Art History Courses

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Introduction to Catherine Wallace’s online Art History Courses

These online art history courses are available to buy.

The Newlyn School Artists (1880-1930)

Newlyn Artists - Cornish Art History Course

An online Art History Course of eight one hour lectures. Artists studied include: Henry Scott Tuke

This art history course consists of 8 x 1 hour lectures.

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Newlyn & Lamorna Artists (1900-1955)

Newlyn and Lamorna Artists - Cornish Art History

This course continues the history of Newlyn art with the Forbes School of Painting which ran from 1899-1939. 

This art history course consists of 8 x 1 hour lectures.

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The Art of War – Artists of the 1st and 2nd World Wars

The Art of War - Online Art History Course

In this course, we look at different aspects of art created by British artists during the First and Second World Wars. 

This art history course consists of 6 x 1 hour lectures.

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Cornish Modern and Contemporary Art 

Cornish Modern and Contemporary Art

Looking at recent art history of Cornwall

This art history course consists of 7 x 1 hour lectures.

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The Coast of Cornwall in Art from Turner to the Present Day

The Coast of Cornwall in Art from Turner to the Present Day

On this course we take a topographical tour of Cornwall around its coast through time via art and photography. The course includes artists who depicted or lived in different geographical areas of Cornwall including The Lizard, Falmouth, the Roseland Peninsula, Newlyn, Mousehole, Lamorna and St. Ives.

This course is made up of 7 x 2 hour lectures

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The First Art Colony in St. Ives (1890-1949)

St Ives First Art Colony - Art History Course

In this course we will look at the first colony of artists who came to St. Ives in the late 19th century. It was an international melting pot with painters coming from as far as America, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden to capture the ever changing light.

This course consists of 7 x 2 hour lectures.

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The Art and Life of Henry Scott Tuke RA (1858-1929)

Art History Online Course: Henry Scott Tuke

On this course we look at one of Falmouth’s most famous painters, Henry Scott Tuke. He was at the forefront of British figurative painting of the late Victorian and early Edwardian era. He specialised in maritime paintings, figure compositions – clothed and nude as well as portraiture.

This course is made up of 7 x 1 hour lectures

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The History of Crafts in Cornwall (1880s – Present Day)

In this course we look at the history of crafts in Cornwall from the 19th Century to the present day.
Each lecture will be covering work made in a different medium and will include ceramics, metal work, textiles, wood and glass. Printmaking and automata will also be included.

This course consist of 7 x 2 hour lectures

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