Mondays October 12 - November 16, 2026

1-3 pm

Coral Room @ Elks Lodge, Pasadena

Lecturer: Annalee Andres

Cost: $180

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In this six-week session, Annalee Andres explores the motif of the garden in modern art. We begin with an overview of the history of the garden, and then land in  nineteenth-century France, examining the garden as a refuge in an increasingly industrialized world. The course considers the work of Claude Monet tracing how the garden became central to his developing Impressionist style. As his art evolved, so did his understanding of the garden, leading us to study Monet’s home at Giverny and his celebrated water garden.  We then follow this influence through later generations, looking at the role of the garden in the work of twentieth-century artists such as American Impressionists including Guy Rose as well as Pierre Bonnard,  Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, and others.  We will also turn to our attention to gardens through the lens of contemporary art spaces—including the Getty Center in Los Angeles, Glenstone in Maryland, and Calder Gardens in Philadelphia—to consider how the garden continues to shape artistic vision today.

And finally, we look at the evolution of the garden here in California to consider our own embrace of indoor outdoor living. ​​

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If this is your first class with Art in Context please send me an email so I can send you a receipt,  course updates, and a syllabus  annaleeandres@gmail.com  Thank you!

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