475. PICASSO, REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Neill Slaughter

Without a doubt, Pablo Picasso revolutionized the art world, breaking all the rules while inventing a new visual abstract language; this would impact every artist who followed him, thereby making him the most influential artist of the 20^th century.  Professor Slaughter will show Picasso learning how to draw and paint like a master when he was still a teenager, only to then rebel against the accepted academic training and way of seeing which had been taught the same way for centuries.

 11:00 – 12 noon                                                                                                                              1 Session

Tuesday, July 8                                                                                                                                  Fee:  $15

ABOUT THE LECTURER

Neill Slaughter, Artist and Professor, graduated with a BFA degree in 1975 from the University of Georgia and received his MFA in 1978 from Indiana University. Professor Slaughter has taught fine arts courses at the university level as well as exhibited his drawings and paintings nationally and internationally for more than forty years. Having also lived and taught abroad as well as traveling extensively throughout the world, Slaughter in his paintings often reflects the social conditions of his surroundings. Among his awards and honors, Professor Slaughter has received a Ford Foundation Fellowship, a Scottish Arts Council Grant, an LMU Research Grant to Africa and a Fulbright Fellowship to India. In 2003 he was presented the David Newton Award for

Excellence in Teaching granted by Long Island University, and in 2008 he mounted a thirty-year retrospective, which included a full color catalogue.