Description

The public is invited to a series of free lectures, “Revolutions & Revelations: Avant-Garde Art of the 20th Century”, every Thursday, 6-7:30 pm at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art on July 11, 18, 25 and August 1. 

The 20th Century was an era of constant renewal in the arts, with artists seeking new modes of self-expression and cultural production. These visionaries gave us radical new ways of seeing the world. Art historian Wendy Slatkin, Ph. D will explore the most exciting Western works of art of the 1900s and provide the historical contexts that defined these important works of art. 

July 11 - 1900-1909: Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Gauguin, Cézanne, Picasso

July 18 - 1910-1919: Cubism, Expressionism, Constructivism, Dada, Kirchner, Malevich, Duchamp

July 25 - 1920-1929: Bauhaus, Surrealism, American Modernism, Miro, Magritte, O’Keefe

August 1- 1930-1939: Mexican Mural Movement, Exiles & Émigrés, Calder, Mondrian, Sheets

The Museum is located in the historic Claremont Depot at 200 W. First Street next to the Metrolink Station. For more information about the museum visit clmoa.org.