Community Speakers Program Docent Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Schedule of Illustrated Art Lectures Winter/Spring 2014

Georgia O’Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 2, 1930. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington Docent Council Community Speakers Program Presented by the Docent Council of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Community Speakers Program features lectures written and delivered by docents. These lectures are delivered on site at the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor and are also offered on location to community groups throughout the Bay Area. We offer more than 100 lectures on different topics, primarily pertaining to the Museums’ special exhibitions and collections. Community Speakers docents are ambassadors to the public, and our goal is to encourage viewers to visit the museums. We have a longstanding tradition of excellence, education, and entertainment, imparting both enthusiasm and expertise in our presentations.

Contents

Special Exhibitions...... 3 Special Exhibitions...... 4 New Lectures...... 4 Art through Time: The History of Art...... 5 Arts of the Ancients: Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Holy Land...... 6 Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas...... 6 Traditions in Europe...... 7 Traditions in Europe...... 8 Traditions in Europe: Impressionism...... 9 Traditions in Europe: Impressionism...... 10 Art in Bloom...... 11 Sacred Art...... 11 A Proud Heritage: Art in America...... 12 A Proud Heritage: Art in America...... 13 Art in California...... 14 Local Color...... 15 Women Artists, Women Subjects...... 16 Photography and Graphic Arts: Prints, Drawings, and Works on Paper...... 17 Art in the Third Dimension: Sculpture and Contemporary Craft...... 18 European Treasures: Furniture and the Decorative Arts...... 19 American Treasures: Furniture and the Decorative Arts...... 20 Elements of Art...... 20 Celebrations...... 21 The Fiber Arts: Fashions and Embellishments...... 22

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 2 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Special Exhibitions Winter/Spring 2014 Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: From 1918 until the early 1930s, Georgia O’Keeffe retreated The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection annually to Alfred Stieglitz’s family estate on Lake George in Among the nearly 50 first- upstate New York, where she reveled in the discovery of new ranked works featured are subject matter and found respite in the rural setting without Frank Stella’s Flin Flon IV, the distractions Jasper Johns’s Perilous of city life. Night, and Roy Lichtenstein’s O’Keeffe’s Painting with Statue of Liberty. experiences The centerpiece of the there inspired exhibit is Barnett Newman’s one of the most landmark 14-canvas series transformative The Stations of the Cross, and productive widely considered to be the periods of artist’s most important work. The Meyerhoffs provided the her career, funds for the purchase of the series in 1986 as their first gift to energizing the the National Gallery. Presented in a discrete, chapel-like room development of within the exhibition, the works will be experienced by visitors her signature modernist style. as the artist intended, displayed as an entire work in an intimate, de Young • February 15–May 11, 2014 contemplative space. de Young • June 7–October 12, 2014

Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art Intimate Impressionism includes Left, top to bottom: Georgia O’Keeffe, Lake George, 1922. Oil on canvas. San Francisco nearly 70 treasured paintings by Museum of Modern Art, gift of Charlotte Mack. © Georgia O’Keeffe 19th-century avant-garde artists. Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York The exhibition features a selection Berthe Morisot, The Artist’s Sister at a Window, 1869. Oil on canvas. Ailsa of intimately scaled Impressionist Mellon Bruce Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington Above: and Post-Impressionist paintings, Burgoyne Diller, First Theme, 1964. Oil on canvas. Collection of Robert and still lifes, portraits, and landscapes Jane Meyerhoff, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.82.2 whose charm and fluency invite close scrutiny. Included are significant works by Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh. Many paintings in the exhibition were displayed in domestic interiors, and they often became gifts shared among friends. Legion of Honor • March 29–August 3, 2014

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 3 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Special Exhibitions New Lectures

Lines on the Horizon: Native American Art from the What’s the Story? Narratives in Works from the Weisel Family Collection Permanent Collection The Thomas Weisel Family Collection is an extraordinary Discover lively stories from the Old collection of Native American art, Testament, the New Testament, spanning 1,000 years of artistic classical legends, Italian and French production from 11th-century poets, and American historical Mimbres ceramics to 20th-century figures. There’s more: Who inspired works by recognized artists such The Thinker? Where is “Carlotta as Nambeyo, with additional Valdez” from the movie Vertigo? It’s masterworks of Navajo weaving. all in this illuminating presentation de Young • May 3, 2014– of narratives seen in Fine Arts January 4, 2015 Museums artworks.

Matisse from SFMOMA Shock of the Modern: Alfred Stieglitz and His Circle This single-gallery installation Travel back in time 100 years to meet Alfred Stieglitz, features 23 paintings, drawings, and photographer and modern-art impresario. A master at bronzes by Henri Matisse from the recognizing and nurturing talent, internationally acclaimed collection Stieglitz was the first to bring works at the San Francisco Museum of by Picasso, Matisse, and other Modern Art, joined by important important European artists to paintings and drawings from the American shores. The Stieglitz Circle collection of the Fine Arts Museums included American artists Marsden and local collections. The exhibition Hartley, Charles Demuth, Arthur traces four decades of Matisse’s Dove, John Marin, Paul Strand, and career, from a still life inspired by Paul Georgia O’Keeffe. Cézanne to his richly patterned depictions of interiors. Legion of Honor • Through September 7, 2014

Women Sculpted, Women Sculptors—From Object to Artist Since the mid-19th century, American women have pursued Above, top to bottom: careers in sculpture that often looked to the past, but also Vessel, Mimbres, 1000–1150. Earthenware with pigment. Gift of the brought powerful, new, and Thomas W. Weisel Family to the FAMSF, 2013.76.168 Henri Matisse, Young Woman in Pink, 1923. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, important voices to the medium. We memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Bradford, will look at both women sculpted and Pennsylvania,. 69.30.134 women artists from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums. Right, top to bottom: Auguste Rodin, The Thinker, ca. 1880, cast ca. 1904. Bronze. FAMSF, gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1924.18.1 Charles Demuth, From the Garden of the Château, 1921, reworked 1925. Oil on canvas. FAMSF,1990.4 Karen LaMonte, Dress 3, 2001. Cast glass. FAMSF, 2005.163.41

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 4 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Art through Time: The History of Art

Picasso to Pop: Liberation of 20th-Century Art Mel Ramos, Superman, 1962. Oil Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol were on canvas. FAMSF, all influenced by early 20th-century European modernists museum purchase, Dr. Leland A. and Gladys such as Pablo Picasso. This lecture demonstrates the K. Barber Fund and connections between European and American art through American Art Trust the 20th century. Fund, 2004.2

Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris Pablo Picasso’s paintings and sculptures are both personal and emblematic of the era in which he lived. This lecture includes iconic works from all eras of the artist’s career—his Blue and Rose periods, Cubism, the war years—up to his late works produced in the South of France.

