Art History Lectures

Study Days

Courses

Alexandra is an art historian and a professional artist who specialises in sculpture and painting. She has a First, BA (hons) Fine Art from Chelsea School of Art and an MFA from Cambridge School of Art.

Since 2003 she has been an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society. This has enabled her to lecture throughout the UK and in Europe, Australia (three tours), and Malaysia.

Zoom lecture testimonial, 11/05/2021

Journey of the river from the source to the sea

Thank you so much for ‘coming’ to Cheltenham this evening and giving such a wonderful lecture. As you probably gathered, I was completely enthralled and you took all our members on a really fascinating journey. You introduced us, in such an engaging way, to a wonderfully wide range of artists and artistic techniques with excellent images of their works and explanations of them all. It was a very informative and most enjoyable lecture. We had around 70 devices attending the webinar and, as a number of those will be couple, that is an excellent ‘turnout’ for us.

Belinda Hyland

Chair The Arts Society, Cheltenham

Original & Dynamic

Alexandra’s 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.

Analysis from an Artist’s Perspective

Art from all periods, including examples of her own work, is examined from an artist and historian’s point of view. This entails a perceptive analysis of a painting’s structure, its meaning, and its relationship to the history of art. Alexandra puts a particular emphasis on studying the symbolic language of the imagination.

Please use the links below to read more about her lectures, study days and courses. You can also watch two recent lectures filmed in May 2019 in George Town, Malaysia here.

Alexandra Drysdale portrait - artist and art historian