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Impressionist Paris - Taster Lecture
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Thinking about an online course? Join V&A Academy Course Director Dr Kathy McLauchlan for a free hour long online lecture with live Q&A to explore how Impressionists captured the world around them.
In the 1870s Paris was the capital of western art. Artists travelled there from across Europe and America to study, exhibit and sell. And the city itself, transformed under Napoleon III into a modern metropolis, inspired many artists of the period. These included the group we know as the Impressionists, who saw Paris - with its grand boulevards and vibrant nightlife - as the starting point for a revolutionary new approach to painting.
If you like this taster lecture you might like Kathy McLauchlan's upcoming 5 week long online course Paris: Impressionism to Avant-Garde. If you are brand new to our art history courses you might like to start with our 10 weeklong Introduction to Art Historyonline course led by Dr Jacqueline Cockburn
This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History.
You will receive a link to join the live lecture 2 hours before the event, as well as a link to the recording afterwards, so that you can enjoy watching the lecture on demand for a limited time. We will send the joining link to the main booker only, please forward the joining link should you have booked more than one ticket.
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In the 1870s Paris was the capital of western art. Artists travelled there from across Europe and America to study, exhibit and sell. And the city itself, transformed under Napoleon III into a modern metropolis, inspired many artists of the period. These included the group we know as the Impressionists, who saw Paris - with its grand boulevards and vibrant nightlife - as the starting point for a revolutionary new approach to painting.
If you like this taster lecture you might like Kathy McLauchlan's upcoming 5 week long online course Paris: Impressionism to Avant-Garde. If you are brand new to our art history courses you might like to start with our 10 weeklong Introduction to Art Historyonline course led by Dr Jacqueline Cockburn
This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History.
You will receive a link to join the live lecture 2 hours before the event, as well as a link to the recording afterwards, so that you can enjoy watching the lecture on demand for a limited time. We will send the joining link to the main booker only, please forward the joining link should you have booked more than one ticket.
This event is now fully booked.
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Dr Kathy McLauchlan
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, graduated at Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute. In 2001 she completed a PhD thesis on French painters in Rome during the 19th century. A lecturer specialising in 19th-century art history, she is currently a course director at the Victoria & Albert Museum and lecturer with the Arts Society, Morley College and Oxford.
Stimulating, fascinating and thought-provoking. I learned a lot and am looking forward to watching the lecture recordings while still available. The online format works brilliantly for me. Previous V&A Academy Online Course Attendee
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Online course: Impressionist Paris - Taster Lecture
15 September 2025
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