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Anne’s London Artistic Walks

I am launching a new venture in September 2021, Artistic Walks that look at London’s artistic and literary connections.  I hope this will be the start of an occasional series of face-to-face events over the coming year. I have guided walks for the Oscar Wilde Society and the Victorian Society previously.  Please contact me, anne.anderson99@talk21.com,Continue reading “Anne’s London Artistic Walks”

Art History Lectures

Art History Lectures for September I shall kick off the new autumn season with the theme of art partnerships, collaborations that changed the course of European art.  Partners in Art William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, creators of the Pre-Raphaelite Interior With their friendship established at Oxford, Morris and Burne-Jones collaborated on numerous projects.  After 1875Continue reading “Art History Lectures”

Anne’s Pocket Guide to…

Art Nouveau, a pan-world architectural style Distinguished by their lavish sculpture, metalwork, stained glass windows and tile facades, Art Nouveau buildings were designed to stand out.  This short guide introduces you to the leading architects and designers who were determined to create a modern style on the eve of the 20th century. Hector Guimard, CastelContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to…”

Art History with Anne

Lectures for March-April 2021 Victorian Artists: From Realists to Symbolists Victorian Artists: From Realists to Symbolists Wednesday at 11.00 17th March   James Tissot: Fashionable London 24th March   James McNeill Whistler: An American Abroad 31st March   Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity 7th April        Gustav Klimt: ‘All Art is Erotic’ The lectures will be delivered liveContinue reading “Art History with Anne”

Anne’ Pocket Guide to Italian Stile Liberty in Turin

Notes to accompany my talk which you can find on my YouTube channel @ Anne Anderson Art and Design History Channel Art Nouveau in Italy: Stile Liberty Reading Bossaglia, Rossana and Valerio Terraroli, IL Liberty A Milano, Milano: Skira, 2003 Bugatti: Carlo/Rembrandt/Ettore: I Mobili/I Soprammobili/Le Automobili, exh. cat., Galleria dell’Emporio Floreale, Rome, 1976 Dejean, Philippe, Bugatti: Carlo,Continue reading “Anne’ Pocket Guide to Italian Stile Liberty in Turin”

Anne’s Pocket Guide to Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga

Riga, the capital of Latvia, is renowned for its fantastic Art Nouveau/Jugendstil buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century. Riga developed rapidly once the city walls were demolished in the mid-19th century (1857-63). The rapid expansion of the population, which almost doubled in the 20 years before the First World war, reaching overContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga”

Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga

Riga, the capital of Latvia, is renowned for its fantastic Art Nouveau/Jugendstil buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century. Riga developed rapidly once the city walls were demolished in the mid-19th century (1857-63). The rapid expansion of the population, which almost doubled in the 20 years before the First World war, reaching overContinue reading “Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga”

Magyar Szecesszio: Art Nouveau in Budapest

Reading List Art Nouveau A Hungarian Perspective, Gyorgy Rath Villa, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 2018. Art Nouveau A Hungarian Perspective, List of Exhibits, Gyorgy Rath Villa, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 2018. Bela Bede, 225 Highlights Hungarian Art Nouveau Architecture, Budapest: Corvina, 2012 Eri, Gyongyi and Zsuzsa Jobbagyi (ed) A Golden Age, Art andContinue reading “Magyar Szecesszio: Art Nouveau in Budapest”

Anne’s Pocket Guide to…Modernisme Valencià

This post is one of a series looking at Art Nouveau Architecture. They complement my book on Art Nouveau Architecture published by Crowood (2020). Barcelona was not the only Catalan city to respond to modernity and nationalism at the close of the 19th century. Modernisme Valencià is the name given to the new art andContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to…Modernisme Valencià”