Lectures

Thomas often delivers lectures and talks to various art and other societies on diverse themes regarding the history of art and architecture. These lectures range from exploring the European medieval to the contemporary art and architecture of today’s Germany and Europe.
Below is a sample of the various themes and topics which your group, school or university may wish to consider in joining Tom either live and in person in Europe or per Zoom. Thomas will as well happily tailor design a lecture to meet the wishes and needs of your group.

German Art and Architecture History:

Gothic in Germany: 1200-1500. Strassburg, Lübeck, Prague and Cologne.
Tilmann Riemenschneider – the great Limewood Sculptor of Germany 1500
The Glories of the German Baroque: Art, Architecture, Society and History. 1648-1789.
Caspar David Friedrich and the German Romantic
German Art between the Wars: 1919-1933. Explore the meaning of and relevance of German Art in the time of the extremely creative Weimar Republic.
The Bauhaus: 1919 to 1933. A Design for Life. Either as a one hour lecture or a study day.
Celebrating Mies van der Rohe: The New National Gallery Berlin (1968) and the National Collection of Art.
Collection Berggruen: History and Highlights. Explore this fascinating Berlin collection and museum specialising in Picasso, Matisse, Klee and others of the French and German Modern
German Contemporary Art: The Relevance of Memory.
Berlin: 1989 and Beyond. Architecture and Memory.
Women Artists of the German Modern: Paula Modersohn Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münther and their Friends.
The Vienna Modern, Vienna 1900: From Otto Wagner to Gustav Klimt and Beyond.
A network of the Modern: Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles Mackintosh. Inspiration and Rivalry.

The Great Collections of Europe:

Great Collections of Berlin, Germany
Great Collections of Dresden, Germany
Great Collections of Munich, Germany
Great Collections of Paris, France.
Great Collections of Switzerland
Great Collections of Venice, Italy

French Art and Art History:

Paris 1900: Impressionism and Beyond

Poland:

The Teutonic Knights in Poland: 1232-1525. The Art and Architecture of a Knightly Nation-State.

Palaces and Gardens:

Fit for a King: The Palaces and Gardens of the Prussian Kings in POTSDAM and BERLIN from the Rococo Sans Souci to the modern of Cecilienhof.
The Fairy Tale Palaces and Gardens of the Bavarian King Ludwig the Second: 1864-1886.