James Amberley on the spirit of the artist and more

Chicago area painter, James Amberley, talks about the works of Claude Lorraine, Claude Monet, Paul Klee and Willem de Kooning. Listen in as he draws parallels through art history and these figures, via the subject of abstraction, the landscape and back again. Also in the talk is insightful commentary on the artist's spirit found throughout these themes. Listen below.

 Claude Lorraine

View of Delphi with a Procession, 1673 oil on canvas, 101.5 x 127 cm/40 x 50 inches

Art Institute of Chicago

 Claude Monet 

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1867 oil on canvas, 81.5 x 100.7cm/32 x 40 inches

Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Klee 

In the Style of Kairouan, Transferred to the Moderate, 1914 Watercolour 12.3 x 19.5 cm/5 x 8 inches

Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum, Berne

 Willem de Kooning 

Park Rosenberg, 1957 oil on canvas, 207.3 x 182.6 cm/82 x 70 inches

Private collection

James Amberley

Audio talk:

Two works by Amberley:

James Amberley

Jardin Verre, 2014 oil on paper, 20.8 x 20.8/8 x 8 inches

James Amberley

Untitled, 2013 oil on paper, 54.5 x 55.2 cm/21 x 21 inches

Other artists etc. mentioned in the talk:

Aldous Huxley
John R. Martin

Marcel Duchamp

Wassily Kandinsky

Kazimir Malevich
Robert Delaunay
George Inness
Turner
 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

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