite their traumatic dislocation and the obstacles encountered, some who fled from Nazi-dominated Europe in the 1930s and 1940s made a massive contribution to British culture. Focussing on the visual arts, this lecture will consider the familiar names such as Gombrich, Kokoschka, Moholy-Nagy, Schwitters and Heartfield, also lesser-known figures such as Albert Reuss, Josef Herman and Marie-Louise von Motesiczky.

Tickets are £15 (please note this is a zoom only lecture and will not be recorded)

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