Fear, Failure, and Perfection: The Quest for Creative Expression in the Lives of Cézanne, Kandinsky, and Rothko

Thursday, April 19
5:45 - 7:15 pm
$20 ($15 Jung Center members)

What are the personal consequences of the search for perfection? Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and Mark Rothko, theorists, innovators, and master painters, all dealt with emotional and intellectual turmoil in their quests for artistic perfection. By the early years of the last century, many avant-garde artists were discarding what remained of traditional western art for a new world order with its expression in a more visionary, analytical, and personal approach. The part fear and failure played in the paths of these three 20th-century artists seeking revolutionary creative, colorful expression was profound. This lecture is a discussion of the lives and works of these three master painters and the path each took in quest of a world of perfection.

Kathryn Klauber, BFA, MEd, teaches courses in art history, Prismacolor® technique, historic portraiture, and advanced visual arts workshops privately and for Rice University's Glasscock School, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, and many other institutions and venues. She studied at UCLA, The University of Texas, and the University of Houston.

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