The Big Country: painting in America from Wild West to Warhol
We will look at how a fascination with a new country and the influence of European art, brought by successive waves of immigrants, inspired America to become the world leader of art in the 20th century. From the landscape paintings of the Hudson Riber School, the pre-eminent figure of Winslow Homer, and the quiet human moments of Edward Hopper to the modernism of Jackson Pollock, Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol, our cultural journey takes in the spectacular landscape and restless urban life of the
WEA Course. Start time: Sat 10:00. 2 sessions until 19/05/2012. Standard fee: £30.15. For information and bookings phone: 0115 962 8400.
Strutts Centre Derby Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 1UU
Sat 12 May 2012