Gallery Talk / The Japanese Roots of French Impressionism

Developed in France, Impressionism nurtured many of the same motives and techniques used by French Realists and the Barbizon School of landscape painters. However, perhaps the most significant source of inspiration for Impressionist artists like Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Mary Cassatt were woodblock prints and decorative arts from Japan. Join Kevin R. E. Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art, and Marlise Brown, Associate Curator of European and American Art, for a gallery talk on the Japanese Pavillion at Paris’s Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) of 1867 and the lasting impact that Japanese art had on the Impressionist movement. Registration required: amam.oberlin.edu/gt-oct. For all events, visit our website: https://amam.oberlin.edu/exhibitions-events/events.

This talk will be given on October 11 as well. Please only register for one date.

This talk will be held in a wheelchair- and rolling walker-accessible building. Restrooms are gender-specific and wheelchair-accessible. The work of art is located in a main floor gallery. Gallery seating is limited and stools are available by the back entrance. Listening devices and ASL are currently not scheduled for this event, nor will it be recorded. Please email access questions to Jill Greenwood, amdyZWVud28gfCBvYmVybGluICEgZWR1.

You may also like the following events from Allen Memorial Art Museum:

• Next Wednesday, 20th August, 06:00 pm, Art and Disability: Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Special Event in Cleveland
• Next month, 11th September, 05:30 pm, Allen After Hours / Art PARTY! in Oberlin
• Next month, 13th September, 10:00 am, Art Fair in the Square in Oberlin

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