On Common Ground: The Fertile Landscape Art in Our Times: A Century of Change This lecture explores the relationship between the artist What work of art is the most representative of contemporary and the land through paintings from the 16th century to the times? Who is our most important artist? This lecture present, many from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums. examines the explosive creativity in an era of rapid changes These works demonstrate the variety of techniques and and advances, war, technology, and shifting identities. styles that make the landscape tradition so rich. Skepticism Is a Virtue Action and Reaction: The Avant-Garde at the Turn Contemporary art provokes many questions and a variety of of the 20th Century responses. Using images from the permanent collection at What makes progressive art not just new and different, but the de Young, this lecture invites you to consider and discuss something that will have a long-term impact? Something the question “What is art?” Why is a particular piece of art in that will make future artists act and react? This lecture puts the museum? Will it be there in 50 to 100 years? works by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, and others into the context of their times. The Subject Is Art! Artists ancient to contemporary have looked to fellow artists European Paintings: A Dime-Store Legacy from and the art world for inspiration and points of departure. See the Kress Collection how they have used these sources to stimulate new works. The single most important gift of art in our nation’s history came from the Kress Collection. From this gift, the Fine David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition Arts Museums received a superb selection of Old Master Hockney is the best-known British artist of his generation. paintings, making its holdings a “mini–National Gallery.” Featured are landscapes picturing the agrarian settings of his beloved England, as well as portraits of friends and Portraits with a Purpose family members. Also highlighted is Hockney’s use of new Some portraits flatter, others caricature, and still others technologies in his art, featuring Photoshop portraits, digital were done as an act of revenge. Take an entertaining look at videos, and landscapes created using the iPad. these artworks—glamorous and elegant, commanding and supercilious—and hear intriguing stories, fascinating facts, The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste and amusing anecdotes about the art of portraiture. for Modernism The Paley Collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New Two of a Kind: Couples Creating Art York, includes major works produced between the late 19th Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel, Gilbert and George, century and the 1960s, with artists from the French school Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe: these couples all of modernism strongly represented—such as Cézanne, enjoyed a common passion for life and art, often sharing Matisse, Picasso, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Gauguin. inspirations and even specific works. Look at eight different artist-couples, their lives, and their art together and apart. Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Original This lecture focuses on Georgia O’Keeffe’s sensuous regard for objects in nature, from flowers to skulls, featuring her famous oversized blossoms.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 5 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Face mask, early 20th century. Central Arts of the Ancients: Gabon, Vuvi or Sango people. Wood, paint, and fiber. FAMSF, Blossom and Dwight Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Strong Collection, 2008.54 the Holy Land

Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from Queens, Maidens, the British Museum Matriarchs: The African This lecture covers objects spanning 3,000 years, including Woman in the de Young the earliest pharaonic portrait of a king, from the First Women’s many roles as maidens, mothers, goddesses, Dynasty; some of the best-known examples of funerary art; and queens have inspired African artists for centuries. papyrus sheets from the Book of the Dead; a Roman panel Using materials at hand, these artists reflect on women’s portrait; and jewelry, mirrors, and cosmetic containers. increasing visibility in the spiritual and political realms while Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh affirming the beauty, wisdom, and majesty of women within traditional and contemporary African cultures. Hatshepsut claimed full powers of the throne and assumed the title of “king.” This lecture focuses on her royal and Oceanic Treasures from the Jolika Collection personal objects, including statuary, monumental sculpture, The de Young is home to hundreds of New Guinea art ceremonial objects, furniture, and dazzling jewelry. masterworks from the Jolika Collection of John and Women Yesterday: Living in Ancient Egypt, Marcia Friede of New York. This large and encyclopedic Greece, and Rome assemblage of rare pieces is currently one of the finest such collections anywhere in the world. Prehistoric and This look into the public and private lives of women living ceremonial objects are included, as well as artwork created in the ancient era presents them within the historical and within the past 50 years. cultural contexts of their times. Generations of women whose identities are now lost are seen through images and Soccer, Sweets, and Salsa: The New World’s Gifts objects that express the range of their experiences, the to the Old quality of their lives, and the spirits of their souls. Bouncing balls, roasting potatoes, frothy hot chocolate—the Rediscovering Tutankhamun: Amateurs, Tourists, bounty of the ancient Americas is portrayed in the arts of Looters, and Archaeologists the pre-Hispanic world. The discovery of ancient Egypt’s artifacts is a story of buried Teotihuacan: City of Gods and Mysteries treasure, looting, intrigue, and scholarship. In addition to the From massive pyramids to miniature figurative sculptures, “wonderful things” found by Howard Carter in 1922, tales the art treasures from the ancient Mexican city-state of tell of the spectacular rescue of Egypt’s monuments from Teotihuacan are spectacular. the ravages of time as well as the greed of mankind. Yua: Art of the Arctic Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Eskimo and Inuit people believe all living things, even the Americas inanimate objects, possess yua, a spirit or soul. Carved masks, sculptures, and everyday objects reflect not only their time-honored beliefs and traditions, but also their I Am Not Myself: Masks and Masquerades gratitude and respect for the spirits, animals, land, and sea. A part of human culture for thousands of years, masks or their images appear in art of every kind. Humans are the From Here to Eternity: Honoring Our Ancestors in only species that consciously changes identity by donning Africa, Oceania, and the Americas masks or costumes in rituals for communing with the worlds How and why do we remember our ancestors? Do we know of the spirits, the gods, or the dead. who they are? This presentation starts to answer those questions as it explores how African, Mesoamerican, and Artists in the Rain Forest: Creating the Maya World Oceanic cultures revere their ancestors through art. Daring and enduring architectural achievements in cities and ceremonial centers; portrayals of war, ritual, and belief; With These Hands: Southwest Pottery monumental and intimate renderings of the noble and the Early Southwest Pueblo pottery was used for religious lowly in ceramic, stone, and paint—Maya artists and master and utilitarian purposes, and Pueblo women handed down builders created a visual world whose remnants still move us techniques for creating it to the next generations. Today with their perception, power, and imagination. Pueblo pottery has evolved into a fine art that is collected and admired, such as the examples on view at the de Young.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 6 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Traditions in Europe

