Imagination & Form in Great Works of Art

A MUSEUM STUDY SEMINAR

Join the Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing in New York City Thursday, October 24th through Sunday, October 27th, 2024 for a long-weekend museum study seminar: Imagination & Form in Great Works of Art, which will draw upon art historian Lionello Venturi’s book, “Painting and Painters - How to Look at a Picture, From Giotto to Chagall.” Read on for more details and instructions on how to register.

Details

Dates: October 24-27, 2024 | Location: New York City | Led By: Alan Roberts

Price: $1,275 | Maximum Enrollment: 18 students (first-come, first-served) | Deadline to Enroll: October 15, 2024

The group will go on a deep dive into the imaginations of some of the great artists represented in the museums of New York City, primarily the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum seminar includes texts by renowned artists, writers, and thinkers as the group will spend extensive time discussing together what they find while taking long looks at artworks by artists like Delacroix, Tintoretto, Titian, Guardi, El Greco, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Constable, Corot, Morisot, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Giacometti, and others to discover meaning through the form of each work of art. Join in to participate in an incomparable museum experience. Texts by Lionello Venturi, Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Flannery O’Connor, Charles Baudelaire, T.S. Eliot, and others will activate discussions and help lead us into the minds of some of the most prominent artists presented in the exquisite museums of New York.

If you would like to share this opportunity with your community, a PDF flyer is available here.

Inclusions

• Entrances to museums

• Thursday night welcome aperitif

• Three full days of instruction and guided discussion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• One group dinner

Testimonials

“I had a transformative experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the Marchutz program. Alan and Rose created such a warm and welcoming space for participants to share their thoughts and insights on works of art. It was a joy and a privilege to spend three hours talking at length about one Rembrandt with such an engaged group of people.” - Caroline Harris, New York Museum Workshop Participant, February 2023

“As always, the weekend at the museum with Marchutz was the most rejuvenating way to spend a few days. Looking at art with the Leo Marchutz School is unlike any other way of looking: slow, careful, thoughtful looking and learning and studying, comparing different pieces and relating them to a reading (provided ahead of time). It's been instrumental in both my painting practice and in the way I look at the world. I cannot recommend this enough!” - Clare Spooner, New York Museum Workshop Participant, February 2023

“It is essential to be still before nature and begin to see/experience its beauty and complexities, using the imagination to 'capture' these elements in our mind's eye. The seminar at the Met allowed us to experience how multiple artists did this through what they observed and felt, and as Pissarro said, how they rendered nature boldly. They took risks in their use of colour and form to allow light to emerge from their paintings (the light they discovered in themselves through the process).” - Barry Hart, New York Museum Workshop Participant, February 2023

Registration Instructions

Please complete the registration form below to enroll in the program. Please note your enrollment is not considered final until you have paid for the program in full.

About the Artist-Educator

Alan Roberts is an artist whose studio has been located at the renowned Châteaunoir, situated on the Route de Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence, since 1977. Having studied under Leo Marchutz, Alan began teaching art history in 1982 and became Dean of the Marchutz School of Fine Arts in 1990 where he also taught drawing, painting, and aesthetics until 2020. Alan’s international exhibition record includes the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence as well as galleries in the U.S. and France. He has exhibited with such artists as Romare Bearden, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Wolfe Kahn, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, and Paul Cézanne. He has also collaborated on several important books concerning the art of Leo Marchutz and his students. Alan has a BS in Psychology from the University of South Carolina and an MFA from The Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is fluent in French and English.

The Leo Marchutz School does not discriminate in any way on the basis of race, color, age, background, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, religion, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or national or ethnic origin, and admits students/participants of any race, color, age, background, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, religion, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or national or ethnic origin.

Refund Policy

• If a participant cancels before October 1, 2024, they will be refunded the full program fee.

• If a participant cancels between October 1 and October 15, 2024 (inclusive), they will be refunded any recoverable fees, less a $500 administrative fee.

• If a participant cancels after October 15, 2024, no refund will be given.

Questions?

Please reach out to us at info@leomarchutzschool.org with any questions regarding this program. We look forward to hearing from you!