A Closer Look: Art History Seminar
Impressionism and the Dreyfus Affair
Join us for an in-person three-session seminar on select Mondays—February 2, 9, and 23—inspired by art in the Jewish Museum Collection, led by Nelly Silagy Benedek, Deputy Director, Education & Programs.
When we think of Impressionist paintings the following usually comes to mind: Monet’s lush waterlilies, Pissarro’s vibrant landscapes, Degas’s hardworking dancers, training and performing, and the ways in which Impressionist painters challenged viewers with innovative approaches to painting.
The first in a three-part session, this class examines the work of several Impressionist painters against the backdrop of the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal that rocked and divided France beginning in 1894.
Course topics:
Monday, February 2: Impressionism and the Dreyfus Affair
Monday, February 9: Abstract Expressionism and Spirituality
Monday, February 23: Conceptual Art and the Image
Tickets: $72 General; $60 Jewish Museum members, students, and seniors.
Classes include a discussion in the Wilf Family Salon and close looking in the galleries. Price includes all three sessions.
Camille Pissarro, "The Louvre, Foggy Morning (Third Series) (Le Louvre, matin brumeux, 3 série)", 1902, Oil on canvas. The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
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