Paris Art Studies Lectures Online & On Site Tours
2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition which opened in Paris on the boulevard des Capucines on 15 April 1874.
The Musée d’Orsay is celebrating this anniversary with a major exhibition, “Paris 1874 – Inventing Impressionism”, from 26 March to 14 July 2024.
Key Impressionist paintings will also be shown in smaller exhibitions all over France.
Paris Art Studies will be devoting all of its lectures in April to this important anniversary,
including the musée d’Orsay special exhibition which will be the subject of our two final Monday lectures this month.
MAY 2024
AT PARIS ART STUDIES
1 May 2024
Recording
Zoom lecture
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80th Anniversary of the Liberation of France 1
The Story D-Day and Omaha Beach
With Major Joshua Watson
6 May 2024
Recording
Zoom lecture
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The Female Figure in the Art of Edgar Degas
with Chris Boïcos
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
5:00-6:40 pm Paris time
Zoom lecture
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80th Anniversary of the Liberation of France 2
Is Paris Burning?
The Liberation of Paris, 19-25 August 1944
with Chris Boïcos
Monday, 13 May 2024
5:00-6:40 pm Paris time
Zoom lecture
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The Birth of the Paris Department Store. Fashion, design, toys, advertising, 1852-1925
A lecture based on the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
(10 April -13 October 2024)
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
5:00-6:40 pm Paris time
Zoom lecture
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80th Anniversary of the Liberation of France 3
The Women of the French Resistance, 1940-1944
With Mariam Habibi
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
5:00-6:40 pm Paris time
Zoom lecture
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80th Anniversary of the Liberation of France 4
Art Looting in France under the Nazi Occupation,
1940-44
Monday, 27 May 2024
5:00-6:40 pm Paris time
Zoom lecture
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Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider
A lecture based on the exhibition at Tate Modern, London
(25 April-20 October 2024)
with Ginny Button
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
5:00-6:40 pm Paris time
Zoom lecture
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80th Anniversary of the Liberation of France 5
Iconic Photographs of D-day and the Liberation of France: Robert Capa, Lee Miller, Tony Vaccaro, John Morris
with Sylvie Koneski
ALL 5 DDAY LECTURES
Zoom lecture
ALL 5 DDAY LECTURES
DDAY & OMAHABEACH
IS PARIS BURNING?
ART LOOTING
WOMEN OF THE RESISTANCE
ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS
In addition to the April 2024 lectures, a number of recorded lectures on Impressionism are also available, should you wish to delve deeper into the subject.
Should you wish to delve deeper into WWII, we also have a number of recorded lectures on the topic: