Body and Soul: German Expressionism explained
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Tuesday 4 August 2020
(2-3pm) - Online Zoom Event, link details will be emailed to attendees on the morning of the event
- Lecturer: Niccola Shearman
Addressing the vibrant overthrow of tradition from the turn of the new century to the outbreak of the First World War, this lecture explores the core features of German Expressionism in art and ideas. For Wassily Kandinsky and fellow artists in Munich, colour and form held the key to the very ‘vibrations of the soul’. Meanwhile, a band of youthful rebels in Dresden were intent on exercising new physical freedoms, in art as in life.
Please note that this lecture will be delivered via Zoom and you will need to be familiar with this app in order to participate – we do not have the capacity to provide any back-up or advice on the use of Zoom. We recommend that you log on to Zoom 15 minutes before the start time of the event even if you are familiar with the app since the process can take some time if a lot of participants are logging on at the same time.
Lectures are free to members but require booking since places are limited. Please only book one place, unless you have joint membership and are using separate devices to join the lecture online. You will receive an email the day before the lecture with details of how to join the event.
Lecturer
Dr Niccola Shearman is an independent art historian and freelance lecturer in the field of twentieth-century German and Austrian art. Educated at Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute of Art, her doctorate concerned the German modernist print in the aftermath of the First World War. She has been associate lecturer at the Courtauld Institute and the University of Manchester and is a regular contributor to Courtauld Short Courses and to the V&A Academy. In 2025 she was co-curator, with Emily Christensen, of With Graphic Intent, German and Austrian modernist works on paper, at the Courtauld Gallery. Publications include academic articles, book reviews and exhibition catalogue essays. Current research concerns Viennese artists and art historians in exile in London and New York.
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