Curators in Conversation: From Paris to Provence

About the Talk

Join us on the opening day of From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes for an engaging talk with curator Cindy Kang. Charting a journey through France, From Paris to Provence examines how place informed the work of modern painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Join us on-site in the Comcast NBCUniversal Auditorium or online via livestream. On-site registration includes access to the exhibition.

About the Exhibition

From Paris to Provence showcases how life in and around Paris and the coastal regions of Normandy and Brittany inspired the radical brushwork, light palette, and contemporary subject matter of impressionists like Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, their mentor and friend Édouard Manet, and the post-impressionists. Several of these painters subsequently moved to the South of France, seeking the warmer climate and dazzling sunlight that intensified their colors. Finally, the show returns to Paris to find a new generation of painters who flocked to the City of Light from across Europe.

On view in the Roberts Gallery from June 29 through August 31, From Paris to Provence presents more than 50 paintings from the first floor of the Barnes collection, in a display that reflects the expansion of our educational program, emphasizing the objects’ art-historical context. By placing iconic works in new contexts and juxtapositions, the exhibition encourages fresh perspectives.