Out of the Blue: the story of blue in art. Two thousand years of artistic and alchemical invention.

The story of blue takes us from the lapis lazuli mines in Afghanistan to the studios of Titian, Vermeer, Hokusai, Picasso, and the Blue Rider artists in Munich. 

As a professional artist myself, I pay special attention to the language of art within each painting: its composition, colour and tone. 

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Alexandra Drysdale is an art historian and an artist. For twenty years she was a lecturer for The Arts Society. This enabled her to lecture throughout the UK and in Europe, Australia (three tours), and Malaysia. Her lectures combine art historical knowledge with personal expertise in aesthetics and artistic techniques. It is this combination  that makes her lectures so original and dynamic