All Power to the Imagination: A Review of Surrealism and Its Connections to Oceanic Art This lecture reviews Surrealism, which flourished in the early 20th century, and its major players. It highlights works in the Fine Arts Museums’ collection by artists such as Enrico Donati, Roberto Matta, and Joan Miró, and explores how Oceanic art inspired them.

Visiting Vermeer: A Journey to the 17th Century Journey back to the Delft of Holland’s Golden Age, where you will witness everyday life and pass the time with Konstantin Makovsky, The Russian Bride’s Attire, 1889. Oil on canvas. Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch, Jan Steen, and other FAMSF, bequest of M. H. de Young, 53.161 artists whose glorious works reflect their 17th-century world.

Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Vive la France! The French and Their Painting Among the most celebrated holdings of the Explore France through art that illustrates the beauty of its Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, are works by the land and the illustrious history of its people, their hopes, and greatest Renaissance-era Venetian painters. Masterpieces their dreams. These works celebrate a unique and beguiling by Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, and more represent the country, with cities large and small; people young and old, range of Venetian accomplishment in the 16th century. rich and poor; and times of peace and war.

Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter National Picasso, Paris Featured are rarely seen works by Sweden’s master painter. Pablo Picasso’s paintings and sculptures are both personal In Paris, Zorn emulated the Impressionists as a chronicler of and emblematic of the era in which he lived. This lecture modern life. In America, he rivaled John Singer Sargent as includes iconic works from all eras of the artist’s career—his the most sought-after portraitist of glittering high society. In Blue and Rose periods, Cubism, the war years—up to his late Sweden, he captured the Nordic landscape and his native works produced in the South of France. folk culture.

Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection Works in the Van Otterloo collection by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, and others chronicle Dutch life during its Golden Age. Portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and scenes of everyday life remind us why 17th-century Dutch painting is so beloved.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 7 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Traditions in Europe

Paris and Her Painters Take a visual journey to Paris as it was seen from 1870 to 1900 through the eyes of Impressionist and Academy painters, as well as photographers Eugène Atget and Emile Zola.

Gustave Courbet: A Rebel on the Road to Impressionism Courbet, who called himself “the most arrogant man in France,” forged his career in mid-19th-century Paris by rebelling against the artistic traditions of the French Academy and its annual Salon. His dedication to painting everyday life and his innovations in style and technique led to one of the great revolutions in European art—the new painting of the Impressionists. Vincent van Gogh, Shelter on Montmartre, ca. 1886. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, bequest of Frederick J. Hellman, 1965.28 Nature Perfected: The Landscapes of Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain’s beautiful paintings and drawings responded to the topography and atmospheric effects of the Roman countryside. One of the most inventive artists of the 17th century, he established a new landscape style that remained influential well into the 19th century.

A Day in the Life of the Renaissance Take a journey back in time and imagine yourself in Renaissance Florence and Venice, participating in the sights and sounds of everyday life and viewing contemporary works of art by Da Vinci, Botticelli, and Raphael.

It’s about Time: Another Dimension in Art Paintings often show stories with a beginning, middle, and end all in a single frame. From the Renaissance to the 20th century, artists have investigated the relationship between painting, time, and motion.

Pissarro’s People Camille Pissarro had a unique and lifelong interest in the human figure. He drew, painted, and made prints featuring human subjects from every walk of life. Highlights include portraits of the artist’s friends and family as well as genre scenes set in the fields and marketplaces of rural France. Pissarro’s paintings of townspeople, peasants, and farmworkers reflect his unique engagement with contemporary political, social, and economic issues.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 8 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Traditions in Europe: Impressionism

Impressionists on the Water Nautical life is revealed in more than 80 paintings and works on paper by important Impressionists and Post- Impressionists, including Monet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Pissarro, Denis, and Signac, whose breathtaking artistry reflected a deep understanding of pleasure boating and competition. Their brushwork suggests the atmospheric effects and sensations of movement that contribute to the invigorating experience of sailing.

Claude Monet, Sailboats on the Seine (detail), 1874. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, gift of Bruno and Sadie Adriani, 1962.23

Birth of Impressionism In the 19th century, Paris was the artistic center of the universe. Artists such as Degas, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley looked for a new way to express pleasure in their surroundings while challenging long-held ideals of art.

Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay This lecture showcases late Impressionist paintings by Monet and Renoir, as well as a selection of works representing the unique styles of early modernist masters such as Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Vuillard, Signac, and Seurat.

French Impressionism: The Artists and Their Paintings Take a look at the artists of Impressionism, who saw the world in effervescent color and light, and created glowing paintings that resound with beauty.

Impressionists in Winter Intrigued by the challenges of painting a predominantly white subject, the French Impressionists, in painting winter landscapes, explored infinite combinations of color and light to create images that still resonate today.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 9 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Traditions in Europe: Impressionism

The Garden: An Alfresco Studio for Impressionist Painters The garden served as an inspiration for many Impressionist painters. Among the most enthusiastic gardeners were Caillebotte, Monet, Renoir, and Cézanne. Which came first— an interest in the garden or in painting—is not always easy to determine.

