Jugendstil
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Monday 4 March 2019
(11am-4.15pm) - Brockway Room, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
- Lecturer: Anne Anderson
The term Jugendstil was derived from the German artistic journal Die Jugend created in Munich at the end of the nineteenth century to promote a new style of art emerging in Europe, known as Art Nouveau in France and Belgium. The study day will consider the break with contemporary traditional art and the development of this new style in Germany.
Programme for the day
- Context: Art Nouveau/Jugendstil
- Munich Secession: Franz von Stuck and Richard Riemerschmid
- Darmstadt: Building Utopia
- Towards the Bauhaus: Hagen and Weimar
Full details will be available on the day.
Lecturer
Dr Anne Anderson is currently a tutor for the V&A Learning Department, Anne specialises in Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement. She gained a PhD in English at Exeter University and has first degree in archaeology. She has held several prestigious fellowships including Fellow of the Huntington Library, CA (2008-09 and 2018-19) and Fellow of the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Library and Museum (2009/10). Anne was a senior lecturer in Art and Design History at Southampton Solent University for 14 years and taught on the Fine Arts Valuation degree programs. She has curated major exhibitions and has published widely. Hon. Professor Exeter University.
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