James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Graham Memorial 039
Friday: 2:00-5:30 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am-12:15 pm
Over two days, invited scholars will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition, which opened on the fashionable Boulevard des Capucines in Paris in April of 1874. Originally known by the corporate name Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc., within two years the group of artists including Monet, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, and Renoir became known as the Impressionists, a term widespread in criticism of the time to describe the rapid application of paint to convey an artist’s sensory grasp of a place or a moment.
Speakers: André Dombrowski, Nikki Georgopulos, Laura Anne Kalba, Denise Murrell, Todd Porterfield, Harmon Siegel
See our website at https://go.unc.edu/rand2024 for the full schedule of events.
This year’s lecture series is co-sponsored by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Center for European Studies.
Through a generous gift to the UNC Arts and Sciences Foundation, William G. Rand established this lecture series in memory of his late wife, Bettie Allison Rand. This funding allows the Department of Art and Art History to bring one or more eminent art historians to UNC-CH every other year for residencies of various lengths. While they are in Chapel Hill, these scholars present a series of lectures and interact with undergraduate and graduate art history and studio art students. Following the campus visit, the scholars prepare a manuscript, which is then published by the UNC Press as part of the Rand Series of art history publications.
All lectures are free and open to the public. This event is eligible for CLE credit.
A weeknight or daytime permit is now required after 5:00 pm on weekdays. There is no permit needed from 5:00 pm Friday through 7:30 am Monday. A $1.00 one-night pass is available in selected lots. More information can be found at UNC Weeknight Parking.
Contact: Dylan Seal, djseal@unc.edu
Image: Camille Pissarro, The Banks of the Oise, Pontoise, 1876, oil on canvas, 14 15/16 x 21 7/8 in. (38 x 55.5 cm), Ackland Museum of Art, Ackland Fund