The Arts Society South West London's Next Lecture

Gavin Plumley will talk about Gustav Klimt and Gustav Mahler

From the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav KlimtFrom the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The next lecture hosted by Arts Society South West London is entitled The Two Gustavs.

Gavin Plumley will talking about the artist Gustav Klimt and the composer Gustav Mahler.

Gustav Klimt and his colleagues broke away from the imperially endorsed art institutions in Vienna in 1897 and founded the Secession. In the same year Gustav Mahler took charge of the Opera House in the city. Comparing these two totemic fin de siècle talents, this lecture places Klimt and Mahler in context, asking what fundamentally links and, indeed, divides them.

Mr Plumley is a writer and broadcaster on BBC Radio and contributes to newspapers, magazines and opera and concert programmes worldwide. He lectures about the culture of Central Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries at a variety of venues.

This lecture will be delivered in the Dryburgh Hall at the Putney Leisure Centre at 8pm on Monday 13 December.

Non-members are welcome for a donation to the Arts Society SW London. For more information visit the society’s website.

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December 3, 2021