2023/24 lecture schedule




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2024

Dear Art Friends
Welcome Home!
 
I'm always happy to entertain 
new lecture ideas.
E-mail me!

 
 
March 26, 2024
 
 
Spring Term, 2024
 
 
Dear Art Friends, 

This wonderful new course is a "GO"!!!

Be part of our very special group of art lovers    as we discuss all the strange, beautiful and grotesque aspects of British art during the tumultuous 19th century. It's going to be exciting!!!

Let me know that you wish to register, and send me an etransfer  for $250. You will never regret joining our erudite gang of arty types.
 
The series will be held in the Spadina Bloor area of Toronto.


Be assured that we will have an excellent projected image, and a darkened room. We will be able to see the paintings we are discussing. 

Tuition is required upon registration.
 
So, my friends, be there or be square.

Email me - suzannetevlin1@gmail.com

Revolutionaries, Mystics & Reactionaries: 

Art in 19th century England

 

British culture, society, and landscape changed during the 19th century. The building of the railroads, the Inclosure Acts (between 1786 & 1816 alone, independent landowners were reduced from 250,000 to 32,000), the industrialisation of looms and crafts, a fascination/fear of revolution, and an odd puritanical concern about the sexuality of piano legs; all these things combined to create a hotbed of creative expression and political debate that few generations, other than our own, would come close to understanding. 

 

The reign of a tiny young queen and her Teutonic, and intensely cultivated new husband, would add grist to the mill of British contradiction; longing for, yet dreading, change of any kind. 

 

We will commence with a lingering glance at the delightful William Blake; painter, poet, mystic, and all-round political pundit of the exciting international political scene. Then we will consider his excellent counterpart, John Constable, the miller's son. Then the breathtaking JMW Turner, who will leave us wondering how anyone could be so brilliant without seeming to try, will top off the first few talks.(spoiler alert: JMW worked harder than anyone)

 

The Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood will play an important part in the middle of our series as we spend a few days concentrating on several of their more influential, but quite reactionary heroes.; Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Holman Hunt, Ford Madox Brown, Burne-Jones, William Morris, and the very unusual John Ruskin, who went quite mad; everyone loves The Pre Raphaelites. Finally, we’ll have a quick look at Alma-Tadema, and Aubrey Beardsley, finishing up with a most interesting trio, precursors of our own world of ex-pat international artists; James Tissot, James Abbott MacNeill Whistler, and John Singer Sargent.


I’m already looking forward to our adventure. Why not come along?

 

I'll post a week by week itinerary soon.

 
 
 
An 8 week lecture programme.
Fridays
10 to 12
May 3 to June 21, 2024  
 
 
 
 
 
Currently in session
 
Picasso & Way Beyond: Art of The 20th century 
 

 
More details are on my "2024 Lecture Schedule" page.
This is a terrific series. You will love it. 
Please come and join us. 



The course structure may change slightly, but this is basically it.
 




February 2, Picasso – An artist of change and innovation, PP rewrote the story of art. He changed the rules and reconfigured the playing field. Love him or hate him, he’s an intensely interesting & disturbing character.
 



February 9, Matisse – The elegant & introverted Matisse, PP’s only rival, was all that PP was not. A colourist of extreme daring & sensitivity, he redefined the traditional palette.




February 16, Dada/Surrealism - Dali, Duchamp, Breton, Apollinaire, Man Ray, deChirico, Magritte, Carrington & all the rest - fascinated by Freud, delighted by the occult, this group created mayhem in a world already gone mad.





February 23, Blaue Reiter/Bauhaus/ Expressionism - Kandinsky, Klee, Frans Marc, Grosz, Munter, Dix, combined to create some of the most original and expressive art to surface to this day.




March 1, The London School – Freud, Hockney, Bacon, Aurbache, London, the swinging 60s, just imagine the excitement, the conversation, the experimentation. These brilliant artists all immerged at the same time, in the same town. Bliss.




March 8, The New York School Pollack, Rothko, de Kooning, call them abstract expressionists, action painters, or charlatans they created work that was big, brash and American. Did you know, it was all secretly paid for by the CIA?





March 15, The Women Carr, Kahlo, O’Keeffe, Frankenthaler, Bourgeois, Schultz, Saar, Neel, Saville, Ringgold-this lecture will mention a few of the many women that have been overlooked.



March 22, Beyond The Harlem Renaissance – Wiley, Marshall, Walker, Bearden, Shonibare - there are so many fabulous artists from the African diaspora that I’ll just leave it at that and see how many others we can discuss on the day.


 



 
Vermeer, Rembrandt, and The Dutch Golden Age
 

 

1, Introduction - History of Dutch Republic - Early works -The Pearl Paintings

 

2, Maps & Allegories

 

3, City & Landscapes, with or without the camera obscure?

 

4, The Question of The Daughter

 

5, Frans Hals, Judith Leyster, Jan Steen

 

6, Ladies & Letters

 

7, The Doctor is In

 

8, “And it must follow, as the night the day”; Rembrandt’s loss of Saskia

 

©️2023 This course description is the intellectual property of Suzanne Tevlin.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PICASSO IN 6 WEEKS: There is never enough time to discuss the true importance and innovative genius of Pablo Picasso, but I think with 6 - 2 hour lectures we should be able to scratch the surface. 
Tuesdays, 11am to 1pm.  