Monet’s World of Flowers: Gardens at Giverny Monet’s lush surroundings inspired some of his most exciting and modern images. His paintings of the Japanese bridge and the rose garden, as well as shimmering images of the lily pond, reflect his love for his gardens at Giverny.

The Impressionist Era: Fashion and Culture This lecture explores how 19th-century French men, women, and children spent their days and nights and how they dressed, as captured in paintings by the Impressionists and other artists.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mother and Child, ca. 1895. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, Impressionist Paris: City of Light 1951.33 From its dark alleys at the dawn of the Impressionist era to its world of color and light in the early 20th century, Paris A Brush with Fame: Claude Monet and His Art was a source of continual inspiration for the artists who Claude Monet, a leader and lifetime adherent of adopted it as a subject. Impressionism, is examined in depth. This lecture covers his career from its beginnings in the 1860s through the artist’s production of water-lily paintings in the 1920s.

Degas, the Reluctant Impressionist Edgar Degas, although an active participant in seven of the eight Impressionist group exhibitions, didn’t consider himself an Impressionist. His lifelong interest in line and the figure set him on a fundamentally different path. This talk looks at his innovative use of both throughout his career.

Three French Villages, Seven French Masters Stroll the paths of three tranquil villages where genius flourished. Visit the homes and view the art of Daubigny, Corot, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cézanne, and Van Gogh.

Impressionism: Renaissance or Revolution? Impressionism has been known for its radical ideas, contemporary subjects, and innovative techniques. Did this movement constitute a break from the past and the advent of modern art, or was it not nearly as radical as it has been represented? Did artists look back in order to move forward, or did they concern themselves completely with investigating the world around them?

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 10 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Art in Bloom Sacred Art

The Garden: An Alfresco Studio for In Praise of God’s Name Impressionist Painters The artworks that were historically created for churches, The garden served as an inspiration for many Impressionist cathedrals, and private chapels were never intended to be painters. Among the most enthusiastic gardeners were seen in a museum. Using works from our American and Caillebotte, Monet, Renoir, and Cézanne. Which came first— European collections, this lecture traces the arc of history as an interest in the garden or in painting—is not always easy to told by religious determine. doctrine—from the beginnings The Queen of Flowers: Resplendent French of this world Rose Gardens to the Day of The French call the rose “la reine des fleurs”—the queen of Judgment—and flowers. This talk shares depictions of the rose in art and looks at how includes a stroll through famous French rose gardens such popular culture as those in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. made its way into religious Monet’s World of Flowers: Gardens at Giverny art, as well as Monet’s lush surroundings inspired some of his most how religious exciting and modern images. His paintings of the Japanese messages made Unknown Flemish artist, Christ Carrying the bridge and the rose garden, as well as shimmering images of their way into our Cross, ca. 1510. Oil on trefoil panel. FAMSF, gift of the lily pond, reflect his love for his gardens at Giverny. everyday world. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Cameron, 47.8

More Than Words Can Say: Stories of Flowers in Art Artists have portrayed flowers and plants throughout Pilgrim’s Progress: history. This delightful and educational lecture recounts the A Journey to Santiago de Compostela, Spain meanings and stories associated with beautiful still lifes by For a thousand years, pilgrims have journeyed to Santiago artists from the Renaissance through the present day. de Compostela to venerate Saint James. Combining contemporary photos with objects from the Museums’ medieval and Renaissance collections, this lecture traces the paths of pilgrims over Roman bridges and past centuries-old churches to evoke the adventure, camaraderie, and serenity that typified the “way of the camino.”

Willem van Aelst, Flowers in a Silver Vase, 1663. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hermann Schuelein

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 11 650-384-6649 | [email protected] A Proud Heritage: Art in America

Warhol Live Join the action! Listen to the beat! Andy Warhol’s art reflected his obsession with pop and rock music royalty, including Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and the Rolling Stones. Major Warhol silkscreen paintings, album covers, and photographs provide a fascinating picture of Warhol’s extraordinary work and life.

American Artists Abroad: The Lure of Paris in the 19th and 20th Centuries Hundreds of American artists have traveled to Paris to study, Richard Diebenkorn, Seawall, 1957. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, tempted by the romantic notion of a bohemian lifestyle, by gift of Phyllis G. Diebenkorn, 1995.96 visits to French museums, and by opportunities to meet other artists and participate in art academies. Sargent, Beaux, Hassam, Whistler, and Henri are just a few of the artists covered in this engaging lecture. Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 Illusions of Presence: A Nation and Its Inhabitants This lecture examines one of the most complex periods in The paintings in this lecture illustrate one aspect of our Diebenkorn’s career, exploring his shifting conceptions of national treasure—those who, with hardship and fortitude, abstraction and figuration through paintings and works on contributed so much to our country. Paintings of Americans paper. Emphasizing the formal evolution of these diverse recount 300 years of the collective national experience. pieces and their possible meanings for the artist, featured are key works from the Fine Arts Museums’ holdings, as well Landscape Paintings: A Sense of Place as loans from many prestigious collections, including that of Some of the highlights of landscape painting at the de the Diebenkorn family. Young are revealed: depictions of torrents of water pouring over Niagara Falls, a crystal-clear lake in the Sierra Nevada, and the frenetic energy of early 20th-century Manhattan, among others.

Westward Ho! The experience of Americans who journeyed westward by land and sea is drawn from letters, journals, and literary sources, illustrated with vintage photography, paintings, and personal sketches.

Seeing Is Not Believing: Still Life in America Taste, smell, touch—these senses are evoked by American still-life artists who tease viewers with pictures that make us question what is real and what is not.

Illusions of Reality: Realism in American Art Some of the most beautiful and challenging images ever produced in the United States, from American folk art to 20th-century Photorealism, explore definitions and visions of reality.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 12 650-384-6649 | [email protected] A Proud Heritage: Art in America

Visions of Elegance: John Singer Sargent, Artist Extraordinaire John Singer Sargent painted glorious portraits, intriguing landscapes, and charming everyday scenes, capturing fascinating details of a world of pleasure and promise.

