Event—Adult Education

Creative Partners: Artist Couples in the Modern Era

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Learn about the creative collaboration of some of the art world's power couples.

Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, photographed by Wilfrid Meynell Zogbaum, 1949. Source: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Digital ID: 3878.

Class Description

Explore joint creative expression by considering seven artist couples from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s. Along with O’Keeffe & Stieglitz and Kahlo & Rivera, we investigate the works of the Delaunays, the Eameses, and Krasner & Pollock, among others. Focusing each week on a different pair, we will delve into the complexities of creative enterprise.

Margaret Farr is an independent art historian with a PhD in art history, specializing in art from 1800 to the present. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Materials List

Required

  • Digital Course Packet

First Reading

  • For the first class, please read Anne Higonnet, “Myths of Creation: Camille Claudel & Auguste Rodin,” pp. 15-30.

Cost and Registration

7 sessions, $289 ($260 for Newberry members, seniors, and students). Learn about becoming a member.

To register multiple people for this class, please go through the course calendar in Learning Stream, our registration platform. When you select the course and register, you’ll be prompted to add another registrant.

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