500. ART HISTORY’S GREATEST LANDSCAPES

Chris Parrott

Although landscape has often been considered to be a lesser genre of painting, many of history’s greatest artists have made it their primary focus. From the serene English countrysides of John Constable to the dazzling coloristic poetry of Claude Monet, artists have used landscape as a basis for a wide variety of painterly experiments and expressions of feeling. This two-day lecture will explore a series of art history’s greatest landscapes, from a wide-ranging group of artists such as Constable, Turner, Corot, Pissaro, Monet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, O’Keefe, Hopper, and others.

10:30-12:30 p.m.                                                                                                    2 Sessions

Wednesdays, October 8 and October 15                                                              Fee:  $80

ABOUT THE LECTURER

Christopher Parrott is a Contemporary Realist painter whose work has been exhibited and collected internationally for over two decades, and featured in art publications such as Art Forum, Art Papers and New American Paintings. Educated at Pratt Institute, he followed that degree with a post-college tenure at the Barnstone Studios, studying Classical design systems and Art History. Among numerous other locations, he has recently been featured in a gallery exhibition entitled Modern Masters in New York City, and another entitled Wangsim Selects: Hong Kong Showroom, 3rd Edition, where he has exhibited with such well-known artists as Julian Schnabel and Andy Warhol. He has regularly participated in Basel art fairs in both Miami and Switzerland.