New York’s 10th Street Studios: Center of American Art in the 19th Century From 1860 through the end of the 19th century, an artistic community flourished in and around the 10th Street Studio Building in New York.

An African American Art Experience This lecture reflects upon the personal, national, and collective African American experience and illustrates how it has influenced art.

Cityscapes: Modernism Arrives in America The many ways artists have depicted cityscapes in the 20th and 21st centuries reveal how the landscape of Charles Demuth, From the Garden of the Château, the American city reflects political and social change. 1921, reworked 1925. Oil on canvas. FAMSF,1990.4 Contemporary American Art: Are You Engaged or Outraged? New Forms of Expression: The Beat Generation, What questions and challenges does contemporary art 1950–1965 pose to the viewer? This lecture examines some of the most The “beat generation” had a profound effect on popular demanding works in the de Young’s collection, putting them culture as we know it today. Learn how music, art, literature, in the context of art history. and politics changed during the 1950s and ’60s, producing a more inclusive America. The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museums Commerce and Technology in Art from Colonial to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd had the resources Contemporary America to collect anything they wanted. Why did they choose This lecture demonstrates how American art reflects the American art, and why did they donate it to the Fine rise of industry, commerce, and technology from the 17th to Arts Museums? the 21st centuries.

Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970 This lecture presents the story of artists from Asia and of Asian descent who lived and worked in the United States during the era of modern art. See diverse works by Chiura Obata, Dong Kingman, Isamu Noguchi, Ruth Asawa, Nam June Paik, and many more.

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 13 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Art in California raft

Glorious Color, Glowing Light: The Radiant World of Wayne Thiebaud Take a fascinating look at the brilliant color and the luxurious use of paint that marks Thiebaud’s unique depictions, whether of delicious desserts, the Central Valley, or the hills of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Not So Standard: Graphic Art of Ed Ruscha Ruscha has been called the “hipster humorist of California cool.” Since his travels in the 1960s over Route 66 from Oklahoma City to California, he has inserted the vocabulary of roadside America into his art, adding a “with-it” attitude and edge to his work. Using letters and words, Ruscha explores the formal questions of contemporary art and society.

Seventy-Five Years! The Golden Gate Bridge and the Extraordinary City It Enhances San Francisco and its Golden Gate Bridge are enchanting, exciting, and enduring. The bridge is an iconic landmark known throughout the world, a major tourist attraction, and the first thing on every visitor’s to-do list. Wayne Thiebaud, Ponds and Streams, 2001. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, museum purchase, gift of Richard N. Goldman, 2001.168 Art with an Attitude: Contemporary California Prints and Drawings From Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Diebenkorn to Deborah Golden Dreams: The California Experience Oropallo, California artists have established moods, styles, Paintings, prints, and vintage photographs illustrate and flavors that reflect our unique location. Using prints and the California story, which has enticed the world with drawings from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic ideals of health, fun, freedom, riches, youth, adventure, Arts, this lecture explores how art produced in California beauty, spectacular scenery, fascinating history, and establishes and maintains our identity and image. intriguing inhabitants.

One Hundred Years of Landscape Art in Northern California This talk explores the rich landscape tradition in Northern California through the eyes of visual artists from Arthur Mathews and William Keith to Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley.

California Creativity: Innovative Bay Area Painters Through the years, artists working in the Bay Area have demonstrated innovation, imagination, and unparalleled creativity. With paintbrush and color, they have shared their visions—by turns poetic, fanciful, jarring, romantic, and complex—in creations that have enriched the lives of many.

Richard Diebenkorn, Blue Club, 1981. Color aquatint, spit bite aquatint, and soft ground etching. FAMSF, Crown Point Press Archive, gift of Crown Point Press, © The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, 1991.28.669

For fees and to schedule a lecture, contact Kay Payne: 14 650-384-6649 | [email protected] Local Color

Power and Passion, Love and Lust, Triumph and Tragedy: Drama Unfolds at the Legion of Honor Some of the most dramatic pieces of European art were inspired by passages from literature, in particular the Bible and the mythology of the ancient Greeks. From works in the Legion of Honor’s collection, we will explore the great skill of European artists who depicted the drama of literature and life.

I Left My Art in San Francisco: Works from Bay Area Artists This lecture reviews works of art in the Fine Arts Museums’ permanent collection that illustrate the history and culture of the Bay Area. From the Gold Rush to the present day, local artists have depicted the unique place in which we live. We look at prints and paintings, landscapes and portraits of the people and places that make San Francisco so special.

The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museums Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd had the resources to collect anything they wanted. Why did they choose American art, and why did they donate it to the Fine Arts Museums?

The San Francisco Story, 1850–2000 Enjoy the colorful saga of San Francisco through the eyes of artists who recorded the city as they saw it, echoing the times in which they lived. Paintings, prints, and photographs by Arnold Genthe, Chiura Obata, David Goines, Wayne Thiebaud, and many others illustrate their unique perceptions of the city’s beauty and history.

After the Ruins, 1906–2006: San Francisco’s Earthquakes Remembered Photographer Arnold Genthe and others captured on film the effects of the city’s earthquakes: collapsing buildings, smoldering ruins, recovery efforts, and survival in tent cities. Photographs, stories, and eyewitness accounts tell of those who dealt with catastrophe—some with courage, heroism, and good humor, and some with corrupt and unscrupulous deeds.

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By Hand: American Women with Needle and Thread With extraordinary creativity and meticulous craftsmanship, American women have produced quilts and samplers— objects of beauty and warmth—for over 350 years. Their handwork is a mirror of their times, lives, daily concerns, hopes, and dreams.

Passing the Torch: Three Generations of African American Women Artists Throughout the 20th century, art has been influenced by the race and gender of the artist. African American women artists Elizabeth Catlett, Betye Saar, Mildred Howard, Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, and Kara Walker all built on the accomplishments of their predecessors to create art that reflects their personal experiences and the eras in which they lived.

