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Looking at Mondrian

April 4, 6, 13, and 14, 2023
Join John Walsh for a four-part lecture series that explores the artistic development of Piet Mondrian, the 20th-century Dutch pioneer of abstract painting.

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Pablo Picasso's painting 'First Step' showing a mother and child.

Pablo Picasso at Yale

March 5–26, 2021
In this virtual series, John Walsh reviewed the work of the revolutionary and prolific artist Pablo Picasso, with particular attention paid to works in the Gallery’s collection.

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Vincent van Gogh’s Turning Points

April 5, 12, 18, and 26, 2019
In this lecture series, John Walsh examined how van Gogh’s interests and abilities developed during his short but brilliant 10-year career.

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A man sits on a bench, with his hands clasped around his knee, looking at a large landscape painting hung on a maroon colored wall

American Views, Viewpoints, and Manipulations

October 27–December 7, 2017
In each of the six lectures in this series, John Walsh selected an American painting in the Gallery’s collection and examined the similarities and differences between depiction and reality.

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The Dutch Abroad and What They Brought Back

March 31–May 5, 2017
John Walsh and other scholars presented six lectures that explored aspects of cultural exchange that were made possible by worldwide Dutch commerce.

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A man stands alongside a painting of a seated elderly woman wearing a white headpiece and black top. The standing man gestures to the painting while students listen intently, seated on stools nearby

Rembrandt Today

October 28–December 8, 2016
John Walsh presented a series of six lectures that provided an overview of the career of Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn.

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Views on Dutch Painting of the Golden Age

September 25, 2015–March 11, 2016
John Walsh and other scholars presented a series of lectures that offer views on Dutch art of the Golden Age.

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A man stands alongside a painting of people sitting in an interior space. The man gestures as though talking to someone who is not in view of the camera

A History of Dutch Painting in Six Pictures

January 23–February 27, 2015
John Walsh offered a series of six lectures that explored the art of the Dutch Republic during its extraordinary flowering in the 17th century.

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A man stands with his back to a painting of a scene that includes a man who has fallen off his horse, both of which are looking up at an angel in the sky. The man in the foreground gestures and appears to be talking to someone who is not in view of the camera

Let This Be a Lesson

September 13–December 13, 2013
In this semester-long lecture series, John Walsh took a close look at 11 important paintings from Yale’s art museums that represent scenes from history, myth, scripture, or literature.

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