Angelica Kauffman
Thursday 21st March 24
with Dr Michael Paraskos
£20 including a glass of wine
7.00 – 8.30pm
Angelica Kauffman is one of the more well-known women artists from the period of the “Old Masters”, but her life and work are extraordinary, and anything but old and fusty! Born in Switzerland in 1741, Kauffman was celebrated by artists and art academies across Europe before settling in Britain in 1766. Here she was equally feted, becoming one of the founding artists of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, but also provoking the jealousy of some of her male colleagues.
Join the art historian Dr Michael Paraskos, of Imperial College London, to discover more about this fascinating and talented artist, in a talk organised to coincide with the exhibition of Angelica Kauffman’s work at the Royal Academy in London.
Michael Paraskos first studied art history at Leeds University, before gaining his doctorate at the University of Nottingham in 2005. He is the author of many books and articles on art and literature, has reviewed exhibitions on radio and television and is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College London and Visiting Professor in Art History at York St John University.