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Modern Times Lecture SeriesThe Rise of Austin’s Visual Art Culture through the Life and Work of Elisabet Ney
Presented by Jade Walker
Sunday, April 28 | 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Neill-Cochran House Museum
Available in person and online!
Tickets: $10 General | $5 Student | $0 Members
Get tickets at: www.nchmuseum.org/nchm-events/mt-ney
Deeply intellectual, a gender non-conformist and celebrated German artist, Elisabet Ney emigrated as a political refugee in 1871, eventually landing as a foreigner in East Texas. Formosa, her rugged, limestone Austin home and studio, (today’s Elisabet Ney Museum) was built in 1892 to accommodate her revived art practice.
From Formosa, Ney created iconic Texas figurative sculptures, while forging the young state’s intellectual underpinnings. Her salons, modeled after those she enjoyed in Berlin but held outdoors, became highly influential, a nexus for intellectual and political engagement in formative Austin. In 1911, her friends coalesced on the site to form the Texas Fine Arts Association and the Elisabet Ney Museum, saving her home, and keeping her independent and artistic spirit alive.
Elisabet Ney Museum Curator and Director Jade Walker presents this fascinating look into an artist and iconoclast whose talent and boldness helped set the stage for Austin’s outrageous arts scene.
To attend online, register and receive the Zoom meeting link by email ahead of the lecture.
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2310 San Gabriel St, Austin, TX, United States, Texas 78705
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