January 24, 2001
The Image of a “Whole Republic”: Van Gogh’s Portraits from Arles
Judy Sund, Queens College, City University of New York
A discussion of Van Gogh’s practice as a portraitist during his sojourn in Arles, from one of the contributors to the catalogue of the recent exhibition Van Gogh: Face to Face.
February 7, 2001
Dead Endings
Frank Stella, artist
One of America’s foremost painters will offer his opinions on the state of museum activity and how curators are attempting to handle their new responsibilities.
March 14, 2001
Finding the Right Path: Conserving Botticelli’s “The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child”
Michael Gallagher, National Galleries of Scotland
The Keeper of Conservation at the National Galleries of Scotland, who restored Botticelli’s recently acquired masterpiece, will discuss his treatment of the painting and present new information discovered during cleaning.
April 25, 2001
Vermeer Teaching Himself
Walter Liedtke, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vermeer's teacher has never been identified. Like some other great artists, he essentially taught himself, by intently surveying the art of his time and directly observing his surroundings.
May 17, 2001
Waddesdon: A Rothschild Creation, 1874 to 2001
Philippa Glanville, Waddesdon Manor
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's passion for ancien régime France found expression in his Renaissance-style château on a hill sixty-five miles from London.Built for weekend entertaining and to display his collection of French royal furniture, Savonneries, Sèvres, and English portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds, Waddesdon has recently been restored and reinterpreted.
June 6, 2001
The Transformations of El Greco
Jonathan Brown, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
The career of El Greco, which unfolded successively in Crete, Italy, and Spain, is unique for its time. At each stage, he transformed his art by a complex process of adaptation, which is analyzed in this lecture.
June 20, 2001
“Signed all over”: Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art
Ann Sievers, Independent Scholar
The speaker will discuss the history and highlights of the drawings collection at Smith.
September 19, 2001
The Road to Armageddon: The Great War, 1914-18
Ian Kennedy, Dickinson Roundell Inc.
Focusing on the Western Front and illustrated with maps, contemporary photographs, and war paintings, this lecture examines the problem of stalemate in the trenches and how it was eventually overcome by improvements in tactics.
October 9, 2001
Early French Painting and Jean Fouquet
Henri Zerner, Harvard University
Little fifteenth-century French painting has survived, compared to art of the period from Italy or the Netherlands. Has it disappeared, or is there some other reason? The lecture will examine the relation between painting and (painted) sculpture and show how the isolated figure of Jean Fouquet inscribes himself in an interrupted French tradition.
December 12, 2001
The Art of the Timekeeper
William J. H. Andrewes, Guest Curator
The speaker will describe the history of clocks and watches from about 1500 to 1830, seen from both an artistic and a scientific point of view. Featured will be several of the masterpieces bequeathed to The Frick Collection by Winthrop Edey.
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