Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur
The Dream of the South
Online Lecture
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Lecturer: Lydia Bauman
Date: Saturday 1 March, 2025
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 4.00pm AEDT | 3.00pm QLD | 3.30pm SA | 1.00pm WA | 6.00pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD
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Overview
In the early twentieth century, the magnificent French Riviera – also known as the Cote d’Azur – was a hub of creativity for many modern artists.
Drawn to the region’s fabled light and colour, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Pierre Bonnard, Fernand Léger and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were all inspired to produce some of the world's most famous paintings.
Join Lydia Bauman, an art history lecturer and guide at The National Gallery in London, for a mesmerising look at their vivid work. This lecture also provides an intriguing exploration of the unique circumstances that led these artists to converge on the magnificent Mediterranean coastline at a pivotal moment in their artistic careers.
Your Expert lecturer
Lydia Bauman was born in Poland and educated in England (BA in Fine Art from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London). She is now based in London, and divides her time between painting and lecturing.
She is a guide and lecturer at the National Gallery in London, and has also lectured at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, National Portrait Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She has been a guest speaker for the Arts Society, Martin Randall Tours, Noble Caledonia cruises and Cox & Kings Art Tours as well as societies such as the Oxford and Cambridge Club and The Arts Club of Chicago USA. During the pandemic she devised and delivered upwards of 180 online lectures for her international meetup group “Art for the Uninitiated".
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