Queens, Maidens, Matriarchs: The African Woman in the de Young Women’s many roles as maidens, mothers, goddesses, and queens have inspired African artists for centuries. Using materials at hand, these artists reflect on women’s increasing visibility in the spiritual and political realms while affirming the beauty, wisdom, and majesty of women within Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun, Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, Marchioness traditional and contemporary African cultures. Wellesley (formerly Countess of Mornington), 1791. Oil on canvas. FAMSF, museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, Bequest Fund of Henry S. Williams in memory of H. K. S. Williams, 1991.29 Women Yesterday: Living in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Original This look into the public and private lives of women living This lecture focuses on Georgia O’Keeffe’s sensuous regard in the ancient era presents them within the historical and for objects in nature, from flowers to skulls, featuring her cultural contexts of their times. Generations of women famous oversized blossoms. whose identities are now lost are seen through images and objects that express the range of their experiences, the Reflections of Femininity: Women Portrayed in Art quality of their lives, and the spirits of their souls. See how women in the Western world have been portrayed by artists from medieval to modern times, including Women Artists: From Restriction to Recognition Vermeer, Degas, Klimt, Hopper, Picasso, and many others. An exploration of art created by women from the beginning of time to the present day, this lecture highlights women The Sculptures of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air who were innovative, independent, and determined, their Asawa learned that there is no separation between stories told with a paintbrush and a multitude of colors. performing the daily chores of living and creating one’s They created penetrating portraits, evocative scenes from work. She applied this philosophy in her commitment to everyday life, and intimate and sensitive revelations of their “completing the circle”—learning something, applying it, and worlds, rendering their experiences in beautifully crafted then passing it on. works of art.

The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend The legend of Nevelson comprises not only her pioneering assembled-wood sculptures, but also her history as a woman artist and her association with many 20th-century art movements.

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Art with an Attitude: Contemporary California Prints and Drawings From Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Diebenkorn to Deborah Oropallo, California artists have established moods, styles, and flavors that reflect our unique location. Using prints and drawings from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, this lecture explores how art produced in California establishes and maintains our identity and image.

Jasper Johns: 45 Years of Master Prints Jasper Johns has been making prints, lithographs, screen prints, and etchings since 1960 with the fine-art press Katsushika Hokusai, Flowers, 18th–19th centuries. Color woodcut. FAMSF, Universal Limited Art Editions. This talk celebrates the Katherine Ball Collection, 41.42.137 remarkable history of Johns’s printmaking through 2004.

Not So Standard: Graphic Art of Ed Ruscha Master Drawings from the Goldyne Collection Ruscha has been called the “hipster humorist of California Joseph and Deborah Goldyne have incorporated works cool.” Since his travels in the 1960s over Route 66 from of beauty, elegance, and technical skill into one of the Oklahoma City to California, he has inserted the vocabulary country’s largest and most diverse collections of drawings. of roadside America into his art, adding a “with-it” attitude and This lecture features nearly 100 works by artists including edge to his work. Using letters and words, Ruscha explores Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Degas, Matisse, and Mondrian. the formal questions of contemporary art and society. From Paper to Canvas: Connections between Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005 Achenbach Masterpieces and Fine Arts One of the most celebrated photographers of our time, Museums Paintings Annie Leibovitz has been making witty, powerful images Many surprises are revealed in comparing works on paper documenting American popular culture since the early and those on canvas. The different media and techniques 1970s. This lecture encompasses both professional used to make drawings, etchings, woodcuts, prints, work that Leibovitz made on assignment and personal and paintings result in fascinating differences in photographs of her family and friends. artistic expression.

Wonders of Light and Shadow: Art and the Camera Ansel Adams and the American Wilderness For more than 150 years, photography and painting have The photographs of Ansel Adams convey his deep feeling been tightly woven together, interacting and intertwined in for the wilderness and the environment. Epic vistas and a relationship that has been sometimes controversial and elegant details of nature evoke an emotional response that contentious, but always captivating. Explore the different goes beyond the physical realities depicted in the pictures. ways the two mediums interpret and record reality. Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era Crown Point Press at 50 of Impressionism This lecture discusses contemporary artists who have Hiroshige, Hokusai, and other Japanese printmakers worked with Kathan Brown at San Francisco’s Crown Point exerted a profound influence on Impressionist and Post- Press, which has played an important role in the American Impressionist artists such as Manet, Monet, and Van Gogh. print renaissance that began in the late 20th century. In addition to discussing these artists, this lecture explores the complex process of making Japanese woodcuts, which An American Focus: The Anderson Graphic changed how prints were made in the West. Arts Collection Over the past four decades, printmaking has been Crown Point Press: The Art of Etching characterized by innovation. Since the “golden age” of Using examples of work by Cage, Close, Diebenkorn, and printmaking in the 1960s, Harry and Mary Margaret Thiebaud, this lecture explains the intaglio process using Anderson have collected works that chronicle trends in works in the Museums’ permanent collection and the book printmaking and in modern art. Their more than 650 works Art of Etching by Kathan Brown, founder of Crown are now all part of the Fine Arts Museums’ collection. Point Press.

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An Appeal to the Senses: Contemporary Craft From the outstanding collection of George and Dorothy Saxe come major contemporary crafts by Chihuly, Stocksdale, Arneson, Cook, and many more.

A Sense of Space: Diversity in Modern Sculpture The traditional definition of sculpture was expanded and exploded by 20th-century artists. This survey of more than 30 sculptors reveals tremendous variety, including biographical figures by Picasso and Giacometti, geometric abstractions by Calder and Hepworth, and architectural constructions by Smith and Di Suvero.

