City Calendar

The Birth of Impressionism:
Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay

Date: Monday, June 28th
Place: Creekside Room
Time: 7 PM

Join us for an illuminating look at the de Young’s latest exhibition: the Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay.  Rita Dunlay of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will be discussing the exhibition which features nearly 100 magnificent works by the famous masters who called France their home during the mid- to late-19th century and from whose midst arose one of the most original and recognizable of all artistic styles, Impressionism. The exhibition begins with paintings by the great academic artist Bouguereau and the arch-Realist Courbet, and includes American expatriate Whistler’s Arrangement in Gray and Black, known to many as “Whistler’s Mother.” Manet, Monet, Renoir, and Sisley are showcased with works dating from the 1860s through 1880s, along with a selection of Degas’ paintings that depict images of the ballet, the racetrack, and life in the Belle Époque.

Doors open at 6:45. This series is sponsored by The Friends of the Mill Valley Library. For more Programs and Events at the Library, see the Library Events Calendar.