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Modern Times Lecture Series | Pompeo Coppini: Italian Classicism Reaches the Lone Star State

History Sculpture Lecture

What’s Happening?

This lecture by historian Karen Pope, Ph.D. will be an illustrated consideration of the life and times of Pompeo Coppini, the celebrated classicist who came to Texas in 1901 and completed monumental scale sculpture projects for campuses and important public places through the 1930s.

Tickets: $10 General | $5 Student | $0 Member
Available in person and online. Register now for the Zoom link to watch the talk online.

Learn more and get tickets at: https://www.nchmuseum.org/nchm-events/mt-coppini 

About the Speaker

Karen Pope, Ph.D. in the History of Art (University of Texas, 1981), is a specialist in the modern art of Europe and America. She retired in May 2015 from a full-time position on the Baylor University faculty, teaching art history courses in 19th-century European and American Art, the priority of the Allbritton Art Institute.

In addition to three decades of academic teaching, docent training, and informal lecture series, Dr. Pope has offered since 1995 by popular demand lecture programs, art museum daytrips, and art history-rich study tours in the US and Europe through Art inSight: Adventures in Art History. Her goal is to expand her companions’ understanding of art history, regardless of their backgrounds. Karen lives in Austin, where she is involved in the operations of the historic Neill-Cochran House Museum.

This lecture by historian Karen Pope, Ph.D. will be an illustrated consideration of the life and times of Pompeo Coppini, the celebrated classicist who came to Texas in 1901 and completed monumental scale sculpture projects for campuses and important public places through the 1930s.

Tickets: $10 General | $5 Student | $0 Member
Available in person and online. Register now for the Zoom link to watch the talk online.

Learn more and get tickets at: https://www.nchmuseum.org/nchm-events/mt-coppini 

About the Speaker

Karen Pope, Ph.D. in the History of Art (University of Texas, 1981), is a specialist in the modern art of Europe and America. She retired in May 2015 from a full-time position on the Baylor University faculty, teaching art history courses in 19th-century European and American Art, the priority of the Allbritton Art Institute.

In addition to three decades of academic teaching, docent training, and informal lecture series, Dr. Pope has offered since 1995 by popular demand lecture programs, art museum daytrips, and art history-rich study tours in the US and Europe through Art inSight: Adventures in Art History. Her goal is to expand her companions’ understanding of art history, regardless of their backgrounds. Karen lives in Austin, where she is involved in the operations of the historic Neill-Cochran House Museum.

Special Instructions
Available in person and online - Sign up now for the Zoom link.
More about Neill-Cochran House Museum
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is located in the heart of Austin, TX, just a few minutes walk from the UT-Austin campus. We steward the city's 10th oldest historic site (1856), including Austin's only intact slave quarters. We share our site, Austin, and Texas history from the city's birth in 1839 up to 1930 through historically furnished spaces as well as numerous rotating art and history exhibitions. The Neill-Cochran House Museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM. For more information, please contact the museum office at 512.478.2335 or info@nchmuseum.org.
When & Where
Feb 23, 2025, 2:30pm to 4:00pm Timezone: CST
$10.00


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