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(Re)Introducing Marie Bracquemond: A Woman Impressionist Drawn Outdoors
The famed art historian Henri Focillon once praised Marie Bracquemond (1840–1916) as one of “les trois grandes dames” (the three great women) of Impressionism, along with Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. But art history has unduly overlooked her reputation over the last century. This talk by Elizabeth C. Childs, the Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis, reintroduces her stunning career as an innovative painter, designer and ceramicist—and as of 1877, as a bold Impressionist, drawn to the scenes and vibrant colors of the outdoors.
Elizabeth C. Childs, Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History, Washington University in St. Louis
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When available, tickets for this free program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s welcome desks or through MetroTix. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
About Elizabeth C. Childs
Elizabeth C. Childs is the Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Childs’s field is modern art, encompassing late 18th- through early 20th-century European art and visual culture, broadly defined. She is a specialist in European avant-garde modernism (particularly painting, photography, and prints). She has published on key figures including Honoré Daumier, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin, as well as on selected chapters of American art.
