The impressionist revolutions

From Apr 4, 2023 To Apr 25, 2023 From 6:30 PM To 7:30 PM Add to Calendar 2023-04-04 18:30:00 2023-04-25 19:30:00 The impressionist revolutions Master class on Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cézanne and Auguste Renoir: four sessions and one Museum of Fine Arts visit to better understand the French impressionists. The French Library, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York

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Master class on Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cézanne and Auguste Renoir: four sessions and one Museum of Fine Arts visit to better understand the French impressionists.

Discover how the French impressionist painters transformed the aesthetics of "Belle-Époque".
As a group of friends whose dazzling works have shocked their contemporaries, the Impressionists transformed the art world forever.

We will study the lives and works of:

Tuesday, April 4 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm: Claude Monet or the revolution of light.
Tuesday, April 11 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm: Berthe Morisot and independence.
Tuesday, April 18 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm: Paul Cézanne and the perception of volume.
Tuesday, April 25 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm: Auguste Renoir and the revolution of happiness.

Followed with one class at the MFA, Boston.

Members

$300

Non-members

$400

About About Fleur Thesmar

After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique and getting an MsC at London’s Imperial College, Fleur Thesmar worked in France for 20 years in the high tech industry. Her arrival in the United Stated in 2015 revived an ancient passion of hers: painting. She took classes at the MFA with the studio art program. Since then, she has exhibited her paintings and fiber artworks for national and international juried shows in Boston, Cambridge, Arlington, Newburyport, Norwell, Boylston, MA, Brooklyn NY, Cheyenne, WY, Bourg-La-Reine, France, etc. As an emerging artist, she wishes to share her intense emotions and change of perspective due to her immigration to the USA.

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