Salon Thursdays 2013
Thursday, February 7: “FRICK BUYS A FREAK”: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Development of the Frick Collection Henry Frick shocked the New York art world in 1857 when he purchased two “modern” religious painting by a little know French academic artist. Ross Finocchio, PhD, Frick Collection scholar, explains this pivotal episode and how it changed American taste and the art market of the day. Thursday, March 7: 19th- Century Commercial Photography in Egypt: Inside Pascal Sébah’s Studio Assistant Curator Alia Nour explores the successful photographic enterprise of Pascal Sébah, who supplied Cairo’s tourists and local elites with images they desired, including portraits, streetscapes, gardens, social types, and antiquities. Thursday, April 4: The Invention of Comics The origins of comics can be traced to late 19th-century Europe, when colorful prints of sequential narratives morphed into modern comics. Pioneering art historian Dr. Pat Mainardi illuminates the changes in culture, society, technology, and print culture that made this possible. Thursday, May 2: Inspired by Landscape: Women of the Hudson River School Join art historian Jennifer C. Krieger for a virtual walk through the Hudson River Valley to meet the 19th- century women who painted its magnificent scenery despite the prejudices they encountered. Thursday, June 6: Multiple Images: Reproducing Academic Art 1850–1900 Donato Esposito, PhD, an Andrew Mellon Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, outlines how methods of art reproduction evolved and made academic paintings among the most well-known of all images in the nineteenth century.Dahesh Museum of Art
