Thyssen and Visitflanders organize the second part of their first course dedicated to Flemish painters

The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, with the collaboration of Visitflanders, organize ‘In Situ / Ex Situ II’, the second part of the first course dedicated to the main Flemish painters and their works.

While the first edition focused on the study of artists who worked in Flanders during the 15th and 17th centuries, this time the program – which will take place from April 23 to June 20, in online and in-person formats – focuses on the evolution of Flemish painting from the end of the 19th century to the present.

Thus, it is divided into five sessions and allows participants to study in depth the life and work of artists such as Rysselberghe, Ensor, Delvaux or Magritte, as well as other creators of the 21st century.

The course analyzes the survival and the different reinterpretations of issues such as the gaze, materiality or the relationship with the environment, offering new keys to understanding flamenco art in the contemporary context.

The first session, titled ‘Rysselberghe the neo-impressionist painter’, will take place on Thursday, April 23 and Saturday, April 25. In it, professor Almudena Rodríguez Guridi, a graduate in Geography and History from the UCM, delves into the works of one of the founders of the artistic society Les Vingt, dedicated to the promotion of modern art.

It continues on May 7 and 10 with ‘James Ensor, the man behind the mask’, which is taught by Teresa de la Vega Menocal, a graduate in Art History from the UCM. It will be dedicated to this multifaceted Belgian painter, whose work develops a visual language, marked by a taste for the grotesque and masks.

On Thursday, June 4 and Saturday, June 6, the third session titled ‘Felix de Boeck, Victor Servranckx and Cubism in Flanders’ will take place with professor María José Mateos Fernández. The fourth session, ‘René Magritte, Paul Delvaux and surrealism’, will take place on Thursday, June 11 and Saturday, June 13 with María Corral Aznar, a graduate in Art History from the UAM.

The cycle closes on Thursday June 18 and Saturday June 20 with ‘Art in Flanders. XXI, a vibrant artistic scene’, taught by María Cunillera, doctor in Art History from the UCM.