The Alliance celebrates the exhibition Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at
The Barnes Foundation!
Two different activities: A lecture by Art Historian Terry Dolan and a guided tour of the
exhibition Matisse & Renoir
with docent Nancy Gabel.
Excerpt from the Barnes Foundation website:
Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes, presented in the Roberts Gallery, offers a fresh perspective on renowned
canvases from the collection. Featuring approximately 35 iconic works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse from the second floor of
the collection galleries, the exhibition reflects the expansion of the Barnes’s educational program and emphasizes the historical and
cultural context of the works.
Tracing the creative development of two foundational artists of European modernism, this exhibition will display Matisse and Renoir
paintings from the same period in proximity for the first time, including Matisse’s The Joy of Life (1905–6) and Red
Madras Headdress (1907)
and Renoir’s Leaving the Conservatory (1876–77) and Mussel-Fishers at Berneval (1879). Creating space
for new conversations between works—a critical aspect of education, research, and public access—it will give audiences a rare opportunity to
view these paintings in new contexts and juxtapositions.
Terry Dolan Therese Dolan is Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary Art at Temple University. She is a
modernist art historian who specializes in nineteenth-century French and American art and has also published on contemporary art. She
received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Bryn Mawr College, and her undergraduate degree in French from Mundelein College in
Chicago. She has authored four books including "Salut! France meets Philadelphia" (co-authored with Lynn Miller) which received the
Athenaeum of Philadelphia 2020 Art and Architecture Award in 2020. She is on the Advisory Board of the Barnes Foundation and was a board
member of the Alliance Française in Philadelphia for many years.
*** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ***
Date: Monday, July 8th
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
at the Alliance Française de Philadelphie OR on zoom
Language:
English
Fee:
$18 for AF members / $25 for non AF members