The Sculptures of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air Claes Oldenburg, Ice Bag—Scale B, 1971. FAMSF, Anderson Graphic Asawa learned that there is no separation between Arts Collection, gift of the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation, 1996.74.354 performing the daily chores of living and creating one’s work. She applied this philosophy in her commitment to Sculpture in the Bay Area: Construction “completing the circle”—learning something, applying it, and and Deconstruction then passing it on. This presentation takes a journey to places in and around the Bay Area, revealing sculptures that are often seen but The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing little known, from the Legion to the de Young and a Legend well beyond. The legend of Nevelson comprises not only her pioneering assembled-wood sculptures, but also her history as a Clearly Creative: Dale Chihuly and Contemporary woman artist and her association with many 20th-century Glass Masters art movements. The craft and art of glass developed into a studio movement in the mid-20th century. Today glass artists are clearly visible in the mainstream art world—and at the de Young, thanks to gifts from the collection of George and Dorothy Saxe.

Chihuly at the de Young Dale Chihuly is widely recognized as the world’s premier glass artist, known for his dramatic and colorful works that glow with intense, vibrant colors and subtle linear decoration. This lecture examines how Chihuly is inspired by both his workshop and his personal collections of disparate objects.

Art in the Third Dimension: Sculpture and Contemporary Craft Questions have arisen in the 20th and 21st centuries about what defines “fine art.” Contemporary artists have experimented with many different mediums, from the traditional—stone, wood, and bronze—to the new—glass, paper, fiber, and mixed media. Examine works by Picasso, Chihuly, Moore, Maloof, Arneson, and Sekimachi, among many others.

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Royal Treasures Art Deco, 1910–1939 from the Louvre: This lecture traces the development of the glamorous Art Louis XIV to Deco style from its emergence to its widespread popularity Marie-Antoinette all over the world in the 1930s, influencing design from New This lecture examines the York to Paris, Shanghai to Bombay. unparalleled collection of decorative arts at “Beauty in Everyday Things”: International Arts the Louvre, focusing on and Crafts from the Victoria and Albert exquisite treasures of the This lecture views objects from the Victoria and Albert French monarchy from Museum in London to trace the Arts and Crafts Movement the 17th century to the from its beginnings in 1880s Britain to its interpretation and French Revolution, development in America, continental Europe, and Japan. including gem-studded objects made for Louis The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, XIV and for Louis XV or his 1860–1900 mistresses, Madame de This lecture traces the evolution of the British Aesthetic Pompadour and Madame Movement from a small circle of progressive artists and du Barry. poets, through the achievements of innovative painters and architects, to its broad impact on fashion and the Secretaire cabinet, ca. 1808. English. Fit for a King middle-class home. Included are superb Victorian artworks Wood veneer with ormolu. FAMSF, (or Queen or Royal encompassing painting, fashionable trends in architecture museum purchase, William H. Noble Favorite): French Bequest Fund, 1980.7a-b and interior decoration, handmade and manufactured Furniture from furnishings, art photography, and modes of dress. Masters the Time of Louis XIV, as diverse as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill XV, and XVI in the Fine Arts Museums Whistler, and designer William Morris are represented. The Legion of Honor is fortunate to hold a superb collection of French furniture from the ancien régime. This talk highlights these pieces, created in the style and taste of Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Madame de Pompadour, Madame du Barry, and Marie-Antoinette.

Elegant Excess: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique Celebrate the craftsmanship and creativity of these great jewelry and decorative arts designers, who displayed their treasures at the 1900 International Exposition in Paris. Diamonds, gold and silver, rubies, pearls, enamel, ivory, and glorious stained glass are just some of the materials used for luxury goods during the years leading up to World War I.

Fabergé: Treasures to Behold John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, Love and the Maiden, 1877. Tempera, gold paint, and gold leaf on canvas. FAMSF, museum purchase, European Art This presentation features sumptuous treasures amassed Trust Fund, Grover A. Magnin Bequest Fund, and Dorothy Spreckels Munn by American collectors, touching on 16 of Fabergé’s Bequest Fund, 2002.176 celebrated Imperial Easter Eggs as well as splendid jewelry and other art objects.

History in a Teacup: Traveling with Porcelains from China to California The 17th century was a period of trade—and espionage— with China. The object of desire was porcelain, “white gold,” and the secrets of its manufacture. This lecture looks at the Museums’ beautiful porcelain collection in historical context.

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Intrigue and Enchantment: The Magic of Color and Light This lecture is an invitation to discover our world, one that is like a kaleidoscope, a continuously changing pattern of shapes and colors, brilliant and resplendent as well as soft and muted. Light and colors shift from the bright morning to the soft glow of late afternoon, and intriguing shadows are a prelude to the darkness and silence of the night.

Learning to Look When you really look, you can see how artists use line, form, and color to blend an idea and an image on canvas. This lecture introduces an approach to appreciating art through a visual, rather than historical, perspective.

Art on the Edge: Paintings and Their Frames at the Legion of Honor Patrons, artists, dealers, and collectors have used frames to tell a story and to enhance a work’s aesthetics or even its commercial value. Looking at the history of frames and their impact on the paintings they serve, this lecture explores the Corner chair, ca. 1750. Cherry and poplar. FAMSF, museum purchase, gift of frames in the collection at the Legion of Honor. Martha and William Steen, 1997.85 Art on the Edge: Paintings and Their Frames at the Please Be Seated: American Chairs and American de Young Sitters, 1670–1994 Visitors to the de Young enjoy a multitude of frames that are American portraits tell us about our history and heritage; they original to their paintings. This lecture reviews the development also tell us about furniture. This lecture illustrates the history of the frame in 17th-century America, looks at artist-designed of chairs from 1670 to 1994 and reviews styles and designers, frames of the 19th century, and examines what has happened including Windsor, Chippendale, Belter, 19th-century revivals, to the frame in contemporary art. Frank Lloyd Wright, and Eames. How Masterpieces Are Made American Treasures: Furniture and the What does an artist have to do to get his or her work hung in a Decorative Arts museum and have it thought of as a “masterpiece”? In addition Chair, fork, table, vase—the elements of an American home to having talent and training, the artist needs inspiration, quality help to tell our story, amplifying our history from colonial society materials, proven methods, patrons or buyers, and good through the Victorian age. The American home reveals the way luck and timing. This lecture looks at how paintings, from the we lived, who we are, and what we aspire to be. Renaissance to the 20th century, moved from their creators’ studios to become favorite works of visitors to the de Young and Legion of Honor.

