Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2025
Eighteenth Century Portraits of Women by Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds Eighteenth century artists Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds brought a classically informed style of elegance and fashion to their masterful portraits of the women of Georgian society. During an age of wealth and opulence as Britain rose to world economic dominance, both artists defined the standard for beauty in their paintings of the royal court, stars of the London stage, and the ladies of leisure in their English country estates. BOB POTTER is a graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. He spent his early career as an art director and creative director for leading media companies including Scholastic Magazines, Time Warner, and National Geographic. Over the past decade, he helped create an arts therapy program for Save The Children, was a corporate development officer for the
National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and oversaw marketing and communications for the Mystic Seaport Museum. Most recently, he launched a professional development program for art students at the Lyme Academy, and is a docent at the Yale Center For British Art. Wednesday, April 2 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 13205 • $30
Pop Goes the Portrait The 1960s marked a radical turning point among American artists when they replaced abstract expressionism, that had dominated modern art after World War II, with a new way of painting and seeing the human face. Artists such as Andy Warhol celebrated pop culture, consumerism, and celebrity. Chuck Close re-imagined the traditional portrait in a bold new style of painting color to create a new realism. Photographer Cindy Sherman transformed herself into multiple personalities that both mirrored and commented on modern society, particularly the changing roles of women. As each artist re-defined the art of the portrait in bold new ways, they had a profound influence on modern art. BOB POTTER (see bio for “Eighteenth Century Portraits of Women”). Wednesday, April 9 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 13206 • $30
Claes Oldenburg, Larry Rivers and George Segal, Modern Masters of Sculpture and Painting
Pop art transformed modern art in the 1960s and beyond, infusing social commentary, popular culture, and political statement in a variety of art forms. Claes Oldenberg created monumental sculptures celebrating everyday objects. Larry Rivers fused pop art with narrative imagery. George Segal’s life-size plaster cast figures depicted modern men and women isolated in the urban landscape. Through images and biographical background on the artists, explore this artistic movement in historical context. BOB POTTER (see bio for “Eighteenth Century Portraits of Women”). Wednesday, May 7 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 13207 • $30
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