Degas: Revolutionary Conservative – GI 21 006 (Face to Face)
22 June 2021 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm BST
Tutor: Ronnie Ireland D.A. (Drawing and Painting; Glasgow School of Art) B.A. (Hons) Open University
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Edgar Degas was undoubtedly one of the great artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A central member at this time of artistic and social revolution, he continually pushed boundaries to the end of his life, despite being brought up and trained in a very conservative way. A solitary and often contentious man, we look at his work, but also at his attitudes that bring us up against some very contemporary issues regarding how you view the work of an artist whose opinions you find distasteful.
This is a repeat course.
Please note: Due to social distancing measures, face to face classes currently have a capacity of 12 students. We will endeavor to review this number in line with the lifting of Government restrictions.
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Edgar Degas, Dans Un Café, 1875-76, oil on canvas © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski
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About the Speaker
Ronnie Ireland
Ronnie’s life has always revolved around art and music. He has drawn and painted all his life and made music (mainly singing; from opera through to rock and jazz) during much of it.
He was born and educated in Glasgow, then moved to Edinburgh where he taught art and ran a company, organising and playing music. Ronnie moved to the south of England in 2011, realising he needed a fresh start and new challenges in a new place.
The regular art classes which Ronnie now runs are very important to him. They aim to encourage artists to develop their own ideas and voice, and he finds it exciting and gratifying working with the artists as they progress. He feels it is the most difficult, but also the most rewarding part of art. Ronnie also gives regular talks, demonstrations and workshops on many aspects of art and creativity to art societies, educational institutions and the corporate world.
His own art centres around the idea of identity and how it manifests in many different ways from the theatrical to the everyday.
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