Famous Freemason Artists: From Mozart to Gershwin, from Chagall to Mucha, from Kipling to Lorca, from Duke Ellington to Irving Berlin

  • Monday 13 April 2025 at 16:30

  • Venue: Salon Varietés Theatre, Fuengirola

  • Lecturer: Helen Sijsling

  • Members: No charge (included in Membership Fees)
    Non-Members: 10 Euros Pay at Door
    Members of other ‘The Arts Society‘: 8 Euros Pay at Door

  • Our Patron: A Generous Anonymous Member

A fascinating subject that is enveloped in a secretive mist.

  • Why were so many writers, painters, architects, composers, musicians attracted to the ideas of Freemasonry?
  • What was in it for them?
  • Can we recognise freemason ideals and symbols in their work?

We will have a look at the history of Freemasonry and find out the answer to these questions looking at the works of famous painters, sculptors, architects, musicians and writers

About the Lecturer

Helen Sijsling has been living in Spain for 20 years. Having read English Literature at Leyden University and Oxford University she worked as a teacher of English. After having attained an MA in Educational Management at the University of Amsterdam she worked in The Netherlands and the Caribbean as educational consultant for secondary schools, training managers in change management and teachers in new and effective ways to teach.
Now there is time to thoroughly enjoy other interests expressed in an earlier degree in History of Art (Leyden University) and she regularly gives lectures on History, Literature and Art subjects for The Arts Societies and other societies on the coast.