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Raising Spirits: Art and Wine in the Western World This photographic journey will explore intriguing gustatory connections between wine and the Fine Arts Museums’ collection. Cheers! Yamass! Santé!

Holidays: Christmas, Chanukah, and Other Festive Celebrations This lecture looks at the beautiful and intriguing paintings that depict giving, receiving, feasting, and the enjoyment of holidays and other festivities.

Home, Sweet Home The warmth and affection of family life are seen through the eyes of artists from ancient Greece to the present. James Peale, Still Life with Fruit, ca. 1821. Oil on panel. FAMSF, museum purchase, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 46.11 To Love and to Cherish: A Celebration of Marriage “From this day forward” and “happily ever after”: Sunrise to Sunset: Captivating Moments from weddings and marriages in their most amusing, inspiring, Childhood to Old Age romantic, and beguiling moments are portrayed in paintings, The journey of life includes accomplishments, joy, vintage photographs, and sculpture. peacefulness, pleasures, and wisdom—a multiplicity of adventures and aspirations, all achieved in an intricate Trips and Travels: The Lure of complexity of hours, days, and years. It is all of life we Vacation Destinations explore in this lecture, unforgettable moments that are both A vacation trip often presents the possibility of romance, surprising and endearing. adventure, spectacular scenery, amusements, and myriad other pleasures. This lecture is a fascinating visual Good Enough to Eat: A Celebration of Food celebration of the magic of leisure trips and travels as seen This delicious excursion into the subject of food explores the in art from Roman times through the 20th century. world of delectable delights and tasty temptations, showing both the serious and the humorous roles of food in painting, A Feast for the Eye: Food in Art sculpture, fashion, and decorative arts. Food has always been a symbol of wealth, power, status, and sensuality. See the serious and the humorous roles of food Just Desserts: Sugar to Spice, Cheese in painting, sculpture, fashion, and the decorative arts. to Chocolate What could be better than dessert without calories? When artists portray desserts, they tempt the eye, tease the palate, and tickle our memories. Explore desserts, sweet and savory, and the role they play in our everyday lives, our cultural history, and our art.

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Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance counterculture street fashions of the 1960s, passing Celebrate the life and work of Rudolf Nureyev, recognized through feminism and the growing interest in non-Western worldwide as the most magnificent and charismatic dancer cultures and studio craft. of his time. Discover many of his sumptuous costumes and an assortment of photographs from the dancer’s personal The Impressionist Era: Fashion and Culture collection as well as leading ballet companies. This lecture explores 19th-century Parisian fashion as it was captured in paintings by the Impressionists and other artists. The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk The Art of French Fashion: From the “New Look” Jean Paul Gaultier‘s designs reflect the changing world to Now around him. He addresses issues of multiculturalism by Masters of the French design world—Dior, Balenciaga, bringing ethnic diversity to the Paris runway. His collections, Chanel, Saint Laurent—influenced the changing fashions at times controversial, are nonetheless superbly crafted with in the second half of the 20th century as well as the cultural the finest dressmaking and detailing skills. history of the times.

Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave From the “New Look” to Nan: Haute Couture and Isabelle de Borchgrave utilizes paper, which is folded, Nan Kempner painted, cut, and glued, to create eye-catching and mind- Socialite Nan Kempner used her innate taste and boggling dresses, shoes, and jewelry inspired by historical intelligence to form a couture collection of museum-quality paintings and textile collections. garments from Dior, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, de la Renta, Chanel, and others. Balenciaga and Spain Cristóbal Balenciaga, one of fashion’s most noted By Hand: American Women with Needle and Thread couturiers, invoked the romance, drama, and majesty of With extraordinary creativity and meticulous craftsmanship, Spain—the art of Goya, Velázquez, and Picasso; religious American women have produced objects of beauty and ceremony; the bullfight; and flamenco dance. warmth—quilts and samplers—for over 350 years. Their handwork is a mirror of their lives, times, and dreams. Fashion in Art: Fig Leaf to Finery This exciting and entertaining look at the changes in In Pursuit of Style: Shoes through History Western dress over the centuries includes a panorama of From early Roman sandals, high-button shoes, and stiletto styles, from ancient Greece through the 20th century. heels to wedges and platforms, changes in fashionable footwear remind us how shoes have always reflected the Yves Saint Laurent personality and status of the wearer. From the 1960s onward, Yves Saint Laurent made an indelible mark on fashion with clothing emblematic of Masterpieces of French Jewelry the new modernity. View 20th-century French jewelry in American collections and celebrate the inspiration and workmanship in pieces by All That Glitters … Jewelry at the Fine Lalique, Fouquet, Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, and JAR. Arts Museums Gold objects have fascinated all cultures from almost the Cartier: King of Jewelers, Jeweler of Kings beginning of time. Gold has been important both for its Discover the history of the House of Cartier, the “king of secular and its religious use. Using representations in the jewelers and jeweler of kings,” which supplied American Fine Arts Museums’ collection, we view examples of gold celebrities with fabulous jewels and luxury accessories from jewelry and other objects from around the world. the Belle Époque through the 1960s and 1970s.

The Quilts of Gee’s Bend The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond, This lecture features quilts made by four generations 1950–1990 of African American women living in an isolated corner of Since its founding in Rome in 1884, Bulgari has become Alabama. The quilts are pieced from clothing scraps in synonymous with innovation and luxury in jewelry design. gorgeous combinations of color, pattern, and texture. This presentation focuses on the decades of the 1950s through the 1980s. Among the dazzling jewels featured Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion from this era are several from private collections and The exciting, innovative, one-of-a-kind, and outrageous spectacular pieces from Elizabeth Taylor’s legendary products of the artwear movement evolved from collection.

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