Modern Forms: Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock

Lunchtime Lecture Series: Drawing in Depth
This series of lunchtime talks provides in-depth explorations of pivotal moments in the history of draftsmanship with noted specialists of master drawings focusing on works in the celebrated Thaw Collection. Additional talks in the series will continue in fall 2016.

Modern Forms: Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock
Jay Clarke

Join Jay A. Clarke, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, The Clark, as she addresses the liberation of drawing in the first half of the twentieth century as the medium’s function shifted from preparatory to independent. Practitioners such as Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock embraced elements of chance, radical spatial construction, and the subconscious in their graphic production. Clarke will consider how the very practice of drawing encouraged artists to grapple with changing modern forms as they worked in line, wash, and collage.