Understanding Impressionism: The Art of Claude Monet
An art historian by training, Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan is currently Assistant Curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, New York. She holds a BA from Harvard, three master’s Degrees, and a PhD from Columbia, and has taught classes on art at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Pratt Institute, and Columbia University, where she was one of the top-ranked instructors of the introduction to art history, “Art Humanities: Masterpieces of Western Art.” A regular critic for Artforum, her writing has also appeared in periodicals such as Art in America and Art Journal, and in catalogs published by museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center.
Overview
Impressionism is now one of the world’s most beloved artistic movements, but it began as a radical challenge to the art establishment of the nineteenth century. In this talk, art historian and curator Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan looks closely at some of his most important paintings to explain what the Impressionists were trying to achieve, what they failed to achieve, and why their art still matters.
Perfect lecture and number of paintings to review. Great to hear all about it.