Events and lectures

EVENING LECTURES

Lucas or Hans? The Art of the Court Portraitist in 16th-century Germany

SOLD OUT
9 May 2008

Dr Susan Foister, National Gallery, examines the role of the court portraitist as played by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Saxony and Hans Holbein the Younger in London.

The Cult of Cranach

CANCELLED
16 May 2008

Acclaimed Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, 1996 Turner Prize Winner, discusses Cranach’s influence on contemporary art and popular culture.

Lucas Cranach and Beauty: Girls, Foliage, Water and Fruit

30 May 2008

Cranach went as far as Matisse towards confusing, or identifying, beauty with sexiness, and perhaps further towards using paint’s affinity with flesh to make the connection.
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FREE LUNCHTIME LECTURES
Reynolds Room; 1–2pm; meet at De Grey Court at 12.30pm; first come, first served

Cranach’s Influence upon Expressionism

Monday 19 May

Dr Christian Weikop, University of Sussex

' ... that you paint with wonderful speed’: Virtuosity and Efficiency in the Artistic Practice of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Monday 28 april

Dr Gunnar Heydenreich, Restoration Centre, Düsseldorf

ADULT WORKSHOP
RA Schools; 1.30–5.30pm; £50/£25 concessions (incl. exhibition entry & tea); plates & ink provided, all other materials required

Monotype Printing with Peter Freeth RA

Saturday 17 May

Peter Freeth RA leads this practical workshop in monotype printing, which takes place in part in the etching room of the RA Schools.
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