February 4 - March 11, 2026

1-3 pm

Bower's Museum, Kershaw Auditorium

Lecturer: Annalee Andres

Cost: $210

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In this six-week session, Annalee Andres explores the motif of the garden in modern art. We begin 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.  We then follow this influence through later generations, looking at the role of the garden in the work of twentieth-century artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Joan Mitchell, Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, David Hockney, Roni Horn, and others. Finally, we turn to contemporary art spaces—including the Getty Center in Los Angeles, Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland, and Calder Gardens in Philadelphia—to consider how the garden continues to shape artistic vision today.

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