The 18th and 19th centuries were an age of dazzling splendour and violent upheaval. Empires crumbled, cities boomed, revolutions raged and society was reinvented again and again. Across Europe artists responded with visions that were bold, beautiful, radical, funny, unsettling and defiantly modern.
In this new series, Rose Balston traces this extraordinary journey. From the glittering canals of Canaletto’s Venice to the erotic golden shimmer of Klimt’s Vienna, we meet the painters who transformed how we see the world. Rose’s talks will explore the glamour and grit, politics and passion, beauty and rebellion of this extraordinary period of European art history. Each session reveals not just the art, but the people behind it: their loves, rivalries, scandals and dreams.
