The Beck Lectures: Nature and the Living Room
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Nature and the Living Room
Sunday, April 4, 2027, at 2:00 pm
University of Victoria, Clearihue A207
Anna Jóhannsdóttir, visual artist, art historian, and a specialist at the National Gallery of Iceland
The genre of landscape painting emerged as a response to great changes in Icelandic society during the 20th century. With the shift towards modernization, nature found its way into a new urban space – the Iiving room – where landscape paintings became symbols of national pride, functioning as windows to the world of nature. Anna Jóhannsdóttir’s discussion will focus on the interpretation of nature in such paintings in Icelandic art history, with a side view to Canadian painters, especially the works of Emily Carr.
Anna Jóhannsdóttir holds an MA degree in fine arts from EnsAD in Paris and an MA in art history and theory from the University of Iceland. She currently works as a specialist at the National Gallery of Iceland. She has also worked independently as a visual artist, curator, art critic, and teacher of art history and theory. Her main field of research is Icelandic art history, with an emphasis on landscape and nature-related art, and modern art.
The Richard and Margaret Beck Lectures on Icelandic Literature:
The Beck Lecture series at the University of Victoria focuses on various aspects of Icelandic literature and culture. Richard and Margaret Beck made provision in their wills for a special fund to be established at the University of Victoria to provide public lectures on Icelandic language and literature. Richard passed away on July 23, 1980, and Margaret on December 10, 1985. The first Richard and Margaret Beck Lecture on Icelandic Literature took place on February 14, 1988. Since then, the University of Victoria has hosted over 80 lectures on a wide range of topics.
Learn more: https://becklectures.uvic.ca/
Sunday, April 4, 2027, at 2:00 pm
University of Victoria, Clearihue A207
Anna Jóhannsdóttir, visual artist, art historian, and a specialist at the National Gallery of Iceland
The genre of landscape painting emerged as a response to great changes in Icelandic society during the 20th century. With the shift towards modernization, nature found its way into a new urban space – the Iiving room – where landscape paintings became symbols of national pride, functioning as windows to the world of nature. Anna Jóhannsdóttir’s discussion will focus on the interpretation of nature in such paintings in Icelandic art history, with a side view to Canadian painters, especially the works of Emily Carr.
Anna Jóhannsdóttir holds an MA degree in fine arts from EnsAD in Paris and an MA in art history and theory from the University of Iceland. She currently works as a specialist at the National Gallery of Iceland. She has also worked independently as a visual artist, curator, art critic, and teacher of art history and theory. Her main field of research is Icelandic art history, with an emphasis on landscape and nature-related art, and modern art.
The Richard and Margaret Beck Lectures on Icelandic Literature:
The Beck Lecture series at the University of Victoria focuses on various aspects of Icelandic literature and culture. Richard and Margaret Beck made provision in their wills for a special fund to be established at the University of Victoria to provide public lectures on Icelandic language and literature. Richard passed away on July 23, 1980, and Margaret on December 10, 1985. The first Richard and Margaret Beck Lecture on Icelandic Literature took place on February 14, 1988. Since then, the University of Victoria has hosted over 80 lectures on a wide range of topics.
Learn more: https://becklectures.uvic.ca/
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Clearihue A207, 3800 Finnerty Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8P 5C2
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Host or PublisherUVic School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