$235/student
 

 
 
April 4
 
Youth: The gifted young trouble maker gets to work.



April 11
 
Paris: Women, suicide and paint - a heady mixture.



 
April 18
 
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: Revenge! 


 
 April 25
 
Guernica: The war takes its toll. 

 

 
 
May 2
 
Homage Series': Fame and fortune.


May 9
 
The Old Goat: Money to burn, and too many muses.

 
 
 




Then, come the spring!!!
 
Six Female Artists That Changed My Life: In this exciting series we will discuss the wonderful work and careers of: Vigee LeBrun, Frida, Emily, Georgia, Mary Cassatt, Paula Rego.

 
 
 
May 16
 
Vigee LeBrun:
 

 
 
May 23
 
Frida Kahlo:
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
May 30
 
Emily Carr:
 
 
 
 

 
June 6
 
Georgia O’Keeffe:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
June 13
 
Mary Cassatt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
June 20
 
Paula Rego:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Places will be confirmed upon the receipt of tuition. Please be vaccinated for Covid. The class is encouraged to wear masks if they choose. The talks will normally have a short break, and there will be a short period reserved for questions and discussion at the end.
 
suzannetevlin1@gmail.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
April 24, 2021
 
In an ecstatic fit of optimism I'm planning a 
 
New Normal Lecture Series 
 
to commence the 1st week of 
October, through November. 
The subject will be:
 

"Art of Change: The Tumultuous & Invigorating 19th Century"

 

 The most important & exciting period of artistic exploration, 

scientific discovery, & political change in Western history. 

 A full, if still rough, description is below. 

The enrollement will be very small, possibly no more than 10, 

depending on the regulations at the time. 

There are a few venues near Spadina & Bloor that will suit. 

 

Those taking part will be required to be 100% Vaccinated.

 

E-mail me to get on the very special list.
 
P.S. Feel free to e-mail me with queries and requests.
P.P.S. I will be offering after dinner chats once we discover our new normal.


Since my return from France I have lectured at:


University of St Michael’s College - Continuing Education
University of Toronto - School of Continuing Studies
University of Toronto - Canadian Perspectives Lecture Series
Woodsworth College, U of T  – Alumni GM
George Brown College  
Treasures of The World Series - Art: Reflections on Society 
Humber College
Seneca College

Curious Minds Speakers Series
Hot Docs Toronto
Campbell House Museum
The Arts & Letters Club
OCAD Continuing Studies 
Toronto Public Library (Deer Park, Gladstone, Runnymede, Don Mills, Eatonville..)
Toronto Reference Library 

Parsons Paris
Ephrussi Rothschild Museum, St Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Villa Kerylos, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico
Women's Art Association of Canada

 
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Coming soon!!!!!
 
A New Normal Lecture Series
 
October & November 2021
 
 
This is a rough version. I'll tidy it up soon.

 

Art of Change:The Tumultuous & Invigorating 19th Century

 

WARNING!!! This is a very cool course

From the French Revolution is 1789, to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the 19th century is one of the most exciting times for change; in industry, science, medicine, government, philosophy, as well as art. The century of change takes the Western world from almost feudal leanings, to the Modern era. In this series of lectures we will discuss some important works from Neo Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism, and Modern movements. There was so much artistic "action" during this time that the various movements occurred in tandem, one with the other. It is this idea of variousness and diversity that will reveal itself to us as we travel the real road that led to change and which in turn led to our own exciting world of contemporary art practice. 

 

1) Cleaning up after the Enlightenment. The execution of Marie Antoinette, the end of Marat, and the short remarkable life of Charlotte Corday. Painting at a crossroads

 

2) Napoleon and Art; Goya and continental Romanticism – Blake fuseli

 

3) The Modern Prometheus: Gericault, abolition, & Frankenstein’s poor monsters. The artist’s early psychoanalysis, and galvanic therapy.

 

4) Delacroix: Do I Smell Sulfur? The Battle Royale between the Neo Classicists & the rebel painters of Romanticism.

 

5) Orientalism: The Lure and Sensuality of The East. What Edward Said Saw. Pre Raph? 

 

6) The Enclosure Act of 1801: Constable and Turner approach the British Country Side. Romanticism in England. Gainsborough 

 

7) Phrenology: How your physical appearance could land you in the gallows. Courbet, Degas, Cezanne, and others make unforgivable assumptions about the underclasses. Sarah Baartman

 

8) Prostitution and Cholera: Not an ideal mix. How 19th century artists responded to sex and pestilence. Pre-Raph

 

9) Anxiety as The Millennium Approaches: Whistler, Sargent, court cases, and the Americans. 

 

10) Van Gogh Gauguin, mummies, The young Signor Picasso sees The Scream.




