Following are topics on which I am available to lecture.
The idea of portraiture is always one of "likeness" and also a contemporary art form. By contemporary I mean the fashions of the period (i.e., clothing, hairstyles, etc.) are reflected by the sitters and the culture they represent.
Ida Kotyuk will narrate a slide presentation entitled "The Heartbeat of Art--Portraits" discussing the history of portraiture and our changing view of ourselves in both American and European art.
The ancients who mapped our astonishing world had no idea of the significant contribution they made to our landscape artists today. From the early maps of shorelines and landmarks in new worlds, landscape art has evolved into today's highly personalized views of nature.
Ida Kotyuk will narrate a one hour slide presentation discussing the origins of American landscape painting and how it has come to dominate American art.
Watercolor, the earliest form of painting, starts in 40,000 BC in the recesses of caves. Ida Kotyuk will discuss how watercolor painting has moved off the walls of caves, onto paper and into our lives today. Her slide lecture will show how China had the greatest influence on watercolor painting, then Europe and finally the United States where watercolor painting is the most popular medium.
Vincent van Gogh spent nearly two years in Arles (Provence), France, during which time he painted his best works. The higher Vincent's artistic brilliance climbed in Arles, so too did his physical and particularly his mental state deteriorate for the worse.
Van Goth began his stay in Arles full of hope and anticipation for the future. By way of his landscapes we will visit Vincent and his emotional spiral during this period just prior to his hospitalization and death. He was called a “madman” by many (including himself), and by comparing slides of what the Arles community saw and what Vincent painted we will see the divide between the community's reality and Vincent’s reality.
Portraiture was a
popular form of art and a way to earn a living in the early Colonial days
because Americans were deeply suspicious of religious art. Portrait painting in
Colonial times became a popular art form.
Ida Kotyuk will narrate a slide presentation entitled "The Legacy of Colonial American Limner Portrait Painters" discussing the obstacles and hardships our early artists endured as well as their methods and influences.
To request for me to speak to your group in your area, write or e-mail to:
Ida Kotyuk Portrait Painter
P.O. Box 6627
Villa Park, Illinois 60181
Ida@Portraits-Oils.com