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Mayfair, London W1K
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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.
MARCUS GHEERAERTS THE YOUNGER & the Huguenot artists in London
The impact on British portraiture especially of Marcus Gheeraerts II and his involvement with Huguenot artists such as John de Critz the Elder, Paulus van Somer, Lucas de Heere, Guillim Scrots, and the English painters Robert Peake the Elder and George Gower will be examined. As a result of their success in London, we will also consider the resentment this caused among them.