Foreigners in London (Angelia Kauffmann)

Established in 1994, THE COURSE offers exciting and innovative lectures in the History of Art, Literature, Music and Opera.

In “Foreigners in London”, Leslie Primo will discuss why the aristocracy preferred foreign painters to native-born English ones? Why did foreigners come in the first place? What was their motivation and what was the impact of foreigners on English art and art practice? This course will trace foreign artists from the Tudors to the Neo-Classical looking at their origins and how they came to work in England.

Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807), an C18th artist in England

Finally, we emerge out of the 17th century and into the 18th and 19th centuries with the Neo-Classical artist Angelica Kauffmann. We begin by exploring the legacy of women artists before moving on to the early years and training of Kauffmann, her time on the Continent, professional relationships with notable painters, revolutionaries and philosophers. This will be followed by a look at her portrait work in London and her critics. It will end with her final years in Italy.