Modern Times Lecture Series | The Rise of Austin’s Visual Art Culture through the Life and Work of Elisabet Ney

Modern Times Lecture Series
The Rise of Austin’s Visual Art Culture through the Life and Work of Elisabet Ney
Presented by Jade Walker

Sunday, April 28th | 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Neill-Cochran House Museum
Available in person and online

Tickets: $10 General | $5 Student | $0 NCHM Member
Purchase tickets at https://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.

To attend online, register and receive the Zoom meeting link by email ahead of the lecture.