The fall session will start with a look at the Art Nouveau movement and Art Nouveau painterAlphonse Mucha. The Golden Age of Illustration is a term applied to a time (1880's-1920's) of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustrations (made possible by advances in printing presses and techniques) by artists in Europe and America. We will start with the wonderfully creative and skillful illustrations and paintings of Heinrich Kley (who influenced Walt Disney) and move on to British artist Walter Crane, considered the most influential illustrator of his generation, Danish artist Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rackham and his wonderful pen/ink/watercolor fairytale illustrations, pen and ink brilliant bad boy Aubrey Beardsley, Edmund Dulac, the wonderful early 20th century Neo-classical American Painter/Illustrator Maxfield Parrish, American illustrators Jessie Wilcox Smith, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, the Irish illustrator and stained glass artist Harry Clarke, Victorian artist Kate Greenaway, and others. The class will view images, YouTube documentaries, and DVD presentations.

Location: Live Online via Zoom 

No class: 11/5