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Tour - National Gallery Impressionists

Date and Time

Thursday, November 7, 2024, 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM

Location

National Gallery of Art
6th St and Constitution Ave NW

USA

Event Contact(s)

Beth Merricks
(202) 328-0746 (p)


Francine R Bennett-Beasley
(202) 436-5252 (p)

Category

Tour

Registration Info

Registration is closed - Event is full
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM

Capacity

20 Total Slots
Event is full - Waitlist available

About this event

Do you love Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Morisot, et al? Join the Dupont Circle Village for a private tour of the National Gallery of Art’s Impressionist/Post-Impressionist permanent galleries on Thursday 7 November from 3-4 pm.

 

Why was “Impressionist” a derogatory label applied to these painters by the French Academy? Since French consumers were not buying Impressionist paintings, what heroine connected wealthy American collectors, who loved Impressionism, with Impressionist painters? What three things had to be invented before artists could paint outdoors? What distinguishes Post Impressionism (Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne) from Impressionism?

 

Special note: this tour will prepare you for individually viewing the block-buster special exhibition entitled Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment (8 September 2024 to 19 January, 2025). No tours of special exhibitions are allowed, due to the crowds.

 

Meet docent Sheridan Strickland in the West Building’s Rotunda on the Mall side of the fountain; she will be there to greet us wearing her hanging badge and name tag.  Plan to arrive by 2:50 pm.

 

Limited to 20 Participants


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