Grab your Starry Night coffee cup and get ready to learn about Jo van Gogh-Bonger and how she played a vital role in promoting Vincent van Gogh’s artwork and legacy. You’ll also get to hear Klaire Lockheart explain Pointillism, talk about advertising for the Moulin Rouge, and go on a justified rant about Paul Gauguin.
Artists and Artwork: Georges Seurat (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte), Paul Signac, Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Moulin Rouge: La Goulue), Eugene Delacroix, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh (Starry Night), and Paul Gauguin
Additional Topics: Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism, Divisionism, Sam Phillips (…Isms: Understanding Modern Art), Salon des Indépendants, Color Theory, Optical Mixing, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Theo van Gogh, Roland Barthes (“Death of the Author”), Hannah Gadsby, Avant-Garde, Lithography, and Louise Weber