Tuesday, July 16, 2024 From 6:30 PM To 8:00 PM Add to Calendar 2024-07-16 18:30:00 2024-07-16 20:00:00 Art Deco Crosses the Atlantic Ocean - Elegance and Speed in Turbulent Times Engage in the history of Art as this illustrated lecture will consider the development of the Art Deco style on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, its social significance and later imprint. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
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About Madeleine Deschamps
Madeleine Deschamps is an art historian specializing in the Decorative Arts and in Art Crafts, Métiers d’art, and an interior designer with specialties in high-end residences and hospitality.
She has a doctorate in art history from the Sorbonne and has taught at the Sorbonne, the Ecole du Louvre, in the Master's Programs of the Smithsonian Institution and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, at New York University, the Bard Graduate Center, Parsons School of Design, and in a number of American university programs.
She has written and contributed to books on the Decorative Arts and on American art, both in France and in the United States. She published La Peinture américaine, les Mythes et la Matière and contributed to L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts in France, 1789-1989. She is also the author of Empire which was awarded the Grand Prix de la Fondation Napoléon.
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