Mainstream Modern Art: Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism
Course | Registration opens 3/9/2026 7:00 AM PST
The foundation of Modern Art lies in the work of the late nineteenth century
Impressionist and Post Impressionist painters. This course will trace the
development of Modern Art from the paintings of Edouard Manet and those of
Claude Monet and the French Impressionists in the 1870’s to the American
Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko in
the 1950’s.
Wood Lockhart
Wood Lockhart, PhD, studied architecture at Yale University and received his doctorate in the History of Art and Architecture from Northwestern University. He is the former Chair of the Art History Department at Dominican University and has been teaching at the university since 1975. Wood is also a retired United Airlines Captain and, over a thirty six year flying career, has visited and photographed virtually all of the architecture which will be discussed in the course.