WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The painting Bacchante by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vig閑-Lebrun, who enjoyed celebrity as one of the most successful portrait painters of her era, will be the subject of the Thursday, March 12, Looking at Lunchtime Talk at the
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Danielle Steinmann, assistant curator of education, will present the 12:30 pm gallery talk. Admission is free.
French painter Marie Louise Elisabeth Vig閑-Lebrun (17551842) earned an international reputation for her stylish portrayals of royalty and aristocratic society in France and throughout Europe. Before the outbreak of the French Revolution she was closely associated with Marie-Antoinette and the taste of the Ancien R間ime. After 1789, Vig閑-Lebrun continued her highly lucrative career abroad. Steinmann will discuss the artist and her intriguing 1785 oil painting Bacchante.
The series continues on Thursday, April 9, when Richard Rand, senior curator and curator of paintings and sculpture, examines Portrait of a Man by Agnolo Bronzino. The talks take place at 12:30 pm on the second Thursday of every month. Attendees may purchase food from the courtyard caf or bring a bag lunch to enjoy before or after the gallery talk.
The Clark is celebrating the achievements of women artists during the Berkshires-wide recognition of International Women抯 Day and its 2009 theme, 揟he Power of Women in the Arts. Thirteen prints, drawings, and photographs created by women are featured in the exhibition Women抯 Work,on view through April 19. Take this special opportunity to see works by Mary StevensonCassatt, Julia Margaret Cameron, K鋞he Kollwitz, Doris Ulmann, Alice Burr, Anna Atkins, Berenice Abbott, and Berthe Morisot. In addition, associate curator of European art Sarah Lees will broach the question 揌ave There Really Been No Great Women Artists? on March 25, bringing feminist art historical criticism into the present day.
