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The Arts Society , Nerja
The Arts Society Nerja has the pleasure to invite you to a lecture on the iconic Spanish knight Don Quixote , “ How Don Quixote conquered the Art World ”. The lecture will be on Tuesday , 5 April ( this is the first Tuesday of the month ) at 18.00 live at the Centro Cultural , Calle Granada , Nerja , or on zoom to your living room .
Following in the footsteps of the world ’ s most famous dreamer and knight-errant , this lecture traces his parallel life in the visual arts , where he was variously ridiculed , pitied and revered .
Strathclyde Universities , and then went on to become a full-time figurative artist , executing large-scale public commissions , and exhibiting widely throughout the UK . He now lives and works in Chichester , West Sussex .
Guests welcome ; € 10 . For more info : www . theartssocietynerja . com
Richard Whincop
The journey will take in the sumptuous tapestry designs of French Academy director Charles Coypel , and their parodies of classical masterpieces . It will examine how Don Quixote helped to fuel a new school of English painting in the work of Hogarth and his circle ; and how he became a hero to Daumier and Doré in the Romantic era .
The final episode will show Cervantes ’ fantasist hero inspiring the imagery of Picasso ‘ s Guernica – and shaping the “ Quixotic ” character of the archetypal modern artist .
About Richard Whincop Richard is a professional artist who graduated in English and Art History from York University in 1986 . From 1988-1994 he lectured at the adult education departments of Glasgow and
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