We hope you can join us for this exciting event, hosted by the WPI, and part of a wider series in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first exhibition of what would come to be known as the Impressionist movement, "Women of the Impressionist Circle".
The Women of 1874 - with Dr. Kimberly Jones
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 12 pm ET (18h CET)
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On April 15, 1874, the Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc. opened their inaugural exhibition. Thirty-one artists participated, including Berthe Morisot, who would continue to exhibit with the group of artists thereafter known as the Impressionists. While Berthe Morisot is perhaps the most famous of the Impressionist women painters alongside Mary Cassatt and Eva Gonzalès, she was but one of the women active in the Parisian art scene in 1874. This talk will consider the women artists whose works were on display during that pivotal year, both at the first Impressionist exhibition and the official Salon.
This webinar is part of the "Women of the Impressionist Circle" series in honor of the 150th anniversary of the inaugural Impressionist exhibition and the women artists, writers, collectors, philanthropists, and advisors who shaped the international success of one of the most referential art movements in history. Past speakers include Dr. Laura Corey (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Dr. Anna Swinbourne (Hill-Stead Museum), Dorthe Vangsgaard Nielsen (Ordupgaard) and French art historian Marie Caroline Sainsaulieu. Past webinars were recorded and are available on our YouTube channel.
Kimberly A. Jones joined the curatorial staff of the National Gallery of Art in 1995 as assistant curator of French paintings. A former museum fellow at the Musée national du château de Pau (1990–1991) and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1993–1994), she has been curator of nineteenth-century French paintings at the Gallery since 2016.
Jones has lectured and published widely on a variety of topics related to French art of the 19th century. She has served as curator and catalogue author for a number of exhibitions in her field including Degas at the Races (1998); Edouard Vuillard (2003–2004); In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet (2008); From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection (2010–2011); Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art (2011); Degas/Cassatt (2014), Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism (2016–2017) and most recently Degas at the Opéra (2020). Her current project is Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment (2024–2025).
Jones holds a PhD and MA from the University of Maryland with specialization in 19th-century European and American art, as well as a dual degree in art history and studio art from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College).
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Samantha Rowe
Archivist
The Wildenstein Plattner Institute
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