The Impressionist Victory

Everyone loves the Impressionists, but how many really understand the history and controversy behind the movement. Who were the leaders of the group, those young up-starts who changed our way of looking and thinking about art forever? What was their raison d'être? Since first created in the 19th century, the freshness and joie de vivre so often portrayed in these Impressionist paintings has had the ability to take viewers to a gentler and more pleasant place, but as always, there is more to it than that. Join Suzanne as she guides you, with the help of Power Point presentations, through the aesthetic, psychological, political, and technological innovations of a movement that captured the spirit of the times, as well as the imagination of artists and art lovers throughout the world.

Manet: Influenced by the painter and anarchist, Gustave Courbet, Manet would help bring absolute change to the deeply conservative world of Parisian art.
 
Monet: In our consideration of Monet we will study the evolution of the most popular idea of Impressionism. We will also see how, though often maligned in the early years, Monet became the most highly valued artist of his time.

Pissarro: Another anarchist, this time from a wealthy Caribbean family, Camille Pissarro was a mentor to many young revolutionary artists including the future Post Impressionists Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne.

Degas: One of the greatest psychological portraitists, Degas, like many other 19th century intellectuals and criminologists, was interested in finding connections between the physical and the psychological. Bring your smelling salts.

Renoir: The most gregarious of the Impressionists, Renoir epitomized the joie de vivre that we have come to imagine as part of everyday life during the time of Baron Haussmann and Napoleon III.
                                                                            
Cassatt, Morisot & Valadon: Born within a few years of each other, these three women dealt, not only with the troubles brewing in European society, but also with the new frontiers being broached by their sisters in the rapidly changing world of art.




Romanticism & Then Some


My new series will be 18th century British artists, moving towards 19th century artists in England, France and Spain. I’ve listed the artists and dates below.



I believe I will call the series “Romanticism & Then Some”



Gainsborough 1727-1788

















Reynolds 1723-1792

















Constable 1776-1837













Blake 1757-1827

















Turner 1775-1851














Goya 1746-1828

















Gericault 1791-1824

















Delacroix 1798-1863












I’ll also be including, where feasible, little tidbits on Gerome & Orientalism, Goethe & The Sublime, as well as Caspar David Friedrich, John Martin, Philipp Otto Runge, and a few others.





This is such a rich period artistically that we will be spoilt for choice, so I anticipate an amusing series that may include some vintage gossip, helpful hints and advice on how to succeed in society.





Eight of The Greats


Agnolo Bronzino   1503-1572


















Michelangelo da Caravaggio 1571-1610


















Antony van Dyck 1599-1641















Giovanna Garzoni 1600-1670















Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin 1699-1779

















 
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1780-1867


















Egon Schiele 1890-1918














 
Paula Rego 1935-















Picasso & Beyond: Art of the 20th century

After a close look at Picasso and Matisse we will go on to discuss Surrealism, the New York Schools, the European Schools and the British Schools, including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and David  Hockney. We will discuss the rise of women painters, the Harlem Renaissance and much more. 

The series will start on October 11, that's a Wednesday, and run for 8 weeks. 
It will be from 1 to 3, in the Campbell House Ball Room.




October 11 - Picasso – An artist of change and innovation, PP rewrote the story of art. He changed the rules and reconfigured the playing field. Love him or hate him, he’s an intensely interesting & disturbing character.




October 18, Matisse – The elegant & introverted Matisse, PP’s only rival, was all that PP was not. A colourist of extreme daring & sensitivity, he redefined the traditional palette.





October 25, Dada/Surrealism - Dali, Duchamp, Breton, Apollinaire, Man Ray, deChirico, Magritte, Carrington & all the rest - fascinated by Freud, delighted by the occult, this group created mayhem in a world already gone mad.






November 1, Blaue Reiter/Bauhaus/ Expressionism - Kandinsky, Klee, Frans Marc, Grosz, Munter, Dix, combined to create some of the most original and expressive art to surface to this day.





Nov 8, The London School – Freud, Hockney, Bacon, Aurbache, London, the swinging 60s, just imagine the excitement, the conversation, the experimentation. These brilliant artists all immerged at the same time, in the same town. Bliss.






November 15, The New York School

Pollack, Rothko, de Kooning, call them abstract expressionists, action painters, or charlatans they created work that was big, brash and American. Did you know, it was all secretly paid for by the CIA?





November 22, The Women Carr, Kahlo, O’Keeffe, Frankenthaler, Bourgeois, Schultz, Saar, Neel, Saville, Ringgold-this lecture will mention a few of the many women that have been overlooked.





November 29, Beyond The Harlem Renaissance – Wiley, Marshall, Walker, Bearden, Shonibare - there are so many fabulous artists from the African diaspora that I’ll just leave it at that and see how many others we can discuss on the day.


 

You must pay in full, for the entire course,at least 2 weeks in advance. 
The cost for the 8 lectures will be $250.00


Please feel free to e-mail me for registration considerations.


Critiques
Is your work at a stand-still? Perhaps you're in a bit of an artistic rut? All artists, whether professional or amateur, trained or autodidact, need advice and constructive criticism to keep them moving along the road to creativity and self-expression. Suzanne offers in-house critiques to individual artists or small groups of artists.

Cost $250 per session (approx. 2 hrs)
Please e-mail suzannetevlin@sympatico.ca to arrange a mutually convenient time to meet.



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